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Hugo Weaving Speaks From the Heart on Hearts and Bones

June 4, 2020

In Hearts and Bones, acclaimed Australian actor Hugo Weaving plays Dan Fisher, a veteran war correspondent and photographer whose life is irrevocably changed when he meets a Sudanese refugee, Sebastian Ahmed (...

Piper Doon – the Scotsman is Nae More

Travis Johnson

April 6, 2020

Unity

I’m in lockdown in Sydney’s Inner West as I write this and it has been over three years since I moved East for work, but I remained a regular patron of Mount Lawley’s revered pub, The Flying Scotsman, if “regu...

The Platform Review – The Best Heavy Metal Movie Ever Made

Travis Johnson

April 2, 2020

Reviews

Well, if there was ever a time for movies about people locked in confined spaces slowly going nuts, it’s surely now. Or maybe it isn’t; escapist fantasy might be the order of the day when you literally can’t (...

The Set Review – Important, Invaluable, but Not Good

Travis Johnson

March 18, 2020

Reviews

The lesson to be taken from the 1970 Australian film The Set, recently released for home audiences by Bounty Films, is that “important” is not the same as “good”. Widely recognized as Australia’s first queer-t...

True History of the Kelly Gang Review – The War Between Ned Kelly the Man and Ned Kelly the Idea Writ Large

Travis Johnson

January 23, 2020

Reviews

Early on in the proceedings of Justin Kurzel’s iconoclastic take on Australia’s favourite outlaw legend, young Ned Kelly (Orlando Schwerdt) watches furtively as his mother, Ellen (Essie Davis doing a feral rif...

Hour Of Power – With Katie Lees And Grace Rouvray Review

Travis Johnson

January 21, 2020

Reviews

Katie and Grace’s Hour of Power January 23 -25. 2020 The Flight Path Theatre, Marrickville NSW Reviewing stand up comedy is a tricky bit of business, comedy as a whole being an extremely subjective ar...

Two Heads Creek Review – Classist Ocker Comedy Fails to Impress

Travis Johnson

January 6, 2020

Reviews

There’s a style of comedy fairly common in Australian culture that really gets my back up, and it’s classist ocker comedy. You know the type: take a small Australian community – generally rural but occasio...

Nekrotronic Review – Ozploitation Ghostbusters Has Rough Edges but Has a Fierce Desire to Entertain

Travis Johnson

January 6, 2020

Reviews

A few years on from their gleefully gross zombie flick Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, sibling directing team Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner bring us their second feature, Nekrotronic (also known as Nekromancer in...

The Mandalorian and Mousehouse Monoculture: Reconciling with a Complete Pop Culture Diet

Travis Johnson

November 27, 2019

Culture

So, I’ve been going on a bit of a tear lately, railing against Disney in general, Disney+ in particular, and their resolutely average flagship show, The Mandalorian, which has come to be, in my personal mythol...

Mainstream Nerd Culture and the Dilemma of Success

Travis Johnson

October 28, 2019

Culture

Weird how the nerd nation have suddenly decided that box office and profitability are the most important metrics after all these years of living in the genre ghetto. I mean, we spent decades having our cult...

The AFL and Racism - Not a Goodes Story

WA Documentary, The Fathering Project, Looks at Single Dads Joining Together to Break the Cycle of Negative Parenting

From Audio Guide to Miro – Why Short Films Deserve the Spotlight Right Now

Cameras Roll on This Little Love of Mine in Far North Queensland

Five Films You Can’t Miss at the 2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Jessica Chastain – Do You Believe Rachael Taylor and Brooke Satchwell?

PiNK PEPPER Has Arrived!

AUSGust - Australian Film DVD/Bluray Pack Giveaway

International Art Exhibition Come Silent Auction Gives Light to Refugees Affected by COVID-19

Australian Cinema in ISO Zoom Panel

Piper Doon – the Scotsman is Nae More

Revelation Film Festival WA Film Callout

Mojo’s Bar is Closed but With Your Help They Can Reopen When the Time is Right

Five Streaming Services to Check Out in Quarantine

What Lola Wants Review

Shirley Review – A Film Made of Tremendously Seductive Dreams and Nightmares

{Perspectives} Jon Julio – 5 minutes you wont forget

Interview with The Walrus and the Whistleblower director Nathalie Bibeau – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Below – Packing punches like no other!

8 Short Docs not to be missed – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Batman and Me Director Michael Wayne Interview – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Thunder Road Writer/Director/Actor Jim Cummings Interview

Interview with The Walrus and the Whistleblower director Nathalie Bibeau – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Batman and Me Director Michael Wayne Interview – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Interview with Wongar Director Andrijana Stojkovic – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Bernard’s Dream Director Mayeta Clark Interview – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Firesticks Co-Director Clare Richardson Interview – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Small Island Big Song – An Oceanic Songline Director Tim Cole Interview – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Hugo Weaving Speaks From the Heart on Hearts and Bones

Piper Doon – the Scotsman is Nae More

The Platform Review – The Best Heavy Metal Movie Ever Made

The Set Review – Important, Invaluable, but Not Good

True History of the Kelly Gang Review – The War Between Ned Kelly the Man and Ned Kelly the Idea Writ Large

Hour Of Power – With Katie Lees And Grace Rouvray Review

Two Heads Creek Review – Classist Ocker Comedy Fails to Impress

Nekrotronic Review – Ozploitation Ghostbusters Has Rough Edges but Has a Fierce Desire to Entertain

The Mandalorian and Mousehouse Monoculture: Reconciling with a Complete Pop Culture Diet

Mainstream Nerd Culture and the Dilemma of Success

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