2019 AFCA Awards and Film Criticism
On February 15th at The Backlot Theatre in
Melbourne, the 2019
Australian Film Critic Association awards were handed out. Heading into the
ceremony, Sweet Country lead the pack
with nine nominations, and at th...
Yahoo Serious Q&A for Young Einstein 30th Anniversary!
Ok, we all love Yahoo Serious, but we've all missed the guy a fair bunch after he retired from filmmaking, and in turn, public life.
Well, for one night only, that's going to change with Yahoo Serious doin...
Daffodils Trailer: A Kiwi Musical Delight
Given the huge wealth of movie musicals hitting the globe nowadays, it makes sense that the genre would be reborn in the Southern Hemisphere. With films like The Greatest Showman, La La Lan...
The Top End Wedding Trailer is Here!
I spent most of 2018 going on about how great Sweet Country was, and was looking at the roster for Australian films in 2019 and seeing a huge wealth of brilliant work coming up - The Nightingale, I&n...
Australian Film Critics Association 2019 Award Nominations
While the Awards season rages on, it’s worthwhile shining a
light on what’s going on in Australia. The annual AFCA Film Award nominations have been
announced, and there’s a wealth of great films up for conside...
Alliance Film Festival 2019 Line-Up Announced
Gosh.
The line-up for the 30th Alliance French Film Festival has been announced, and well... here's a list of some of the films that will be shown at the event:
Coralie Fargeat's horror masterpiece Reven...
Christian Marclay’s The Clock to Screen at ACMI from January 23
Ok, in the realm of 'news' that we push out on this site here, this is certainly one of the most exciting, and yet, also one of the most niche news pieces that is getting out there.
So, there's this film, ...
Andrew’s 91st Academy Award Nomination Predictions
The 91st Academy Award nominations will be
announced on January 22nd at 5:20am PST (9:20pm WST/12:20am EST).
You can watch them roll out live here.
I won’t go into too much depth into my predictions as the...
Andrew’s Top 50 Films of 2018
Best of lists are always strange beasts. We sift through a
year of ‘stuff’ trying to find value and quality, only to put it in some kind
of arbitrary order. These lists always play like a competition – where y...
Travis’ Top Five Films of 2018… and Three Duds
So, 2018 is all done and dusted. While I’ve spent a lot of
time catching up on old films, I did manage to watch a few new films throughout
the year. I feel pretty strongly about a few films from 2018, with a c...