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In Australia, a furore has erupted in the arts community regarding its relationship to the mining sector. It has been simmering for years now, but 2020 has seen a reaction like never before. In what…
It is a double-feature from Ireland on day four, with the latest animation from Cartoon Saloon, Wolfwalkers and pre-Brexit border drama Wildfire. Wolfwalkers Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon h…
Day three and it is Polish dramedy Never Gonna Snow Again and Christian Petzold’s Undine, two films that aim for magical realism but don’t quite hit the mark. Never Gonna Snow Again The trope of th…
Today I look at Miranda July’s quirky comedy Kajillionaire, Abel Ferrara’s existential journey into Siberia and India’s Venice award-winning The Disciple. Kajillionaire The American Dream is…
It is the first day of LFF and I take a look at Steve McQueen’s Mangrove, rural-set Australian horror Relic, and Elizabeth Moss in biopic Shirley. Mangrove “The United Kingdom is not a racist count…
The 2020 AACTA awards are coming in hot, with a Covid-afflicted ceremony to be held in November, replete with staggered sittings to ensure guest safety in a limited capacity. As we near the ten year a…
Powered by JustWatch To explore Kirsten Johnson’s immersive Cameraperson is to witness a unique, powerful memoir unfolding and unfurling. The core concept is deceptively simple: the entirety of…
During turbulent times we find ourselves turning to art to help escape our woes, but we also count on it to help us understand and reflect on the large and nebulous forces at play that have so upended…
This International Podcast Day, we’re shining the spotlight on podcasts that help out the budding filmmakers of the world with high level guidance and advice, and even give established filmmakers a de…
Mignonnes (or Cuties as it’s English translation has been infamously known) is a French coming-of-age drama written and directed by Maïmouna Doucouré about a young Senegalese-French girl, raised Musli…
Most of what follows will basically be a “Confession of a Nolan Fanboy”, which is what I am. Christopher Nolan is the filmmaker I credit with actually getting me into movies as Inception hit me at the…
The 1972 Bruce Lee film Fist of Fury is being redubbed for a new audience as Fist of Fury Noongar Daa. We are taking the kung fu classic and dubbing it in Noongar to make for a unique cinematic exper…