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Possessor Review - Brandon Cronenberg's Gorgeous, Gruesome, and Gloriously Deranged Film Has Him Moving Out of His Fathers Shadow

Possessor Review - Brandon Cronenberg's Gorgeous, Gruesome, and Gloriously Deranged Film Has Him Moving Out of His Fathers Shadow

Liam Dunn Nov 26, 2020 3 min read
Films Reviews Christopher Abbott horror Jennifer Jason Leigh Possessor Review

64th BFI London Film Festival Diary - Day Nine: It is day nine and I take a look at Brandon Cronenberg’s dark and intense mind control thriller Possessor. Powered by JustWatch Renowned horror a…

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Da 5 Bloods Review - A Timely, Powerful, yet Flawed Film

Da 5 Bloods Review - A Timely, Powerful, yet Flawed Film

Christopher John Nov 26, 2020 3 min read
Films Reviews Clarke Peters Da 5 Bloods Danny Bilson Delroy Lindo Jonathan Majors Kevin Willmott Netflix Paul Demeo Review Spike Lee Vietnam War War

Powered by JustWatch Spike Lee is on something of a roll as of late. Perhaps it was the complete commercial and critical failure of 2013’s Oldboy (of which Lee is not proud of [the usual “Spike…

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She Dies Tomorrow Review - A Powerful and Unshakeable Slice of Horror Cinema

She Dies Tomorrow Review - A Powerful and Unshakeable Slice of Horror Cinema

Andrew F Peirce Nov 6, 2020 4 min read
Films Reviews Chris Messina Death Drama horror Jane Adams Kate Lyn Shiel Mental illness Review She Dies Tomorrow

Powered by JustWatch Wandering like a waif in the night, adorned in a dress of sequins and black, is Kate Lyn Shiel's Amy. Something is wrong, and despite the security of her home, she feels…

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The Naked Farmer by Ben Brooksby Book Review - When it Comes to Mental Health, We Are All in This Together

Andrew F Peirce Nov 6, 2020 6 min read
Reviews Australian culture mental health Mental illness The Naked Farmer

It’s already been well and truly established that the year 2020 has been one for the ages. Kicking off with a climate catastrophe that left much of Australia devastated by bushfires, it has continuall…

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Netflix Acquires Groundbreaking Western Australian Indigenous Documentary, Our Law

Press Releases Nov 6, 2020 2 min read
Articles Indigenous Australia Indigenous culture Netflix Our Law Pink Pepper Senior Sergeant Revis Ryder Taryne Laffar

Netflix has acquired Australia and New Zealand streaming rights to Western Australian Indigenous documentary, Our Law, which will premiere on the streaming platform from this Sunday. The impressive N…

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The Witches Review - Horrid CGI Can't Cover Up Awful Anne Hathaway Performance

The Witches Review - Horrid CGI Can't Cover Up Awful Anne Hathaway Performance

Scot F Nov 4, 2020 3 min read
Reviews Guillermo del Toro Jahzir Bruno Kenya Barris Octavia Spencer Review Roald Dahl Robert Zemeckis The Witches

Powered by JustWatch The Witches is a perfect example of why people have every right to be cynical toward remakes. Yes, it’s an interpretation of its own, but the skeleton of Roald Dahl’s origin…

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64th BFI London Film Festival - Day Ten: New Order, Small Axe, Ammonite

64th BFI London Film Festival - Day Ten: New Order, Small Axe, Ammonite

Liam Dunn Nov 4, 2020 6 min read
Films Reviews Francis Lee Kate Winslet London Film Festival Lovers Rock Michel Franco New Order Saoirse Ronan Steve McQueen

The final day at LFF2020 brings the Silver Lion award-winning New Order, another instalment of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe film series, Lovers Rock, and closing night film Ammonite, starring Kate Winsle…

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Celebrate World Wombat Day with new 'Aussie-mation' Combat Wombat

Press Releases Oct 22, 2020 1 min read
Articles Animation australian cinema australian film Combat Wombat Tales From Sanctuary City The Wishmas Tree

This Thursday 22 October is World Wombat Day and what better way to celebrate than to see the fantastically colourful, adventure-packed Combat Wombat in cinemas NOW. Also available for home viewing on…

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64th BFI London Film Festival Diary – Day Eight: African Apocalypse, Ultraviolence Reviews

64th BFI London Film Festival Diary – Day Eight: African Apocalypse, Ultraviolence Reviews

Liam Dunn Oct 20, 2020 4 min read
Films Reviews Femi Nylander Ken Fero Matt McConaghy Review Rob Lemkin Ultraviolence

Day eight finds two documentaries made in 2020 exploring the spectre of colonialism and the far-reaching consequences still felt in the 21st century, Rob Lemkin’s African Apocalypse and Ken Fero’s Ult…

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64th BFI London Film Festival Diary – Day Seven: American Utopia, Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and Legendary Tapes Reviews

64th BFI London Film Festival Diary – Day Seven: American Utopia, Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and Legendary Tapes Reviews

Liam Dunn Oct 20, 2020 4 min read
Films Reviews David Byrne Delia Derbyshire Gustavo Di Dalva Jacqueline Acevedo London Film Festival music Review Spike Lee

On the seventh day LFF offers up two very different music documentaries that perfectly capture their subjects’ personas. Spike Lee directs David Byrne in the film version of his Broadway show American…

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64th BFI London Film Festival Diary - Day Six: Another Round, Notturno

64th BFI London Film Festival Diary - Day Six: Another Round, Notturno

Liam Dunn Oct 18, 2020 4 min read
Films Reviews documentary Drama Gianfranco Rossi Mads Mikkelsen Magnus Millang Notturno Review Thomas Bo Larsen Thomas Vinterberg Tobias Lindholm War

It is day six and Mads Mikkelsen drinks himself into a stupor but, you know, for science, in Another Round, while award-winning documentarian Gianfranco Rosi looks at life during wartime with Notturno…

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Aussie Comedy Hot Mess Picked up by Netflix

Press Releases Oct 16, 2020 2 min read
Articles AACTA Awards Comedy Filmink Presents Hot Mess Lucy Coleman Netflix Sarah Gaul

We're a little late in posting this truly excellent press release, but better late than never! Fresh off its AACTA Awards qualifying run, the superb Aussie indie comedy Hot Mess is available right…

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