Descent Review - A Dead-Cold Reflection
Descent is a beautiful film. It follows professional free diver Kiki Bosch as she free dives in the coldest water possible. Taking one deep breath, and without a wetsuit, Kiki delves into the depths…
Shirley Review - A Film Made of Tremendously Seductive Dreams and Nightmares
Powered by JustWatch With Shirley, director Josephine Decker has created a film that is not in any way a literal or traditional biographic rendering of the novelist Shirley Jackson. Instead, it…
{Perspectives} Jon Julio Review - Five Minutes You Won't Forget
I used to love skateboarding, mainy runs on the skateboard was a regular in my youth, but sadly, the height of my skills was landing a kickflip – once. So skateboarding wasn’t a love of mine for a lon…
Interview with The Walrus and the Whistleblower director Nathalie Bibeau - Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
The short is that The Walrus and the Whistleblower is interesting. The 2020 documentary which is directed by Nathalie Bibeau follows former ‘Marineland’ trainer Phil Demers as he tries to rescue a Wa…
Below Review – Packing Punches like No Other!
Ryan Corr stars in Below as a careless, scummy cyber-bunk named Dougie. He can’t seem to really get anything right and he’s also pretty unlucky – as demonstrated by the severe opening scenes of Dougie…
8 Short Docs not to be missed - Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival is afoot, and there are plenty of films to watch, from 5 minutes to feature length. It’s hard to know what to choose so I did some choosing for you. I’ve crafte…
Batman and Me Director Michael Wayne Interview - Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
Batman & Me follows Darren Maxwell. Darren seems like a good bloke, an average Joe who works hard and lives a peaceful life. He’s made some short films and been on family feud. But what is most i…
Crypto Rush Review – A Visual Feast but an Information Overload
I need to start this review by saying, in all honesty, I did not come out of watching Crypto Rush with much more of an understanding of crypto currency before I went in. So please don’t ask me about i…
Interview with Wongar Director Andrijana Stojkovic - Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
Wongar, the feature documentary that follows controversial author Sreten Bozic aka B. Wongar is now streaming at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. Director Andrijana Stojkovic talks about her e…
Bernard's Dream Director Mayeta Clark Interview - Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
Last year I interviewed Miranda Taspsell before going on to catch the Top End Wedding for a second time at the Adelaide Film Festival. The film was great, but one performance in particular stuck with…
Firesticks Co-Director Clare Richardson Interview - Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
In early 2020, when Australia was in the midst of some of the most horrific fires it has ever seen, the ABC’s Q&A, doing what Q&A does, took advantage of the situation and lined up a panel of…
What Goes Around - Extremely Low Budget, but Effective
Powered by JustWatch What Goes Around is a very low budget slasher film that succeeds where many fail – having a decent story. It doesn’t rely on some weak supernatural curse or some cataclysmic…