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Undertow is an extraordinary piece of slice-of-life cinema that investigates the lengths people will go to deal with trauma and loss. Writer/Director Miranda Nation follows the lives of four people —…
The Gold Coast Film Festival is one of Australia's most exciting film festivals, and this March, they're bringing a one of a kind experience to the Gold Coast. ASMR leader, WhispersRed, is co…
How would you react in a deadly emergency? Would you risk life and limb to assist others in the face of oncoming calamity? Or perhaps you pray to a higher being while seizing the opportunity to hold…
This time last year, the mention of Shia LaBeouf’s name would have induced jeers, scoffs, and meat-headed impressions of the controversial former child-star. Once the driving force behind the billion…
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world w…
I am addicted to David Chang’s presence on screen. I’ve long enjoyed his addiction, affection, admiration, and respect for the food process. The first season of Ugly Delicious embraced the history and…
Todd Haynes has a filmography full of absolute gems. He’s a director able to balance stories with emotional gravitas and visual wonder; from the glitter splashed rock’n’roll of Velvet Goldmine to the…
Despite being the home of heavy-hitter animated films like Happy Feet and Mary & Max, there’s precious few Australian animated films being produced. There’s a fairly good reason why too: it’s bloo…
Michael Leunig is one of 79 Australian National Living Treasures. There are certainly some august and worthy names on the list, like Barry Jones, Judy Davis, Julian Burnside, Evonne Goolagong Cawley,…
The overwhelming sound of angry waves crashing against a rocky shoreline opens Australian director Leigh Whannell’s adaptation of H. G. Wells beloved sci-fi novel The Invisible Man. The sheer thud, b…
One of the more curious elements of the genuinely uplifting documentary Gay Chorus Deep Southcomes during the credits. You’ll have to wait a bit for it, long after every member of the over three-hundr…
Every year or so, we get a family film like The Call of the Wild; the family-friendly dog movie following an adorable pooch on a spirited journey into self-fulfilment. While recent years have seen th…