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Reminding Rian Johnson about his work on Star Warsis probably the last thing he wants to hear before releasing a new film. To Johnson’s dismay, his polarising work with Star Wars: The Last Jedi will…
Andrew caught up with multi-hyphenate writer-director-actor Steve Vidler to talk about his new comedy Standing Up for Sunny. This is a treat of a film, genuinely hilarious and superbly acted. Stand…
Andrew caught up with director Selina Miles to talk about her excellent documentary, Martha: A Picture Story, which is all about the life and career of photojournalist Martha Cooper. It's an excel…
Written and directed by Rian Johnson, Knives Out stars Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc, the “last of the gentleman sleuths”, hired to solve the apparent mystery around the death of famous mystery writer…
Few directors have taken such monumental shifts in style and tone, quite like Bill Condon. The director started in the realm of horror with the likes of Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995), then f…
I don’t want to tell you about Portrait of a Lady on Fire. I don’t want to discuss its moments of beauty. I don’t want to expose what feels like a secret, the love that exists between two people. I do…
In the continuing battle between streaming services and cinemas, there's one director who has continually pushed out films that have demanded a cinema viewing: Wes Anderson. From his auspicious d…
So, I’ve been going on a bit of a tear lately, railing against Disney in general, Disney+ in particular, and their resolutely average flagship show, The Mandalorian, which has come to be, in my person…
One of the great joys about films is the way that they end up surprising you. Take the joyous Japanese food-western film Tampopo for example. On its surface, it’s just a story about how to make the be…
I caught the brilliant comedy Standing Up for Sunny at Cinefest Oz and found myself crying with laughter. It's a brilliant, genuinely hilarious film. I managed to see it with a full audience, and…
I know that there are some reviewers who relish the ability to rip into a film that they didn’t like. They may feel that the monopolisation of their time was a waste, that the filmmaker insulted them…
One of the more exciting and unexpected films to arrive on the radar of Australian cinema entertainment is the third Red Dog film, Koko: A Red Dog Story. Written and directed by Top Knot Detective wun…