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Bill Condon Talks About Directing Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren in The Good Liar

Travis Johnson Jun 28, 2019 6 min read
Interviews Drama Gods and Monsters Helen Mirren Ian McKellen Interview John le Carre Mr. Holmes Spy The Good Liar Thriller

Based on the 2015 novel by Nicholas Searle, The Good Liar reunites Gods and Monsters and Mr. Holmes director Bill Condon with acting legend Sir Ian McKellen for the fourth time – and the equally legen…

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The AFL and Racism - Not a Goodes Story

Travis Akbar Jun 25, 2019 4 min read
Articles football Nicky Winmar Racism The Final Quarter

There were many memorable moments in 1993. Shane Warne delivered the ‘ball of the century’. Yahoo Serious released Reckless Kelly. And on the 17th of April at Victoria Park, after he and Gilbert McAda…

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International Falls Review - Ice Box Town Houses Warm Comedy Gold

Andrew F Peirce Jun 20, 2019 4 min read
Reviews Comedy Drama Independent cinema International Falls Matthew Glave Rachael Harris Revelation Film Festival Review Rob Huebel Thomas Ward

International Fallscould easily be called The Loneliness of the Long Distance Stand Up Comic, given its honest portrayal of a touring comedian who visits the ice box of America to give his final perfo…

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Child's Play Review - Gore Drenched Horror Brilliance

Andrew F Peirce Jun 20, 2019 5 min read
Reviews Chucky Gabriel Bateman gore horror Lars Klevberg Mark Hamill remake Review Tyler Burton Smith

I’ll get the acknowledgement to Don Mancini out of the way, the creator of Child’s Play just a touch over thirty years ago. Mancini is a man who, through dedication and persistence, has continued the…

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Woodstock At Fifty: A Venue For The End Of The World Director Aidan Prewitt Interview

Andrew F Peirce Jun 19, 2019
Interviews Podcasts australian documentary Chip Monck documentary Melbourne Documentary Film Festival music Woodstock

Woodstock at Fifty: A Venue for the End of the World is director Aidan Prewitt's look back at one of the most famous, influential music festivals in the world - Woodstock. Aidan looks at the peace…

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Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan Review - A Boots-On-The-Ground Aussie War Story

Travis Johnson Jun 19, 2019 5 min read
Films Reviews Australian drama Danger Close Drama Kriv Stenders Luke Bracey Review Richard Roxburgh Stuart Beattie Travis Fimmel Vietnam War War

Powered by JustWatch It’s been 40 years since Australian cinema explored the combat soldier’s experience of the Vietnam War. While David Caesar’s Dirty Deeds (2002) featured a brief early interl…

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Art of Incarceration Review - Honest and Eye Opening

Travis Akbar Jun 19, 2019 2 min read
Films Reviews australian documentary documentary Indigenous Australia Indigenous Cinema Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Review

In 2018, a report written by Sophie Russell and Chris Cunneen stated that Indigenous Incarceration has increased by 45% in the last decade – that’s from 2008 -2018. We make up under 3% of the populati…

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Hot Mess Review - One of the Best Films of 2019

Andrew F Peirce Jun 17, 2019 4 min read
Reviews australian cinema australian film Comedy Hot Mess Lucy Coleman Marshall Campbell Review Sarah Gaul Sydney Zoe Carides

There’s been a rise in stories about millennial Sydney-siders struggling to live in the ever increasingly costly city. Early this year, the black and white Jarmusch-esque dramedy Chocolate Oyster expl…

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Saving Warru Review - An Important Message About Conservation in Australia

Travis Akbar Jun 17, 2019 2 min read
Reviews australian documentary documentary Extinction Indigenous Australia Indigenous Cinema Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Ninti Media Review Saving Warru

In March 2019, Helen Davidson from The Guardian wrote an alarming article, it was titled “Record Numbers of Australian Wildlife Species Face Imminent Extinction”. Just the title is enough to make you…

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Oi, Cobber, Where's Your Aussie Pride for Aussie Films?

Andrew F Peirce Jun 14, 2019 9 min read
Articles australian cinema Dirt Music Jasper Jones Top End Wedding tourism West Australia

The latest PwC Australian Entertainment & Media Outlook report paints a dire image for the next five years of cinematic entertainment in Australia. In the report, President and CEO of the HOYTS Gr…

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Never Look Away Review - Finding the Beauty in the Truth

Andrew F Peirce Jun 13, 2019 5 min read
Reviews criticism Drama Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Holocaust Never Look Away Paula Beer Review Sebastian Koch Tom Schilling wartime World War II

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Never Look Away borrows the life of artist Gerhard Richter and supplants it into the life of Kurt Barnert. The film opens with a young Kurt (Cai Cohrs) being taken o…

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Residue Short Film Director Kori Reay-Mackey and Producer Dan Thom Interview

Andrew F Peirce Jun 8, 2019 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian cinema australian film Dan Thom Drama Kori Reay-Mackey Residue short film

Almost a year ago, Perth filmmakers Kori Reay-Mackey and Dan Thom launched a gofundme campaign for their short film, Residue. Now, a year on, Residue is complete and finalised, and having seen the…

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