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Vermiglio is a Rich Tapestry of Human Sensibility

Vermiglio is a Rich Tapestry of Human Sensibility

Nadine Whitney Dec 16, 2024 3 min read
Reviews Drama Review

Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio uses Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons’ as one of its musical motifs. Cesare (Tommaso Ragno) the patriarch of the large Catholic Grazaidei family spends his money on phonograph rec…

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David Cronenberg Embraces AI in His New Film, The Shrouds

David Cronenberg Embraces AI in His New Film, The Shrouds

Andy Hazel Dec 13, 2024 2 min read
Articles David Cronenberg Drama horror Interview

Few filmmakers have explored the human condition through technology and biology as David Cronenberg. Long a fan of blending experimental technology with the corporeal in films like Videodrome, The Fly…

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Breaking Barriers: Six-Year-Old Alexis Captivates SF3 with Debut Short Film

Breaking Barriers: Six-Year-Old Alexis Captivates SF3 with Debut Short Film

Tez Vi Truong Dec 11, 2024 3 min read
Articles australian film SmartFone Flick Fest

Six-year-old Alexis Truong has made history by becoming the youngest filmmaker ever to participate in the SmartFone Flick Fest (SF3), one of the world's largest smartphone film festivals. Her debu…

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Celebrate truth, knowledge and cultures with Always was, Always Will Be this January 26 on NITV and SBS

Press Releases Dec 11, 2024 4 min read
Articles australian film NITV sbs

PRESS RELEASE National Indigenous Television (NITV) and the wider SBS network invite all Australians to deepen their understanding of January 26 through a curated week of First Nations programming an…

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Todd Haynes: “What Happened This Summer was Tough”

Todd Haynes: “What Happened This Summer was Tough”

Andy Hazel Dec 7, 2024 3 min read
Articles Drama Marrakech International Film Festival Todd Haynes

Filmmaker Todd Haynes spoke about his aborted project with Joaquin Phoenix during an in-depth conversation at the Marrakech International Film Festival. “What happened this summer was tough,” Haynes…

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Boy Swallows Universe and Better Man Dominate 2025 AACTA Award Nominees

Press Releases Dec 6, 2024 16 min read
Articles AACTA australian film documentary

PRESS RELEASE The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) has announced the nominees for the 2025 AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel Group. Returning to the Gold Coast in February, the…

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In the Trenches Director Benjamin Scotford on Documenting the Muddy Battlefields of Esperance

In the Trenches Director Benjamin Scotford on Documenting the Muddy Battlefields of Esperance

Andrew F Peirce Dec 4, 2024 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian film documentary Drama In the Trenches Interview Revelation Film Festival

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. With his feature documentary debut In the Trenches: The Makin…

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John Magaro on the Burden and Responsibility of Bearing Witness in September 5

John Magaro on the Burden and Responsibility of Bearing Witness in September 5

Nadine Whitney Dec 4, 2024 7 min read
Interviews Drama Interview John Magaro September 5

Centred around the ABC Olympic Sports reporting team being on the ground in Munich in 1972 during the Israeli hostage crisis, September 5 is a propulsive vérité style film. New York sports producer Ge…

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In Gia Coppola's The Last Showgirl, Pamela Anderson is Undeniable

In Gia Coppola's The Last Showgirl, Pamela Anderson is Undeniable

Nadine Whitney Dec 4, 2024 4 min read
Reviews Drama Gia Coppola Jamie Lee Curtis Kiernan Shipka Pamela Anderson Review The Last Showgirl

“I’ve been on the Razzle Dazzle for so long,” says Pamela Anderson’s Vegas showgirl Shelly. ‘Le Razzle Dazzle’ is a Paris Lido style revue – rhinestones, feathers, posing, and glitter G-strings. Part…

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The Golden Globes® Announces Ted Danson to Receive the 2025 Carol Burnett Award

Press Releases Dec 3, 2024 4 min read
Articles Golden Globes Ted Danson

PRESS RELEASE Today, the Golden Globes® announced that 13-time Golden Globe® nominee and three-time winner Ted Danson has been named the Carol Burnett Award honoree for 2025. Danson earned Golden Glo…

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Joshua Oppenheimer's The End is a Haunting and Horrifying Look at the World in Microcosm

Joshua Oppenheimer's The End is a Haunting and Horrifying Look at the World in Microcosm

Nadine Whitney Dec 3, 2024 7 min read
Reviews Drama George MacKay Joshua Oppenheimer Michael Shannon musical Review The End Tilda Swinton

“Together our future is bright.” Acclaimed political documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer segueing into fiction filmmaking via a post apocalyptic musical isn’t as strange a proposition as it might first…

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The AACTA Brian Walsh Award, Sponsored by Nicole Kidman, Returns for Second Year

Press Releases Nov 30, 2024 2 min read
Articles AACTA australian film

PRESS RELEASE Submissions are now open for the second year of the Brian Walsh Award for Emerging Talent. The award pays homage to the late Brian Walsh, one of Australia’s most admired screen creative…

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