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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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AACTA Festival Announced for 2025 Alongside Best Documentary & Best Short Film Nominees

Press Releases Nov 26, 2024 10 min read
Articles AACTA australian film

PRESS RELEASE This morning on the Gold Coast the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) launched its exciting AACTA Festival program which returns to HOTA, Home of the Arts, from Fe…

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Mélita Toscan du Plantier and the Marrakech International Film Festival

Mélita Toscan du Plantier and the Marrakech International Film Festival

Andy Hazel Nov 25, 2024 5 min read
Interviews Drama Interview Marrakech International Film Festival Mélita Toscan du Plantier

"I've been doing this for 24 years," says Mélita Toscan du Plantier, a tone of defiance cutting through her voice. "I meet people everywhere I go. At the Oscars, at the BAFTAs, at C…

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Spit starring David Wenham - First Look Trailer Launched

Press Releases Nov 25, 2024 1 min read
Articles australian film David Wenham Gettin Square Spit Trailer

PRESS RELEASE Transmission Films have today released the first look trailer and poster for SPIT, the highly anticipated Australian comedy from the award-winning team behind Gettin' Square, ahead…

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September 5 is a Tense Piece of Cinema About a Horrific Moment in History

September 5 is a Tense Piece of Cinema About a Horrific Moment in History

Nadine Whitney Nov 25, 2024 5 min read
Reviews Drama Review September 5

Roone Arledge: “I know it might not feel like it, but you did a hell of a job.” Geoffrey Mason: “It was a catastrophe.” Tim Fehlbaum’s newsroom drama of underprepared ABC sports reporters at the 197…

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Agnieszka Holland's Green Border is a Haunting Meditation on the Human Cost of Political Cruelty and the Refugee Crisis

Agnieszka Holland's Green Border is a Haunting Meditation on the Human Cost of Political Cruelty and the Refugee Crisis

Codie Allen Nov 25, 2024 3 min read
Reviews Drama Green Border Perth Festival Review

In Green Border, director Agnieszka Holland turns a devastating lens on the European refugee crisis, crafting a grim and necessary experience that challenges not only our empathy but our understanding…

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Bertrand Bonello on The Beast and Working With Léa Seydoux: 'I'm Not Here for Messages'

Bertrand Bonello on The Beast and Working With Léa Seydoux: 'I'm Not Here for Messages'

Andy Hazel Nov 24, 2024 6 min read
Interviews Articles Drama Interview Léa Seydoux

Bertrand Bonello has directed one of the most acclaimed films of the year, The Beast. He speaks with Andy Hazel about loneliness, artificial intelligence and his audacious epic that takes in 2014 ince…

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Lucy Lawless on Placing the Camerawoman in the Frame in Never Look Away

Lucy Lawless on Placing the Camerawoman in the Frame in Never Look Away

Nadine Whitney Nov 22, 2024 6 min read
Interviews Articles documentary Interview Lucy Lawless Margaret Moth Never Look Away

Lucy Lawless. If you don’t know who this Kiwi screen legend is, shame on you! The woman repeatedly got to smack Kevin Sorbo on television and became an ideal woman for a generation of straight and que…

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Osher Günsberg Talks About A World of Pain, SBS’s New Documentary on the Hidden Ailment

Osher Günsberg Talks About A World of Pain, SBS’s New Documentary on the Hidden Ailment

Andrew F Peirce Nov 21, 2024 12 min read
Interviews australian cinema documentary Interview Osher Günsberg Pain sbs

One in seven Australians have an understanding of how the hidden illness that is chronic pain impacts their daily life, but for the other six people, it can be hard to get an understanding of what 3.6…

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