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Dolly De Leon Imagines the ‘What Ifs’ in Ghostlight

Dolly De Leon Imagines the ‘What Ifs’ in Ghostlight

Nadine Whitney Oct 3, 2024 8 min read
Interviews Dolly De Leon Drama Interview The Missing

Filipina actor Dolly De Leon relates closely to her frustrated community theatre actor character, Rita in Ghostlight Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson’s tale of grief and healing. If not for Triangle…

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Greg Jardin's It's What’s Inside is a Glittering Rollercoaster of Chaos, Betrayal, and Party Games Gone Wild!

Greg Jardin's It's What’s Inside is a Glittering Rollercoaster of Chaos, Betrayal, and Party Games Gone Wild!

Cody Allen Oct 2, 2024 3 min read
Films Reviews Comedy Gavin Leatherwood Greg Jardin It's What's Inside James Morosini Netflix Review

Everyone loves a good party game, but what happens when the stakes get dangerously high? It’s What’s Inside takes that familiar fun and twists it into something much darker. Greg Jardin, serving as bo…

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Spotlighting Brilliant Thrillers in 2024: JT Mollner's Strange Darling & Zoë Kravitz's Blink Twice

Spotlighting Brilliant Thrillers in 2024: JT Mollner's Strange Darling & Zoë Kravitz's Blink Twice

Christopher John Oct 2, 2024 4 min read
Films Reviews Drama horror Review Thriller

Two thrillers in 2024: One directed by JT Mollner (second feature), the other by Zoë Kravitz (directorial debut). One is a non-linear narrative twisting the crime thriller/slasher genre on its head wi…

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Jason Yu's Sleep is a Haunting Descent into Darkness with the Fragile Threads of Love and Vulnerability

Jason Yu's Sleep is a Haunting Descent into Darkness with the Fragile Threads of Love and Vulnerability

Cody Allen Oct 2, 2024 3 min read
Films Reviews Drama horror Jason Yu Review

Our bedrooms are sanctuaries, intimate spaces we retreat to for solace and comfort, often shared only with those closest to us. Yet, these very places of refuge are also where we are most vulnerable,…

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Bus Stop Films’ Accessible Film Studies Program is now nationwide

Press Releases Oct 2, 2024 2 min read
Articles australian film

PRESS RELEASE Bus Stop Films, a not-for-profit social enterprise that uses filmmaking to make the world more inclusive, has announced that its programs will be nationwide in 2025. Enrolments for the…

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The Koalas Filmmaker Georgia Wallace-Crabbe on the Fight to Save an Australian Icon

The Koalas Filmmaker Georgia Wallace-Crabbe on the Fight to Save an Australian Icon

Andrew F Peirce Sep 26, 2024 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian cinema australian film documentary Georgia Wallace-Crabbe Interview

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. The Koalas is a documentary that follows in the footsteps of…

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Apartment 7A: A Haunting Prequel That Reimagines Rosemary’s Baby Through a Modern Lens, Exploring the Complexities of Motherhood and Identity

Apartment 7A: A Haunting Prequel That Reimagines Rosemary’s Baby Through a Modern Lens, Exploring the Complexities of Motherhood and Identity

Cody Allen Sep 25, 2024 3 min read
Films Reviews Dianne Wiest horror Jim Sturgess Julia Garner Natalie Erika James Review

The shadow of Roman Polanski’s 1968 classic Rosemary’s Baby continues to loom large over the horror genre, casting both reverence and scrutiny. This landmark film redefined domestic terror, sparking a…

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NYFF: The Brutalist is a Monument to the Past About Building the Future

NYFF: The Brutalist is a Monument to the Past About Building the Future

Ron Meyer Sep 25, 2024 3 min read
Films Reviews Drama Felicity Jones Review

The Brutalist screens at the New York Film Festival on 28 September & 11-12 October. It will also screen at the Adelaide Film Festival on 26 October & 2 November. Brady Corbet’s mammoth rise-…

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Ali Abbasi's The Apprentice Shows How an American Nightmare Can Be Someone's American Dream

Ali Abbasi's The Apprentice Shows How an American Nightmare Can Be Someone's American Dream

Nadine Whitney Sep 25, 2024 5 min read
Films Reviews Drama Jeremy Strong Review Sebastian Stan The Apprentice

Ali Abbasi opens The Apprentice with a moment that historically shook the faith of the American people in the integrity of the highest political office in the land, the downfall of Richard Nixon. Neve…

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Azrael: A Chilling Symphony of Silence and Survival Showcasing Samara Weaving’s Hauntingly Powerful Performance

Azrael: A Chilling Symphony of Silence and Survival Showcasing Samara Weaving’s Hauntingly Powerful Performance

Cody Allen Sep 21, 2024 3 min read
Films Reviews horror Review Samara Weaving Vic Carmen Sonne

If you’re a horror aficionado, Samara Weaving’s name likely rings a bell. Known for her standout roles in Ready or Not and Scream 6, she’s a genre favorite. In Azrael, Weaving takes a bold turn with a…

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Blink Twice Blends a Decade’s Worth of Auteurist Horror/Thrillers Without Adding Any New Ingredients

Blink Twice Blends a Decade’s Worth of Auteurist Horror/Thrillers Without Adding Any New Ingredients

Ron Meyer Sep 21, 2024 2 min read
Films Reviews Drama horror Naomi Ackie Review Zoë Kravitz

Zoë Kravitz is the latest filmmaker to launch a career through the pipeline of B-flick-vehicled social commentary that’s defined genre cinema over the past ten years. Blink Twice has the patina of pre…

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Pascal Plante's Red Rooms Imprints Itself on the Viewer like a Maddening Nightmare

Pascal Plante's Red Rooms Imprints Itself on the Viewer like a Maddening Nightmare

Nadine Whitney Sep 19, 2024 4 min read
Films Reviews Drama Red Rooms Review

“My thoughts are with the victims.” Kelly-Anne (Juliette Gariépy) like her internet nom de plume and computer desktop wallpaper The Lady of Shallot lives in a tower overlooking Montreal. She is seen…

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