My Old Ass in an Enriching Gift of a Coming-of-Age Tale
“I’ll show you what you're worth (that's what I'm gonna do) If you let me inside your world.” - Canadian folk poet Justin Bieber Elliott (Maisy Stella) is about to turn eighteen and in tw…
The Lonely Spirits and the King: An Australian Film Book Kickstarter Campaign is Live!
We are thrilled to announce the arrival of our newest book: Lonely Spirits and the King: An Australian Film Book, which has just launched on Kickstarter. To support this mammoth 700-page journey thr…
Daaaaaalí is a Glorious Oddity from Quentin Dupieux
Quentin Dupieux understands there is no such thing as Salvador Dalí. Once the mad Catalan decided he was going to become a walking paradox making grandiose statements about himself in the third person…
Michael Angarano's Sacramento is a Rough Gem of a Road Trip Dramatic Comedy
Sacramento screens at the Sydney Underground Film Festival on 14 & 15 September. Tickets are available here. “I don’t know if I listened to everything you said, but I heard free childcare and I’m…
Speak No Evil is an Invitation Best Refused
There is a danger inherent in remaking any film. Comparisons to the original are destined to be considered especially if the movie is not an adaptation of a literary source. James Watkins under the Bl…
Five Films You Simply Cannot Miss at the 18th Sydney Underground Film Festival
For eighteen years, the Sydney Underground Film Festival has been one of the very best film festivals operating in Australia. Having screened over 1800 films since the festival kicked off in Marrickvi…
Sydney Underground Film Festival Director Nathan Senn on What Goes Into Running a Film Festival
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. The upcoming 18th Annual Sydney Underground Film Festival kic…
SUFF Interview: The Organist Filmmakers Andy Burkitt and Jack Braddy on Their Hilarious Cost of Organs Crisis Dark Comedy
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. The Organist screens at the Sydney Underground Film Festival…
Thelma is a Hilarious, Charming, and Huge-Hearted Triumph
“What would Tom Cruise do?” That is the question ninety-three-year-old Thelma Post (June Squibb) asks herself when she falls victim to a phone phishing scam. Thelma’s day-to-day routine post her rela…
When the school run turns deadly: darkly comic Aussiethriller ‘Buried’ to premiereon YouTube this September
PRESS RELEASE Frantales Productions is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of Buried, a darkly funny new five-part digital series about the school drop-off run from hell. Supported by Screen A…
Cottontail Makes for Touching but Fleeting Family Drama
Cottontail begins in motion, springing onto the screen almost as if by accident. Only a captive octopus and an establishing shot of a Tokyo residential block punctuate this string of opening frames sh…
Kneecap is the Craic – It’s Brave, Bold, Ridiculous, and Relentless
“Every word of Irish spoken is a bullet fired for freedom.” Fuck up it is! Rich Peppiatt’s hyper-kinetic Kneecap is A Hard Day’s Night for the North of Ireland and the hip hop generation. A little bi…