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Parish Malfitano on Creating the Sensorially Invigorating Salt Along the Tongue

Parish Malfitano on Creating the Sensorially Invigorating Salt Along the Tongue

Andrew F Peirce Oct 14, 2024 3 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian cinema australian film Drama horror Interview Laneikka Denne Parish Malfitano

To call Parish Malfitano's sophomore feature, Salt Along the Tongue, a straight up horror film feels like a disservice to the experience of watching this magnificent melodrama-adjacent film. Yes,…

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The Bikeriders: Americana Through the Eyes of Anthropological Director Jeff Nichols

The Bikeriders: Americana Through the Eyes of Anthropological Director Jeff Nichols

Andrew F Peirce Oct 11, 2024 6 min read
Films Reviews Drama Jeff Nichols Jodie Comer Review The Bikeriders tom hardy

‘What are you rebelling against?’ ‘Whaddya got?’ The Wild One With The Bikeriders, anthropological director Jeff Nichols makes his welcome return to feature filmmaking after years of languishing in…

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Ghostlight is a Brave, Tender, Exquisite, and Unforgettable Experience

Ghostlight is a Brave, Tender, Exquisite, and Unforgettable Experience

Nadine Whitney Oct 11, 2024 9 min read
Films Reviews Dolly De Leon Drama Ghostlight Keith Kupferer Review Tara Mallen Kelly O'Sullivan

A ghostlight in theatre tradition is the single light kept burning in the theatre after all others have been extinguished. It is one of the many rituals adopted by theatre folk such as never saying “G…

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WA's first disco musical, Sweet Rhythm, is dancing your way on digital this month!

Press Releases Oct 11, 2024 1 min read
Articles australian film Sweet Rhythm

PRESS RELEASE Directors Dylan Randall & Jules Burton present WA’s First Original Motion Picture Musical, Sweet Rhythm! Get ready to be rockin', disco groovin' and jazz swingin' as we…

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Embracing the Beautiful Chaos: A Journey of Self-Discovery Through Girls Will Be Girls

Embracing the Beautiful Chaos: A Journey of Self-Discovery Through Girls Will Be Girls

Codie Allen Oct 10, 2024 4 min read
Films Reviews Drama Girls Will Be Girls Review Shuchi Talati

There’s something undeniably captivating about the world of teenagers in film. These characters navigate the ups and downs of adolescence with a mix of sass and vulnerability, embodying the complexiti…

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NYFF: Luca Guadagnino's Queer Holds Mirror Up to Two Different Artists’ Careers

NYFF: Luca Guadagnino's Queer Holds Mirror Up to Two Different Artists’ Careers

Ron Meyer Oct 10, 2024 3 min read
Films Reviews Daniel Craig Drama Drew Starkey Lesley Manville queer Review

The term “unadaptable” gets thrown around whenever a piece of literary fiction is primed for film/television and has thus, however inaptly, been applied to William S. Burroughs’ Queer. Written, as one…

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Saara Lamberg on Creating a Filmography in a Community of Independent Filmmakers

Saara Lamberg on Creating a Filmography in a Community of Independent Filmmakers

Andrew F Peirce Oct 9, 2024 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian cinema Drama Interview Revelation Film Festival Saara Lamberg Sydney Underground Film Festival

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. Finnish-Australian filmmaker Saara Lamberg has crafted a film…

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Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson on Finding Catharsis in Grief in Ghostlight

Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson on Finding Catharsis in Grief in Ghostlight

Nadine Whitney Oct 7, 2024 7 min read
Interviews Dolly De Leon Drama Ghostlight Interview Kelly O'Sullivan

Kelly O’Sullivan and partner Alex Thompson have worked together before Ghostlight their magnificent meditation on grief, empathy, and the power of the theatre. Kelly wrote and starred in 2019’s Saint…

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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!

Codie 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

Codie 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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