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
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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…
MIFF24 - Made in England is a Perfect Love Letter to the Films of Powell and Pressburger
Martin Scorsese, like Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, has never made a sequel to any of his films. Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger comes close, however, as it fits into a s…
MIFF: I Saw the TV Glow is Pure Original Art in its Deepest Form
They can’t hurt you if you don’t think about them. Jane Schoenbrun is interested in the power of screens. Their debut featureWe’re All Going to the World’s Fair is a coming-of-age narrative where iso…
MIFF24: Scala!!! is an Unbelievable Yet Poignant Trip Back to the Lost Cinema
The screen's soaked with beer, the whole place shakes when the tubes run, the sound system's crap...but, we love it! - Mark Moore Scala!!! Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the Worl…
MIFF24: Bookworm is a Charming and Magical Family-Friendly Adventure
Ant Timpson’s blooming lovely Bookworm converts the most cynical of hearts and makes them believe in magic. A rare film that speaks to kids and adults with sincerity and without condescension. Idiosy…