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MIFF24: Babes is Witty and Sweet With Its Heart in the Right Place

MIFF24: Babes is Witty and Sweet With Its Heart in the Right Place

Nadine Whitney Aug 12, 2024 5 min read
Films Reviews Comedy film Ilana Glazer Melbourne International Film Festival Michelle Bluteau MIFF MIFF24 movies Pamela Adlon Review

Pamela Adlon’s Babes begins with one of the most unconcerned “she’s in labour” scenes in recent memory. Eden (Ilana Glazer, also one of the screenwriters) and the heavily pregnant Dawn (Michelle Butea…

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MIFF24: All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt is a Tender and Astonishing Embrace from Raven Jackson

MIFF24: All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt is a Tender and Astonishing Embrace from Raven Jackson

Christopher John Aug 12, 2024 4 min read
Films Reviews Drama Melbourne International Film Festival MIFF MIFF24 moses ingram raven jackson Review sheila atim

It doesn't end or begin. Just changes form. Water. Hands. Dirt. Fingers. Raindrops. An embrace. Tears. Letting go. Returning to that which made you are core aspects of All Dirt Roads Taste of Sal…

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Paris is Burning is a Pivotal Piece of Seminal Queer Cinema

Paris is Burning is a Pivotal Piece of Seminal Queer Cinema

Kahn Duncan Aug 7, 2024 4 min read
Films Reviews documentary Drama Paris is Burning retrospective Review

Paris is Burning is a stunning mosaic of urban, queer life. The impact of the documentary is as salient now as it was in 1990. Under the guise of homelessness, violence, racism, addiction, homophobia…

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Comedian Akmal Saleh on His Voice Acting Improv in 200% Wolf

Comedian Akmal Saleh on His Voice Acting Improv in 200% Wolf

Andrew F Peirce Aug 6, 2024 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian cinema australian film Comedy Ilai Swindells Interview podcast

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. Akmal Saleh is one of Australia's finest stand up comedia…

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In a Violent Nature Director Chris Nash on His Pure Slasher Horror Experience

In a Violent Nature Director Chris Nash on His Pure Slasher Horror Experience

Nadine Whitney Jul 31, 2024 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts Chris Nash horror In a Violent Nature Interview

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. In a Violent Nature is one of the most gruesome and gory horr…

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In a Violent Nature is a Pure Slasher Death Trip

In a Violent Nature is a Pure Slasher Death Trip

Nadine Whitney Jul 31, 2024 3 min read
Films Reviews Chris Nash horror In a Violent Nature Review Slasher

Chris Nash in an interview stated that In a Violent Nature should feel like an entry into a slasher cycle you haven’t seen the beginning of. The film requires an understanding of the genre and the con…

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Thea Hvistendahl on Presenting the Reality of Grief in Handling the Undead

Thea Hvistendahl on Presenting the Reality of Grief in Handling the Undead

Nadine Whitney Jul 30, 2024 6 min read
Interviews Drama Handling the Undead Interview Renate Reinsve Thea Hvistendahl

On a hot summer day in Oslo a mysterious pulse brings the recently dead back to life. Based on John Ajvide Lindqvist’s novel and co-scripted by Lindqvist and director Thea Hvistendahl, Handling the Un…

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Deadpool & Wolverine Makes Scatology, Violence, Sarcasm and Unrelenting Fan Service the New MCU Benchmark

Deadpool & Wolverine Makes Scatology, Violence, Sarcasm and Unrelenting Fan Service the New MCU Benchmark

Nadine Whitney Jul 27, 2024 4 min read
Films Reviews Comedy Deadpool & Wolverine Emma Corrin Hugh Jackman Marvel Review Ryan Reynolds Shawn Levy Superhero

2018 was a dark time for the “Merc with a Mouth” (at least he has one in this iteration, although Wolverine: Origins has been referenced before). On the ‘sacred timeline’ The Avengers are assembling t…

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MIFF Dispatches Part One: All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt & Sujo

MIFF Dispatches Part One: All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt & Sujo

Nadine Whitney Jul 19, 2024 5 min read
Films Reviews Drama Melbourne International Film Festival MIFF Review Sujo

There is likely to be a lot of reportage coming from the 2024 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) with Nadine Whitney on the ground. Luckily, Nadine has had a chance to see some films in the…

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Queer Screen & Screen Australia’s Gender Matters Taskforce Announce Partnership for Queer Screen Pitch Off! 

Press Releases Jul 17, 2024 2 min read
Articles australian film Queer Screen

PRESS RELEASE Queer Screen invites aspiring Australian LGBTIQ+ filmmakers to participate in the annual Queer Screen Pitch Off, a prestigious opportunity to pitch short film projects for a chance to w…

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Oz Perkins Longlegs is a Perpetual Nightmare Machine

Oz Perkins Longlegs is a Perpetual Nightmare Machine

Nadine Whitney Jul 17, 2024 4 min read
Films Reviews horror Longlegs Maika Munroe Nicolas Cage Oz Perkins Review

Well, you're slim and you're weak You've got the teeth of the hydra upon you.” The opening quote of Osgood Perkins’ Longlegs coming from the not so arcane texts of Marc Bolan’s glam pop…

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The Best Films of 2024... So Far

The Best Films of 2024... So Far

Christopher John Jul 16, 2024 18 min read
Films Reviews Civil War Articles Dune Hit Man Inside Out 2 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Love Lies Bleeding Monkey Man The First Omen

The cinematic year of 2024 was decried so early and so quickly by some that they announced that it would be the “end to theatres”. It wasn't a good sign that The Fall Guy and Furiosa disappointed…

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