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Discovering Trần Anh Hùng’s Zest for Life and Embodying Passion

Discovering Trần Anh Hùng’s Zest for Life and Embodying Passion

Nadine Whitney Feb 16, 2024 5 min read
Interviews Drama Food Interview Juliette Binoche Perth Festival Taste of Things Trần Anh Hùng

Trần Anh Hùng’s glorious The Taste of Things starring Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel is a beautiful belle epoque romance. An ode to happiness as an intricate recipe pared down to provide pleasure…

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QueerScreen Review - Mutt Is A Whirlwind Of Complex Emotions And Trans Identity Captured In Twenty Four Hours

QueerScreen Review - Mutt Is A Whirlwind Of Complex Emotions And Trans Identity Captured In Twenty Four Hours

Kahn Duncan Feb 16, 2024 3 min read
Films Reviews Cole Doman Drama LGBTIQA cinema Lio Mehiel MiMi Ryder Mutt QueerScreen Review Vuk Lungulov-Klotz

Mutt screens at the 2024 QueerScreen's 31st Mardi Gras Film Festival on February 20 2024. A mutt is typically associated with a mixed-breed dog. Used as a synonym for mongrel; they can be untethe…

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Dakota Johnson's Madame Web is a Spidery Thriller Caught in a Studio's Web

Dakota Johnson's Madame Web is a Spidery Thriller Caught in a Studio's Web

Branden Zavaleta Feb 16, 2024 3 min read
Films Reviews Dakota Johnson Isabela Merced Madame Web Marvel Review Sony Superhero Sydney Sweeney

After the massive joke that Morbius was, expectations are low for Sony’s non-Spider-Man Marvel movies. While recent entries in the once dominant series have fallen flat, chances are you won’t think tw…

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Sundance Review – Sally Aitken’s Every Little Thing is a Tender Ode to Life and Death Through the Prism of Hummingbird Rescue

Sundance Review – Sally Aitken’s Every Little Thing is a Tender Ode to Life and Death Through the Prism of Hummingbird Rescue

Andrew F Peirce Feb 12, 2024 9 min read
Films Reviews australian film documentary Review Sally Aitken

You can tell a lot about a director by the way they frame tragedy in their work. As with all discussions about death and dying, it’s all about striking the right tone for the right audience. A directo…

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Carissa Lee Talks About Navigating Barriers in the Australian Arts System in This Interview

Carissa Lee Talks About Navigating Barriers in the Australian Arts System in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Feb 9, 2024 2 min read
Interviews Podcasts Interview Planet Lulin podcast

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. Carissa Lee is a Noongar actor and writer whose work spans fr…

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Robert Connolly on Why Force of Nature Was His Hardest Film Shoot Yet in This Interview

Robert Connolly on Why Force of Nature Was His Hardest Film Shoot Yet in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Feb 8, 2024 3 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian film Eric Bana Force of Nature Interview Robert Connollly Robert Connolly The Dry

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. Robert Connolly is one of Australia's great modern direct…

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Feature film Red Rock Run greenlit for production in Karratha in Western Australia

Press Releases Feb 7, 2024 3 min read
Articles australian film Red Rock Run

PRESS RELEASE Screenwest and Screen Australia are pleased to announce Red Rock Run, the debut feature film from Western Australian writer, Meg Shields, has been greenlit for production in Karratha in…

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Equal the Contest Director Mitch Nivalis Talks About Rewriting the Rules to Make Football a Fairer Game for All

Equal the Contest Director Mitch Nivalis Talks About Rewriting the Rules to Make Football a Fairer Game for All

Andrew F Peirce Feb 7, 2024 17 min read
Interviews australian film Castlemaine Documentary Festival Equal the Contest football Interview LGBTIQA cinema Mitch Nivalis

Australian Rules Football is our national sport, yet it has long failed to engage with dismantling the gender inequality that exists within the community. While the existence of AFL Women’s league ame…

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Dr Michael Mosley Explores Australia's Sleep Revolution on SBS This March

Press Releases Feb 7, 2024 3 min read
Articles Dr Michael Mosley sbs

PRESS RELEASE Renowned British medical journalist and chronic insomniac Dr Michael Mosley is back in Australia to wake the nation up to the dangers of poor sleep with his eye-opening new three-part s…

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In Groundhog Day The Musical Andy Karl Effortlessly Becomes Phil Connors in a Dynamic Theatrical Production

In Groundhog Day The Musical Andy Karl Effortlessly Becomes Phil Connors in a Dynamic Theatrical Production

Kahn Duncan Feb 6, 2024 4 min read
Reviews Danny Rubin Elise McCann Groundhog Day musical Review Theatre Tim Minchin

Groundhog Day The Musical is exclusively playing at Melbourne's Princess Theatre. Tickets were provided for this review. Groundhog Day The Musical is an enlivened stage adaptation of Harold Ramis…

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Sundance Review - In India Donaldson’s Good One A Young Woman Shakes Off the Burden of Being a Good Daughter

Sundance Review - In India Donaldson’s Good One A Young Woman Shakes Off the Burden of Being a Good Daughter

Nadine Whitney Feb 6, 2024 8 min read
Films Reviews Diana Irvine Drama Good One India Donaldson Lily Collias Review Sumaya Bouhbal Sundance

Chris: Where were you? Sam: Here. Chris: You just upped and left. Well, I just don’t get it. Sam: I didn’t think you would. India Donaldson’s debut feature Good One immediately brings to mind the…

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Phoebe Tonkin To Star In And Produce The New Australian Tv Series

Press Releases Feb 6, 2024 2 min read
Articles australian film Phoebe Tonkin

The Dark Lake PRESS RELEASE Australian Actress Phoebe Tonkin (Boy Swallows Universe) will star in and executive produce the new Australian TV crime drama series, THE DARK LAKE. Based on the debut no…

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