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Bonsai Films to Support the AACTA Award Nominated Pieces

Bonsai Films to Support the AACTA Award Nominated Pieces

Press Releases Nov 6, 2023 2 min read
Articles australian film Drama Martin Wilson Nicole Ferraro Pieces

PRESS RELEASE Bonsai Films will manage the AU/NZ territories for independent feature film PIECES following a successful Australian theatrical release. "At Bonsai Films, we try to focus on origi…

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Cailee Spaeny Gives a Performance of Profound Maturity in Sofia Coppola's Priscilla

Cailee Spaeny Gives a Performance of Profound Maturity in Sofia Coppola's Priscilla

Nadine Whitney Nov 6, 2023 6 min read
Films Reviews Drama elvis Jacob Elordi Priscilla Review Sofia Coppola

Arguably, Sofia Coppola’s films are at their best when dealing with the weighted expectations of growing up for young women. Coppola is a genius at creating what appears to be dappled and dreamlike we…

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My Darling in Stirling Director Bill Mousoulis Talks About Creating a Musical in the Adelaide Hills in This Interview

My Darling in Stirling Director Bill Mousoulis Talks About Creating a Musical in the Adelaide Hills in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Nov 3, 2023 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts Adelaide Film Festival australian film Drama Interview musical My Darling in Stirling

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. Filmmaker, critic, and cultural historian Bill Mousoulis has…

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Alice Troughton's The Lesson Manages a Passing Mark But Not Full Honours

Alice Troughton's The Lesson Manages a Passing Mark But Not Full Honours

Nadine Whitney Nov 2, 2023 4 min read
Films Reviews Daryl McCormack Drama Julie Delpy Review Richard E. Grant The Lesson

J. M. Sinclair (Richard E. Grant) is long term British literary establishment. A feted writer who appears on talk shows and tours spinning out the adage “Average writers attempt originality. They fail…

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Foe Director Garth Davis Talks About Creating a Human Connection on Screen with Saorise Ronan and Paul Mescal in This Interview

Foe Director Garth Davis Talks About Creating a Human Connection on Screen with Saorise Ronan and Paul Mescal in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Nov 1, 2023 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian film Drama Foe Garth Davis Interview Paul Mescal Saorise Ronan Science Fiction

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. Garth Davis is a filmmaker who has explored the human need fo…

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Anupam Sharma Breaks Down His Documentary Brand Hollywood Downunder in This Interview

Anupam Sharma Breaks Down His Documentary Brand Hollywood Downunder in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Oct 30, 2023 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian cinema australian film documentary Interview podcast

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. Filmmaker Anupam Sharma talks about his new documentary Brand…

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Paullina Simons Talks About Her New Novel Light at Lavelle and the Emotionality of Her Characters in This Interview

Paullina Simons Talks About Her New Novel Light at Lavelle and the Emotionality of Her Characters in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Oct 27, 2023 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts Interview Pan Macmillan Paullina Simons

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. In this episode, Andrew interviews celebrated author Paullina…

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David Yates’ Pain Hustlers is Tonally Muddled and Annoyingly Bereft of Any Complexity

David Yates’ Pain Hustlers is Tonally Muddled and Annoyingly Bereft of Any Complexity

Nadine Whitney Oct 27, 2023 5 min read
Films Reviews Chris Evans Comedy David Yates Emily Blunt Netflix Pain Hustlers Review

“We agreed at the outset we didn’t want to make an earnest drama,” says director David Yates of his latest film Pain Hustlers. It’s a line that leads one to wonder who is “We?” Is “We” just a bunch of…

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How to Make Gravy: Hugo Weaving and Daniel Henshall Lead the First Original Feature Film From BINGE

How to Make Gravy: Hugo Weaving and Daniel Henshall Lead the First Original Feature Film From BINGE

Press Releases Oct 26, 2023 3 min read
Articles Daniel Henshall How to Make Gravy Hugo Weaving Paul Kelly

PRESS RELEASE BINGE today announced its first original feature film, How to Make Gravy, an adaptation of Paul Kelly’s iconic Australian song that tells the story of an inmate writing a letter home as…

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Carmen Jaquier’s Debut Film Thunder is a Transcendent Piece of Cinema

Carmen Jaquier’s Debut Film Thunder is a Transcendent Piece of Cinema

Nadine Whitney Oct 26, 2023 4 min read
Films Reviews Drama French cinema Review Thunder

In Christianity women are relegated mostly to three positions: virgin, servant, or penitent whore. Anything regarding sexuality or sensuality is transgressive. Saints become martyrs to the desires of…

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The Killer Sees David Fincher at His Funniest as He Delivers a Violent Satire

The Killer Sees David Fincher at His Funniest as He Delivers a Violent Satire

Nadine Whitney Oct 26, 2023 5 min read
Films Reviews Charles Parnell David Fincher Drama Michael Fassbender Netflix Review The Killer

David Fincher’s darkly comic hitman film The Killer can almost be read as an apologia for everyone who had to suffer through other people not understanding Fight Club was a satire and not a guidebook…

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Monolith Director Matt Vesely Talks About Why South Australia is the Hotbed for Genre Filmmaking Right Now in This Interview

Monolith Director Matt Vesely Talks About Why South Australia is the Hotbed for Genre Filmmaking Right Now in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Oct 25, 2023 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian cinema australian film horror Interview Matt Vesely Monolith podcast

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. On this episode, Andrew chats with director Matt Vesely about…

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