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Killers of the Flower Moon is a Gripping Condemnation of America and its Myths

Killers of the Flower Moon is a Gripping Condemnation of America and its Myths

Nadine Whitney Oct 13, 2023 5 min read
Films Reviews Academy Awards Drama Killers of the Flower Moon Leonardo DiCaprio Lily Gladstone Martin Scorsese Review Robert De Niro western

At the end of Martin Scorsese’s epic western a radio show producer presents a live play about William ‘King’ Hale’s Reign of Terror over the Native American people in Osage county, Oklahoma announces…

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Love is in the Air Director Adrian Powers Talks About Working with Delta Goodrem in Paradise in This Interview

Love is in the Air Director Adrian Powers Talks About Working with Delta Goodrem in Paradise in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Oct 13, 2023 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian film Comedy Delta Goodrem Interview Love is in the Air podcast Roy Billing Steph Tisdell

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 to writer, director, and editor…

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A Guide to Becoming an Elm Tree is a Beguiling and Atmospheric Irish Folk Horror

A Guide to Becoming an Elm Tree is a Beguiling and Atmospheric Irish Folk Horror

Nadine Whitney Oct 12, 2023 2 min read
Films Reviews folk horror horror Irish Review Skye Mann

Directors and writers Adam Mann and Skye Mann weave an atmospheric Irish folk horror in the cautionary tale A Guide to Becoming an Elm Tree. Relying on ancient folklore and Celtic fairy tales, the fil…

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Citizen Kitano Creates a Lasting Profile of a Man who Defies Definition

Citizen Kitano Creates a Lasting Profile of a Man who Defies Definition

Branden Zavaleta Oct 11, 2023 3 min read
Films Reviews Citizen Kitano documentary Japanese Film Festival Review Takeshi Kitano

Citizen Kitano screens at the Japanese Film Festival during October 2023. A Post-Film Talk Event with Professor Sean Redmond (Deakin University) will be held on 28 October 2023 at The Kino in Melbourn…

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Nicole Pastor Talks About Working on Matthew Holmes’ The Cost and Heath Davis’ Christmess and More in This Interview

Nicole Pastor Talks About Working on Matthew Holmes’ The Cost and Heath Davis’ Christmess and More in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Oct 9, 2023 10 min read
Interviews australian cinema australian film Christmess Heath Davis Interview Matthew Holmes Nicole Pastor The Cost

Emerging Aussie actor Nicole Pastor is a talent on the rise. She’s worked alongside directors like Alex Proyas and Heath Davis and actors like Jane Seymour and Jacqueline Mackenzie. In 2023, audiences…

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AACTA Young Stars: National Youth Casting Call Launches

AACTA Young Stars: National Youth Casting Call Launches

Press Releases Oct 9, 2023 3 min read
Articles AACTA australian film

PRESS RELEASE The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), in collaboration with Casting Networks® and the Casting Guild of Australia (CGA), today proudly announced a ground-breaking…

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‘Late’ Author Michael Fitzgerald Talks About the Myth of Celebrity and His Version of Marilyn Monroe in This Interview

‘Late’ Author Michael Fitzgerald Talks About the Myth of Celebrity and His Version of Marilyn Monroe in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Oct 9, 2023 10 min read
Interviews Drama Interview Late Marilyn Monroe Michael Fitzgerald Transit Lounge

Author Michael Fitzgerald has crafted an impressive bibliography that engages in speculative fiction about notable figures throughout history. For his first novel, The Pacific Room, Michael explores t…

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Demián Rugna's Grotesque When Evil Lurks Delivers a New Twist on the Possession Genre

Demián Rugna's Grotesque When Evil Lurks Delivers a New Twist on the Possession Genre

Lindsay Hallam Oct 7, 2023 3 min read
Films Reviews horror Review When Evil Lurks

Demonic possession has definitely become the horror trend du jour over the past year. Alongside surprise hit Talk to Me are sequels and reboots such as Evil Dead Rise, Insidious: The Red Door, The Nun…

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Megan Smart Breaks Down Her Career, from Breath to Class of ’07, in This Interview

Megan Smart Breaks Down Her Career, from Breath to Class of ’07, in This Interview

Connor Dalton Oct 6, 2023 16 min read
Interviews australian cinema australian film Emily Browning Interview Measure for Measure Megan Smart

Only seven years into her career, Megan Smart (previously credited as Megan Hajjar) has asserted herself as a staple in the Australian screen industry. Since her debut in Simon Baker's Breath, the…

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Suka Director Heidi Lee Douglas Talks About Shooting Neon-Noir Action on the Streets of Western Sydney in This Interview

Suka Director Heidi Lee Douglas Talks About Shooting Neon-Noir Action on the Streets of Western Sydney in This Interview

Andrew F Peirce Oct 6, 2023 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts australian cinema australian film Heidi Lee Douglas Interview Suka Umbrella Entertainment

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 interview filmmaker Heidi Lee Douglas…

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Sick of Myself Has Kristoff Borgli Holding Up a Mirror to the Attention Economy With His Scathing Scandi Satire

Sick of Myself Has Kristoff Borgli Holding Up a Mirror to the Attention Economy With His Scathing Scandi Satire

Nadine Whitney Oct 5, 2023 5 min read
Films Reviews Comedy Eirik Sæther Fredrik Stenberg Ditlev-Simonsen Kristine Kujath Thorp Kristoffer Borgli Review

If one surveyed most audiences and asked them to point to the premier purveyor of scathing Scandi social satire, they would immediately choose Sweden’s Ruben Östlund. Östlund’s semi-sincere work does…

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ACE HOYTS Midland Gate Cinemas Now Open

Press Releases Oct 5, 2023 2 min read
Articles Hoyts

PRESS RELEASE Following the announcement of the joint venture between ACE Cinemas and HOYTS in August, ACE HOYTS Midland Gate is now open. This partnership brings together two exceptional exhibitors…

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