Maciej J. Drygas' Trains (Pociagi) is a haunting human experience
Although the legend of mass panic in screenings of The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station, the 50-second film by the Lumière brothers which first screened in 1895 is untrue, it is true that cinem…
Behind the Scenes of Unseen Enemy: The Making of an Australian Action Thriller
Guest article by Artom Simin Unseen Enemy began as a small, character-driven mystery and grew into one of the most ambitious independent action films made in Australia in recent years. The production…
Noel Cleary on directing Tales from Outer Suburbia
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A Little Life: Joel Edgerton on Train Dreams
Train Dreams directed by Clint Bentley and adapted from Denis Johnson’s novella by Bentley and Greg Kwedar (Sing Sing) is an immense film about a small and unnoticed life. Robert Granier (Joel Edgerto…
Mary Bronstein on falling down in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You is Mary Bronstein’s portrait of a woman pushed beyond her ability to cope after a ceiling leak means that she and her daughter need to move out of their apartment. It’s tens…
Shaun Tan on the journey of bringing Tales from Outer Suburbia to life as an ABC animation series
Shaun Tan is many things. He's an Academy Award winning animator, he's an artist who has taken the fantastical to suburbia and made both feel real and otherworldly, and he's someone…
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein pulls influence from the unlikeliest place: The Terminator
James Whale’s 1931 Frankenstein film, starring Boris Karloff as a childlike, lumbering brute with bolts in his neck, overshadows Mary Shelley’s foundational 1818 source novel in popular culture. Whal…
Old Habits documentarian Alfie Faber on the gay liberation journey of The Sydney Order of Perpetual Indulgence
There's a beautiful charm that resides at the core of Alfie Faber's invitational and heartwarming documentary Old Habits. It's a charm that encompasses and overwhelms the impact of d…
‘Forgiveness is moving’: Scarlett Johansson on her directorial debut Eleanor the Great
If Auguste Rodin’s Thinker is the classical embodiment of concentration, then Scarlett Johansson answering a question might be its contemporary counterpart. In a small room of a Cannes hotel, she arri…
Ronan Day-Lewis' cinematic composition isn't enough to save the tonally clumsy Anemone
There’s no doubting Ronan Day-Lewis has an eye for cinematic composition. His debut film Anemone starring his father Daniel Day-Lewis, with Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, and Sean Bottomley looks strikin…