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Sunflower, written and directed by Gabriel Carrubba is a tender, yet tough coming-of-age queer story set in the suburbs of Melbourne. The film documents a turbulent time in the life of high schooler L…
The Fast and Furious saga has come a long way over the years. Audiences have journeyed with Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family from the days of stealing VHS players, to stealing vaults of cas…
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is not only an antidote to superhero fatigue it is genuinely one of the most beautifully rendered animated features in years and possibly the best tent-pole release…
PRESS RELEASE LG Electronics (LG) has announced the launch of its new LG MAGNIT (model LBAF) display for virtual production. A large screen leveraging the company’s cutting-edge Micro LED technology,…
Filmmaker David Easteal has talked about films ‘unique ability to capture passing time,’ and it’s with his three-hour docu-drama The Plains that the viewer is gifted the feeling of watching a city cha…
Here is a prison movie that encompasses the main conceits of all prison stories – the education of a felon (Animal Factory), the twisted prison (Midnight Express), and the triumphant escape (The Shaws…
British director Rob Savage showed how inventive he is with his pandemic Zoom horror film Host. His ability to create strong visuals is what makes the otherwise thin Stephen King adaptation The Boogey…
This review contains spoilers, discussion of transphobia and trauma. Early in the Black Swan Theatre Company’s presentation of Andrew Bovell’s family drama Things I Know to Be True, the youthful Rosi…
The Castlemaine Documentary Festival (C-Doc) is now in its ninth year, and with the 2023 festival, Festival Director Claire Jager embarks on her fourth year. The festival has long been about bringing…
Nicole Holofcener’s You Hurt My Feelings is essentially mumblecore for the middle aged. In stating that, however, I am aware that mumblecore took its roots from directors such as Woody Allen (who Holo…
SISU is a Finnish word that can’t be translated. It means a white-knuckled form of courage and unimaginable determination. Sisu manifests itself when all hope is lost. Finnish director Jalmari Helan…