The 2019 AACTA Award Predictions
If you took a cursory glance at the list of films nominated for the 2019 AACTA Awards, you’d be forgiven for thinking that there were only five films released this year. With The Nightingale, Hotel Mumbai, The...
The Nightingale Sweeps 2019 AACTA Nominations, While Screenplay Category is Shafted
Jennifer Kent’s The
Nightingale reigns supreme with a total of fifteen nominations for the 2019
AACTA Awards. The colonial set film is closely followed by Hotel Mumbai and The King
which have thirteen nominati...
Escape and Evasion Review – Josh McConville Impresses in Ambitious Aussie War Film
Following on from dark urban fantasy The School, writer and director Storm Ashwood cants in a very different direction with Escape and Evasion, which sees Josh McConville (1%, The Merger) as Seth, a former spe...
The King Review – A Brutal, Excoriating Warning Siren for the Left
I’m not entirely sure why I doubted the talent of Timothée Chalamet. I adored him in Call Me By Your Name, but was yet to be equally stunned by subsequent performances, leading me to wonder whether he might fa...
Animals Review – A Vibrant Coming of Age for the Quarter Life Crisis
Animals is Sophie Hyde’s film adaption of Emma Jane Unsworth’s novel of the same name. A coming of age film (not the typical teen age range) that’ll hit frighteningly close to home for anyone experiencing a qu...
Suburban Wildlife Review – Generation Z Angst in the Suburbs of Sydney
Like a comedian recycling his own jokes, I’m going to riff
on the opening of my Hot Mess review as I set the scene
for why Suburban Wildlife is a good
film. Hot Mess and Chocolate Oyster are the step-aunt and
...
Pimped Review – A Film Searching for a Reason to Exist
This review contains discussions of sexual assault.
The thin plot of David Barker’s directorial debut, Pimped, follows apparently wealthy Lewis Blake (Benedict Samuel) and his pal Kenneth Hanson (Robin Gold...
In My Blood it Runs Review – An Important and Educational Documentary
Back in August of 2019, Pauline Hanson decided she’d travel
to the NT to climb Uluru, regardless of what Anangu people wanted. In a great
form of irony, Hanson got stuck and had to be rescued, swiftly changing...
AUSgust – The Second Annual Australian Film Month is Here!
A year ago we kicked off the first annual celebration of Australian films – AUSgust. A whole month dedicated to Australian cinema and the brilliant work that has been made throughout the years.
Just like l...
Lost & Found on Path for Oscar Glory with Shortlist Entry
Oh boy. This is really great news.
The AACTA winning short film Lost & Found has progressed to the short list, joining nine other films to hopefully reach Oscar glory at the 91st Academy Awards. L...