AACTA Awards Archives

Ride Like a Girl Review – A Misguided Slice of Racing Industry Propaganda

November 24, 2019

Rachel Griffiths directorial debut, Ride Like a Girl, will end up as being the highest grossing (domestic) Australian film of 2019. This is the retelling of the story of Michelle Payne, the first woman to ride...

Judy & Punch Review – A Proudly Feminist Film About Insidious Violence

Andrew F Peirce

November 24, 2019

Reviews

British journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy became one of the most ridiculed interviewers of the decade when he pushed director Quentin Tarantino on the relationship between the violence in his films and the viole...

The 2019 AACTA Award Predictions

Andrew F Peirce

November 8, 2019

Culture

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

Andrew F Peirce

October 23, 2019

Culture

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

Travis Johnson

October 17, 2019

Reviews

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

Andrew F Peirce

October 10, 2019

Reviews

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

Simone Grogan

September 24, 2019

Reviews

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

Andrew F Peirce

September 17, 2019

Reviews

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

Andrew F Peirce

September 11, 2019

Reviews

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

Travis Akbar

September 10, 2019

Reviews

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...

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The Ricci Revival – In Christina Ricci We Trust

WA Made Film Festival Rundown – A Celebration of the Strong WA Filmmaking Community

Ten Aussie Horror Films That’ll Leave You Frightened This Friday the Thirteenth

Perth’s Australian Revelations 2020 Season Launches with a Film That’s Out of This World

Emerging Perth Artist Sam Hopkins Awarded WA Sculptor Scholarship of $10,000 at Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe Opening

Perth: Walk with Belinda to Parliament House on 6 August

Revelation Film Festival WA Film Callout

Mojo’s Bar is Closed but With Your Help They Can Reopen When the Time is Right

Five Streaming Services to Check Out in Quarantine

Steve Bisley Visits Perth for Charity and Acting Events

Cale Street Festival Program Announced

New Aussie film Wild Butterfly Reveals Claire Murray’s Devastating Untold Story

The Rover Review - A Violent, Lonely, and Authentically Raw Film

The Platform Review – The Best Heavy Metal Movie Ever Made

Onward Review – A Perfectly Mindless Fantasy for These Dangerous Days

In Fabric Review – A Reminder That Peter Strickland is Capable of Far Superior Work

Bloodshot Review – A Competently Made Slice of Blandness

The Set Review – Important, Invaluable, but Not Good

Longest Day in Chang’an Review – An Inventive Imagining of Tang China that Deserves a Wide Audience

Residue Interview with Director/Writer Kori Reay-Mackey and Producer Dan Thom - Not A Knife

Discussing Diversity With Annie Murtagh-Monks: The Heights, Casting, and the Global Financial Crisis

In My Blood It Runs Interview with Director Maya Newell

WhispersRed Gold Coast Film Festival Interview – Live-ASMR, Relaxation, Self-Discovery, and Awareness

An Interview With Henry Rollins: Politics. People. Travel.

Interview with The Leunig Fragments Director Kasimir Burgess – On Idols, Filmmaking, and Becoming Michael Leunig

Hour of Power Comedians Katie Lees and Grace Rouvray Interview

Ride Like a Girl Review – A Misguided Slice of Racing Industry Propaganda

Judy & Punch Review – A Proudly Feminist Film About Insidious Violence

The 2019 AACTA Award Predictions

The Nightingale Sweeps 2019 AACTA Nominations, While Screenplay Category is Shafted

Escape and Evasion Review – Josh McConville Impresses in Ambitious Aussie War Film

The King Review – A Brutal, Excoriating Warning Siren for the Left

Animals Review – A Vibrant Coming of Age for the Quarter Life Crisis

Suburban Wildlife Review – Generation Z Angst in the Suburbs of Sydney

Pimped Review – A Film Searching for a Reason to Exist

In My Blood it Runs Review – An Important and Educational Documentary

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