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Heaven’s Burning Review
Heaven’s
Burning is, like many 1990’s Quentin Tarantino wannabes, a derivative
piece of crime fiction that struggles to punch through the façade of
originality. Which is not to say that Craig Lahiff’s film doe...
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Smoke ‘Em If You’ve Got ‘Em Review
When the rest of the world was making Threads, Miracle Mile and
The Day After, Australia was busy
making Smoke ‘Em If You’ve Got ‘Em.
Writer/director Ray Boseley plugs in the amp, loads up the bong, and turns ...
Sweet Country and the annual Death of Australian Cinema Discussion
Each year, a post appears on a news website sounding the alarm that Australian cinema is dead. It’s dying! It’s all going down and you better start selling the furniture now because how else will you make some...
The Coming Back Out Ball Movie Director Sue Thomson Interview – The Last New Wave
On this episode, Andrew interviews the director of the documentary The Coming Back Out Ball Movie, Sue Thomson.
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The School Review
After 2 years of looking for a
way to bring her young son David (Morrison Gammon) out of a coma, Dr. Amy
Wintercraig (Megan Drury) finds herself pulled into an eerie underworld filled
with ghosts, dead bodies ...
Top Knot Detective Now Available to Stream Right Now!
Top Knot Detective was one of the best films of 2017. A raucous, fun, over the top exercise in genre nostalgia that was an extreme blast to watch. Smart, effective jokes that hit every single time.
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Samson & Delilah – Sadly Timeless
Every now and then a film comes along that, for you, will
never become irrelevant. The themes that it carries, the messages it sends, the
honesty and compassion it expresses just align with what you feel and w...
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The Nightingale – Adelaide Film Festival Review
In 2014 Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook was released. The
ultra-creepy Australian film was her first feature and it was the highest of
quality. The film won a host of awards as did the director. It’s a hard film
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In Like Flynn Review
In Like Flynn, the
latest offering from iconic Australian director Russel Mulcahy is a bumpy ride.
Mulcahy, whose credits include Razorback, Highlander, Resident Evil:
Extinction, the underrated Give ‘em...
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Jirga Review
War stories on film are often focused on the soldiers journey, presenting their path in war as an 'us v them' mentality. So rarely do they explore what the 'other side' is going through, possibly for fear of h...