2019 AFCA Awards and Film Criticism
On February 15th at The Backlot Theatre in
Melbourne, the 2019
Australian Film Critic Association awards were handed out. Heading into the
ceremony, Sweet Country lead the pack
with nine nominations, and at th...
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The Combination Redemption Review
At the core of David Field’s The Combination Redemption is a
performance by Taylor Wiese that is conjured from the guts of hell itself. All
muscles and beard, Wiese’s Bryan is a gut churning echo of the violen...
4.5
The Chain Reaction Review
Steve Bisley. A name I would generally associate with only Water Rats. Maybe, just maybe I might
think of Mad Max or Red Hill. But generally, if you said to
me, “remember Steve Bisley”? I would reply with, “th...
Yahoo Serious Q&A for Young Einstein 30th Anniversary!
Ok, we all love Yahoo Serious, but we've all missed the guy a fair bunch after he retired from filmmaking, and in turn, public life.
Well, for one night only, that's going to change with Yahoo Serious doin...
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The Combination Review
Watching David Field’s The Combination over ten years after its
released, it’s difficult to see exactly why this film was as contentious as it
was when it first landed. This isn’t to say that a film about
Leba...
The Top End Wedding Trailer is Here!
I spent most of 2018 going on about how great Sweet Country was, and was looking at the roster for Australian films in 2019 and seeing a huge wealth of brilliant work coming up - The Nightingale, I&n...
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Storm Boy Review
This review will contain spoilers.
In the year 2019, Colin Thiele’s classic novella, Storm Boy, will be celebrating its 55th anniversary. To honour this momentous occasion, there has been a video game relea...
Andrew’s Top 50 Films of 2018
Best of lists are always strange beasts. We sift through a
year of ‘stuff’ trying to find value and quality, only to put it in some kind
of arbitrary order. These lists always play like a competition – where y...
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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 ...
Hotel Mumbai Trailer Has Arrived
Hotel Mumbai is a film that's high up on the 'must see' list for 2018. The Curb's Travis Akbar saw the film at the 2018 Adelaide Film Festival and gave it a perfect score, saying that:
Hotel Mumbai engages...