Backtrack Boys Review
Full disclosure - this film will have you crying within the first five minutes. And odds are, you won't stop crying til the credits roll. Not only is Backtrack Boys an immensely powerful film, it&…
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Jirga enters the Oscars Best Foreign Language Film Race
That headline is a little bit of a clickbait grabber, but no less important. The superb Australian film Jirga has been submitted by Australia for consideration at the next Academy Awards. What does t…
Harmony star Jerome Meyer on Fantasy, Working with Jessica Falkholt, and Parental Reactions
Writer/Director Corey Pearson has crafted something of an anomaly for the Australian film industry. He's managed to create a superb new, original fantasy film, that showcases a great ensemble cast…
Celebrate International Podcast Day With These Great Podcasts
September 30th is International Podcast Day, and with over half a million podcasts out there, and some estimated 18 million episodes to sift through, it's sometimes a little hard to know what show…
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course Review - Steve Irwin, the Next Mick Dundee
The early 2000's was a curious time in the history of Australian cinema. After a wealth of films that were domestic successes in the nineties (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Str…
Upgrade Review
Leigh Whannell is a filmmaker who is steeped in the genres of cinema. The Saw series carved a way through the horror genre, helping forge a subgenre of gorno films (or, torture porn) that changed the…
Me and My Left Brain Review
There's a point in Alex Lykos' debut film, Me & My Left Brain, that the homage to Woody Allen almost becomes too much. In a flashback to a budding relationship, two people sit on a park be…
The Merger Review
Button pushing social commentary comedies come in all shapes and sizes - The Castle with its Aussie lower class family of 'Davids' throwing punches at the governmental 'Goliaths', The…
West of Sunshine Review
West of Sunshine is the directorial debut of Jason Ratopolous. It's an exploration of the modern Australian working class man, Jim, here portrayed by one of the finest actors working in Australia…
Living Universe Review
Space, like the future, is inevitable. It's a wide, open expanse that raises an infinite array of questions. These questions help fuel the eternally inquisitive nature of mankind. The why's, t…
Breath Review
Pontificating about life and being a man is the aim of the game with Tim Winton's seventies surfing focused novel, Breath, and first time director Simon Baker, with the help of co-writer Gerard Le…
Here I Am Review
Shai Pittman's Karen Burden is getting out of prison. A few years behind bars has changed her life. Sure, she's clean, but she's also lost her daughter and has no work experience. She hea…