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WA Documentary, The Fathering Project, Looks at Single Dads Joining Together to Break the Cycle of Negative Parenting

July 2, 2020

In Armadale, a community of single dads are banding together to break the cycle of negative parenting, in heart-wrenching WA documentary, The Fathering Project, set to premiere on Compass on ABC1 at 6.30pm on ...

From Audio Guide to Miro – Why Short Films Deserve the Spotlight Right Now

Andrew F Peirce

July 1, 2020

Culture

If you tune into film press, you’ll find article after article covering the continued delays of major Hollywood films, cancellations of film festivals, and alarm about the future of feature filmmaking. The Cov...

D’Art Review – Just Like the Goggomobil Dart: Something Quite Surprising and Joy Filled

Nadine Whitney

July 1, 2020

Reviews

What can an audience expect from a documentary about an art project that began with two old mates, one a painter and the other an eccentric collector, discussing what it would be like to paint a rare car in a ...

Cameras Roll on This Little Love of Mine in Far North Queensland

Guest Writer

June 30, 2020

Culture

Production on romantic feature film This Little Love of Mine has kicked off this week in Cairns, Far North Queensland. The filmsees Australian actors Saskia Hampele (The Heights) and Liam McIntyre (S...

Five Films You Can’t Miss at the 2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Andrew F Peirce

June 30, 2020

Culture

Each year the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival rolls around, a new slate of top tier documentaries rolls into my view, and as such, a wealth of stories that I never knew existed opens up in front of me. Usu...

The Booksellers Review – An Absolute Delight for Those Who Know the Power of a Book

Andrew F Peirce

June 29, 2020

Reviews

Way back when, there was a book store in North Perth that, upon entry, felt like collapsing into a world of paper, dust, and leather. Books Etc contained shelves upon shelves of books, each one buckling under ...

PiNK PEPPER Has Arrived!

Guest Writer

June 22, 2020

Culture

After more than a decade producing, writing, directing and casting a myriad of Australian films, documentaries, web series and television series, pink-haired-punk-rock-Indigenous-Western-Australian producer, T...

Bob Katter is Right: We’ve Got to Do Some Reaping Now – the Fight for Australian Culture

Andrew F Peirce

June 19, 2020

Culture

As cinemas, music venues, and theatres around Australia considered their futures with the harsh reality of social distancing measures in place, alongside the financial complexities come with those measures, a ...

Fantasia’s Upcoming Virtual Edition Announces First Wild Wave Of Programming, With Neil Marshall’s The Reckoning To Open Festival

Guest Writer

June 11, 2020

Culture

Nobuhiko Obayashi’s LABYRINTH OF CINEMA, Brea Grant’s 12 HOUR SHIFT, Makoto Tezuka’s TEZUKA’S BARBARA, Anthony Scott Burns’ COME TRUE, and Chino Moya’s UNDERGODS are among the first titles announced for the fe...

The Assistant Review – A Quiet Film With a Loud Premise

Nadine Whitney

June 8, 2020

Reviews

Director and screenwriter Kitty Green’s first foray into the world of fictional filmmaking, The Assistant, is a quiet film with a loud premise about the culture that creates a hostile environment for women wor...

Revelation Film Festival - 20 Years of Unique Films

WA Documentary, The Fathering Project, Looks at Single Dads Joining Together to Break the Cycle of Negative Parenting

From Audio Guide to Miro – Why Short Films Deserve the Spotlight Right Now

Cameras Roll on This Little Love of Mine in Far North Queensland

Five Films You Can’t Miss at the 2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Jessica Chastain – Do You Believe Rachael Taylor and Brooke Satchwell?

PiNK PEPPER Has Arrived!

International Childfree Day: Why I'm Living a Life Without Children

International Art Exhibition Come Silent Auction Gives Light to Refugees Affected by COVID-19

Australian Cinema in ISO Zoom Panel

Piper Doon – the Scotsman is Nae More

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

Blood Feast Review: An Ode to Herschell Gordon Lewis

600 Bottles of Wine Review – Grace Rouvray is a Comedic Mastermind

Romantic Road Review – A Nice Film About a Rolls Royce, India, and the Grey’s

D’Art Review – Just Like the Goggomobil Dart: Something Quite Surprising and Joy Filled

Forman vs. Forman Review – A Fascinating Excursion Through the Life and Mind of One of the Great Filmmakers

Ocean to Sky Review – The Story of a Lifetime

The Booksellers Review – An Absolute Delight for Those Who Know the Power of a Book

Acute Misfortune Director Thomas M Wright Interview

Small Island Big Song – An Oceanic Songline Director Tim Cole Interview – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story Director Posy Dixon Interview – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Leaving Allen Street Interview with Filmmaker Katrina Channells – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

The Rise of Synths Director Iván Castell Interview – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, Revelation Film Festival

Our Law Interview with Senior Sergeant Revis Ryder – Communities, Football, and Being an Indigenous Police Officer

Our Law Producer Taryne Laffar Interview – Indigenous Voices, Producing in Australia

WA Documentary, The Fathering Project, Looks at Single Dads Joining Together to Break the Cycle of Negative Parenting

From Audio Guide to Miro – Why Short Films Deserve the Spotlight Right Now

D’Art Review – Just Like the Goggomobil Dart: Something Quite Surprising and Joy Filled

Cameras Roll on This Little Love of Mine in Far North Queensland

Five Films You Can’t Miss at the 2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

The Booksellers Review – An Absolute Delight for Those Who Know the Power of a Book

PiNK PEPPER Has Arrived!

Bob Katter is Right: We’ve Got to Do Some Reaping Now – the Fight for Australian Culture

Fantasia’s Upcoming Virtual Edition Announces First Wild Wave Of Programming, With Neil Marshall’s The Reckoning To Open Festival

The Assistant Review – A Quiet Film With a Loud Premise

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