Cinemas Need You Now More Than Ever
What are we to do when the place where films are born ceases to be? A film can be made by people, but it merely gestates in the ether until it is released into the world and exists as it is in the onl…
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I’ve Never Seen… Predator: But I Sure Do Have an Opinion on It
People have opinions man, and they sure are shitty. Well, that’s what you can take away from the raging roar from the angry internet who is eagerly grabbing their pitchforks to burn down the steeple…
Adelaide Screenwriter Indianna Bell Receives Major American Film Festival Honour
Austin Film Festival Announces the 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2020 List It’s with great pride and excitement that I share the news that South Australian screenwriter, Indianna Bell, has been named…
Cornerstone Films, Genesius Pictures and Distribution Executive Lisa Garner Launch Sydney Based 'The Reset Collective'
Cornerstone Films, Genesius Pictures and Distribution Executive Lisa Garner have formed The Reset Collective, a vertically integrated Australian content company encompassing a new model distribution a…
The Parents are Fighting Again - Universal, AMC, and the Remains of Cinema
The parents are fighting again. Right, so, there’s a spat between struggling American cinema chain AMC and Universal studios that’s going on like two furious cats ready to rumble. Universal, in need…
Cook's Legacy and the Modern Polly's Folly
Given that acceptance of Aboriginal existence pre-colonisation has been so much later than it should have been, I found it apt that I gave my opinion on the anniversary of Cook's first time visiti…
The Goodies: Comedy in a Crisis, and the Loss of Tim Brooke-Taylor
Australians of a certain age would have fond memories of watching The Goodies and Doctor Who in the hour leading up to the ABC's 7 o'clock news. While the BBC has for many years mined the reve…
Piper Doon – the Scotsman is Nae More
I’m in lockdown in Sydney’s Inner West as I write this and it has been over three years since I moved East for work, but I remained a regular patron of Mount Lawley’s revered pub, The Flying Scotsman,…
Australian Sci-Fi Web Series 2121 to Launch on 19 April
Resurgence Productions is proud to announce 2121, a bold dystopian web series starring Gary Sweet (House Husbands, The Pacific) and Briar Rose (AMC’s The Dead Lands), and created by Jenna Cosgrove wit…
The Ricci Revival - In Christina Ricci We Trust
In times of seclusion and quarantine, the most comforting thing can be a familiar face. Christina Ricci is a face that has been part of my life since the beginning, one of the earliest films I remembe…
WA Made Film Festival Rundown - A Celebration of the Strong WA Filmmaking Community
As film festivals around the world were announcing postponements and delays due to the unfurling pandemic, something new and exciting was emerging in the sleepy little death toll town of Perth. As rai…
Mojo's Bar is Closed but With Your Help They Can Reopen When the Time is Right
As Covid-19 keeps small business and communities closed, we'll be pushing fundraising campaigns to try help build awareness of places in need. If you are a business, artist, organisation, or comm…