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Savage Youth Review – Brilliant and Timely Takedown of Toxic White Men

July 8, 2019

Savage Youth is like someone distilled the joyful, open road youth of American Honey, with the caustic neon drenched vibrancy of Spring Breakers, and dashed in an unhealthy dash of misguided whiteness of Never...

2019 Revelation Film Festival Picks

Andrew Peirce

July 4, 2019

Culture

Perth’s Revelation Film Festival kicks off its 22nd year on July 4th, with festivities running through til July 17th. Over the two weeks of excitement and entertainment, there will be over 200 or so sessions, ...

Bill Condon Talks About Directing Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren in The Good Liar

Travis Johnson

June 28, 2019

Banter

Based on the 2015 novel by Nicholas Searle, The Good Liar reunites Gods and Monsters and Mr. Holmes director Bill Condon with acting legend Sir Ian McKellen for the fourth time – and the equally legendary Hele...

International Falls Review – Ice Box Town Houses Warm Comedy Gold

Andrew Peirce

June 20, 2019

Reviews

International Falls could easily be called The Loneliness of the Long Distance Stand Up Comic, given its honest portrayal of a touring comedian who visits the ice box of America to give his final performances....

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan Review – A Boots-On-The-Ground Aussie War Story

Travis Johnson

June 19, 2019

Reviews

It’s been 40 years since Australian cinema explored the combat soldier’s experience of the Vietnam War. While David Caesar’s Dirty Deeds (2002) featured a brief early interlude in the field with Sam Worthingto...

Never Look Away Review – Finding the Beauty in the Truth

Andrew Peirce

June 13, 2019

Reviews

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Never Look Away borrows the life of artist Gerhard Richter and supplants it into the life of Kurt Barnert. The film opens with a young Kurt (Cai Cohrs) being taken on a tour ...

Residue Short Film Director Kori Reay-Mackey and Producer Dan Thom Interview

Andrew Peirce

June 8, 2019

Banter

Almost a year ago, Perth filmmakers Kori Reay-Mackey and Dan Thom launched a gofundme campaign for their short film, Residue. Now, a year on, Residue is complete and finalised, and having seen the ...

Acute Misfortune Review – Dark, Entrancing Times at Wentworth Falls

Travis Akbar

May 22, 2019

Reviews

Acute Misfortune chronicles a period of time, where Archibald Prize Winning Artist Adam Cullen’s life was shadowed by aspiring journalist Erik Jensen who was invited in 2008 to live with Cullen and write his b...

The Realm Review – Fantastic Political Thrills

Travis Akbar

May 22, 2019

Reviews

The Realm is based around Antonio de la Torre’s character Manuel Lopez-Vidal: a high-class politician whose life begins to stream out of control when and his party and his corrupt business dealings threaten to...

Don’s Party Review – Labor Loss Through the Ages

Travis Johnson

May 22, 2019

Reviews

Originally the plan was to write about Don’s Party before the federal election on the weekend. That didn’t pan out. Perhaps subconsciously I knew that writing about it after the numbers were in would be more p...

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Savage Youth Review – Brilliant and Timely Takedown of Toxic White Men

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Bill Condon Talks About Directing Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren in The Good Liar

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Residue Short Film Director Kori Reay-Mackey and Producer Dan Thom Interview

Savage Youth Review – Brilliant and Timely Takedown of Toxic White Men

2019 Revelation Film Festival Picks

Bill Condon Talks About Directing Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren in The Good Liar

International Falls Review – Ice Box Town Houses Warm Comedy Gold

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan Review – A Boots-On-The-Ground Aussie War Story

Never Look Away Review – Finding the Beauty in the Truth

Residue Short Film Director Kori Reay-Mackey and Producer Dan Thom Interview

Acute Misfortune Review – Dark, Entrancing Times at Wentworth Falls

The Realm Review – Fantastic Political Thrills

Don’s Party Review – Labor Loss Through the Ages

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