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Kitty Green is the director of the excellent film The Assistant, a powerful film starring Julia Garner, and featuring a powerful assessment of the era-defining #MeToo. Andrew caught up with Kitty t…
The Daughter is an exquisite rendering of Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck set in a small logging community in rural NSW, Simon Stone’s first feature is remarkably assured as it transposes Ibsen’s tragedy…
Joining the seemingly never-ending list of millennial-made films about adults learning life lessons from kids is the eagerly sweet Saint Frances. Directed by Alex Thompson, and written by and starring…
In the space of two years, three films about the Manson family murders appeared to varying degrees of critical and commercial success. The universally panned 2019 Hilary Duff vehicle The Haunting of S…
Let’s be honest, Coronavirus has killed a lot of people, screwed the economy, and given a lot of people an unwanted and unaffordable holiday. In the scheme of things, not being able to go to the cinem…
The re-emergence of Frank Shields 1983 thriller Hostage (aka Savage Attraction) from Umbrella Entertainment comes at a fascinating time in history. Based on Christine Maresch’s book of the same name,…
As humans, the way we process pain can seem mysterious. Many of us think of pain as a purely physical phenomenon. We get injured, we bruise or bleed, we heal. But when lives are on the line, it is sa…
And they said original ideas were gone. Tyler Cornack has the status of having created a cult film in his mind with his indie-thriller Butt Boy. Taking triple duties here as co-writer/director/actor,…
From outré queer director and musical theatre genius, John Cameron Mitchell comes a revelatory piece of understated suburban melodrama exploring the complex nature of grief when complicated by intrica…
Robbie Studsor is an Aussie filmmaker who made an indie film called Burning Kiss. In this discussion with Andrew, Robbie talks about the indie film making process, as well as talking about th…
“People sleep peacefully in their beds at night, because rough men stand ready to do violence, on their behalf; and they will fucking hate you for it” – Ray Mandel, Protect and Serve Protect and Serv…
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