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Trained to See will be screening at the Castlemaine Documentary Festival on Saturday 17 June 2023. Tickets are available here. There are many iconic photographs from WWII, from the patriotic to the w…
Once upon a time there was a little film released in 2001 titled The Fast and the Furious which was essentially a riff on Point Break with street racing, not surfing, and small heists of consumer elec…
Trained to See will be screening at the Castlemaine Documentary Festival on Saturday 17 June 2023. Tickets are available here. There are many iconic photographs from WWII, from the patriotic to the w…
Philip Marlowes are a little like Tom Ripleys in that several actors have played the part and although there are fan favourites (Humphrey Bogart, Robert Mitchum, Elliot Gould for Marlowe and Matt Damo…
Thea Ehre is a force to be reckoned with. Having won the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance at the 2023 Berlinale, it seems unanimously agreed upon that Till the End of the Night (Bis ans End…
Ivan Sen is a master of the Australian neo-noir. With both Mystery Road and Goldstone audiences were introduced to Aboriginal Detective Jay Swan (Aaron Pedersen) a man whose position as a member of th…
Petrol is currently screening around Australia with Q&A screenings. Visit petrolfilm.com for more information. Alena Lodkina’s second feature Petrol is a film that has been referred to by critics…
This review contains discussions of suicide and mental health trauma. Antonia Campbell-Hughes’ debut feature It Is in Us All asks a question with its title. What is in us all? For Londoner Hamish Con…
A little under five years ago I opened a review of the first Book Club film stating that it’s not a perfect film, noting that it was one of the most enjoyable experiences I had that year. And, to my c…
This review contains mild spoilers. It’s been a long and winding road to come to the end of the story of James Gunn’s rag-tag group of miscreants turned heroes. Audiences will no doubt not need a rec…
Queer filmmaker Elegance Bratton utilises biographical elements in his film The Inspection. Where the line between fact and fiction blurs is something Bratton mostly leaves up to the audience; but wha…
“If we dig precious things from the land, we will invite disaster.” “Near the Day of Purification, there will be cobwebs spun back and forth in the sky” “A container of ashes might one day be thrown…