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The Platform Review – The Best Heavy Metal Movie Ever Made

April 2, 2020

Well, if there was ever a time for movies about people locked in confined spaces slowly going nuts, it’s surely now. Or maybe it isn’t; escapist fantasy might be the order of the day when you literally can’t (...

In Fabric Review – A Reminder That Peter Strickland is Capable of Far Superior Work

Nadine Whitney

March 19, 2020

Reviews

Peter Strickland is a stylist who wears his influences on his exquisitely curse embroidered sleeve. Whilst his homages to the stylistic influences of Italian Giallo were successful in both Berberian Sound Stud...

St Maud Review – This Film Will haunt You Long After its Flames Have Extinguished

Nadine Whitney

March 14, 2020

Reviews

St Maud is a disturbing first feature by writer/director Rose Glass. In an effort that is nuanced, and intelligent Glass delivers a horror film that is both unsettlingly original yet also harkens to aesthetic ...

The Hunt Review – A Suitably Broad and Over the Top Violent Horror Comedy

Liam Dunn

March 14, 2020

Reviews

After being unceremoniously dumped from Universal’s release schedule last year following a series of mass shootings in the US, Craig Zobel’s entertaining horror-comedy The Hunt will finally get in front of aud...

Ten Aussie Horror Films That’ll Leave You Frightened This Friday the Thirteenth

Andrew F Peirce

March 12, 2020

Culture

Another Friday the Thirteenth rolls around, and naturally, our minds are reaching for something truly terrifying to tingle our spines on this day of horror and bad luck. While the deep well of horror films is ...

Mad House Review – Worthy Addition to Australia’s Found Footage Catalogue

Andrew F Peirce

February 11, 2020

Reviews

There have been precious few ‘found footage’ films in Australia’s filmography. The Tunnel and The Magician come to mind. They exist, but oddly (given the micro-budget nature of the format), we are yet to see a...

Underwater Review – K-Stew’s Heavy Breathing Cannot Salvage this Empty Vessel

Hagan Osborne

January 22, 2020

Reviews

The bottom of the ocean contains more than just a sparkling blue diamond belonging to Kate Winslet. Released under the studio formerly known as 20th Century Fox, Underwater is a sci-fi horror where monolith...

The Lighthouse Review – A Sea-Salt-Soaked Waiting for Godot

Andrew F Peirce

January 10, 2020

Reviews

Whatever goat or seagull that Robert Eggers slaughtered at the altar of his chosen deity needs to be thanked eternally for their sacrifice. Their blood being spilled has allowed a creative mind to be unleashed...

Two Heads Creek Review – Classist Ocker Comedy Fails to Impress

Travis Johnson

January 6, 2020

Reviews

There’s a style of comedy fairly common in Australian culture that really gets my back up, and it’s classist ocker comedy. You know the type: take a small Australian community – generally rural but occasio...

Andrew’s Top Films of 2019

Andrew F Peirce

December 27, 2019

Culture

The year of 2019 contained some of the best films in years, with more than a handful fo these being some of the best of the decade. Because I’m based in Australia, some of these films may have been released el...

Best Australian Films of 2018

Australian Sci-Fi Web Series 2121 to Launch on 19 April

The Ricci Revival – In Christina Ricci We Trust

WA Made Film Festival Rundown – A Celebration of the Strong WA Filmmaking Community

Ten Aussie Horror Films That’ll Leave You Frightened This Friday the Thirteenth

Perth’s Australian Revelations 2020 Season Launches with a Film That’s Out of This World

Emerging Perth Artist Sam Hopkins Awarded WA Sculptor Scholarship of $10,000 at Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe Opening

August's Australian Revelations Screening is Watch the Sunset

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

Steve Bisley Visits Perth for Charity and Acting Events

Cale Street Festival Program Announced

Joker Review - Empathy for the Devil

The Platform Review – The Best Heavy Metal Movie Ever Made

Onward Review – A Perfectly Mindless Fantasy for These Dangerous Days

In Fabric Review – A Reminder That Peter Strickland is Capable of Far Superior Work

Bloodshot Review – A Competently Made Slice of Blandness

The Set Review – Important, Invaluable, but Not Good

Longest Day in Chang’an Review – An Inventive Imagining of Tang China that Deserves a Wide Audience

Looby Filmmakers Iain Knight, Merilyn Alt, and Sean Murphy - Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Interview

Discussing Diversity With Annie Murtagh-Monks: The Heights, Casting, and the Global Financial Crisis

In My Blood It Runs Interview with Director Maya Newell

WhispersRed Gold Coast Film Festival Interview – Live-ASMR, Relaxation, Self-Discovery, and Awareness

An Interview With Henry Rollins: Politics. People. Travel.

Interview with The Leunig Fragments Director Kasimir Burgess – On Idols, Filmmaking, and Becoming Michael Leunig

Hour of Power Comedians Katie Lees and Grace Rouvray Interview

The Platform Review – The Best Heavy Metal Movie Ever Made

In Fabric Review – A Reminder That Peter Strickland is Capable of Far Superior Work

St Maud Review – This Film Will haunt You Long After its Flames Have Extinguished

The Hunt Review – A Suitably Broad and Over the Top Violent Horror Comedy

Ten Aussie Horror Films That’ll Leave You Frightened This Friday the Thirteenth

Mad House Review – Worthy Addition to Australia’s Found Footage Catalogue

Underwater Review – K-Stew’s Heavy Breathing Cannot Salvage this Empty Vessel

The Lighthouse Review – A Sea-Salt-Soaked Waiting for Godot

Two Heads Creek Review – Classist Ocker Comedy Fails to Impress

Andrew’s Top Films of 2019

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