Independent cinema Archives

Unknown Pleasures: Australian Independent Cinema Screenings

February 7, 2020

I've long admired and respected Bill Mousoulis, one of the most vocal and important voices out there supporting Australian cinema. If you're not up to date on his exceptional website Pure Shit, then you defini...

Under the Cover of Cloud Review – A Gentle Ode to Family, Writing, and Cricket

Andrew F Peirce

December 13, 2019

Reviews

Under the Cover of Cloud is the work of multi-hyphenate writer-director-actor-producer Ted Wilson, a man who employs the best people he knows (his family) to tell this story of a recently out of work journalis...

Filmink Presents Launches in Australia as an Exciting New Film Distributor

Andrew F Peirce

November 29, 2019

Culture

Sometimes you get a press release that just makes sense. Well, today is such a day. Dov Kornits and Lou Balletti are branching out from the realm of the magazine origins of Filmink and the subsequent onlin...

Eight Questions for Suburban Wildlife Filmmakers Imogen McCluskey and Béatrice Barbeau-Scurla

Andrew F Peirce

October 2, 2019

Banter

When I watched Suburban Wildlife, about half an hour into it I knew that this was exactly my kind of film. It's a wonderfully written, intimately directed, and superbly acted film that exists thanks to a minus...

International Falls Review – Ice Box Town Houses Warm Comedy Gold

Andrew F 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....

4.5

Thunder Road Review – Meet Jim Cummings, the Voice of Modern Independent American Cinema

Andrew F Peirce

April 26, 2019

Reviews

Meet Jim Cummings: this generation’s Steven Soderbergh and Kevin Smith and David Gordon Green. A voice that has arrived to shake up and rattle the cage of independent American cinema. One that aims to help ens...

How to Access the Criterion Channel in Australia

Andrew F Peirce

April 10, 2019

Unity

If you’re a fan of film and culture, then you’ve likely been aware of the life and death of Filmstruck, and then, Criterion Channel’s pseudo-phoenix like rise from the ashes. An apparent holy ground for those ...

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Dave Made a Maze Review

Andrew F Peirce

June 16, 2017

Reviews

There’s something refreshing about sitting in a cinema and not knowing what it is you’re about to watch. A minute or two before the lights dimmed, we were told the title of what we were watching – Dave Made a M...

Best Australian Films of 2016

The 2020 AACTA Award Predictions: A Babyteeth Sweep is On the Cards

Netflix Acquires Groundbreaking Western Australian Indigenous Documentary, Our Law

Celebrate World Wombat Day with new ‘Aussie-mation’ Combat Wombat

Mace Francis Orchestra Celebrates 15 Years with a Big Band Show in Perth

Aussie Comedy Hot Mess Picked up by Netflix

For the Sake of the Climate and Indigenous Culture: It’s Time for Australian Arts to Break Up with Mining

The Curb Bits and Pieces

The Witches Review – Horrid CGI Can’t Cover Up Awful Anne Hathaway Performance

Grassroots Initiative to Tackle Loneliness and Help Local Businesses this Victorian Christmas

International Art Exhibition Come Silent Auction Gives Light to Refugees Affected by COVID-19

Australian Cinema in ISO Zoom Panel

Piper Doon – the Scotsman is Nae More

Revelation Film Festival WA Film Callout

1917 Review - A Long Shot in Stakes and Filmmaking

Palm Springs Review – The Perfect Film for 2020: An Absolute Comedy Blast

Misbehaviour Review – A Clever Reminder of the Role of Women’s Liberation Pioneers

Possessor Review – Brandon Cronenberg’s Gorgeous, Gruesome, and Gloriously Deranged Film Has Him Moving Out of His Fathers Shadow

Da 5 Bloods Review – A Timely, Powerful, yet Flawed Film

She Dies Tomorrow Review – A Powerful and Unshakeable Slice of Horror Cinema

The Naked Farmer by Ben Brooksby Book Review – When it Comes to Mental Health, We Are All in This Together

Lawrence Leung - Growing Concerns Interview

International Podcast Day 2020: It’s All About Filmmaking!

Roger Ward Interview – Aussie Film Icon from Turkey Shoot, The Faceless Man, Mad Max and More

The Pact Director Peter Blackburn on Theatre, Creativity in Lockdown, and Support

A Chat with Nathan Phillips – Blood Vessel, Acting in Australia, and Living with Yowies

The Pact: Closer Than You Think – Rose Flanagan Talks About the Phoenix-Like Webseries in the Midst of Covid

The Plastic House: Allison Chhorn’s Documentary is a Simple, Beautiful, Effective Ode to Change

Unknown Pleasures: Australian Independent Cinema Screenings

Under the Cover of Cloud Review – A Gentle Ode to Family, Writing, and Cricket

Filmink Presents Launches in Australia as an Exciting New Film Distributor

Eight Questions for Suburban Wildlife Filmmakers Imogen McCluskey and Béatrice Barbeau-Scurla

International Falls Review – Ice Box Town Houses Warm Comedy Gold

Thunder Road Review – Meet Jim Cummings, the Voice of Modern Independent American Cinema

How to Access the Criterion Channel in Australia

Dave Made a Maze Review

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