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Shaun Tan is many things. He's an Academy Award winning animator, he's an artist who has taken the fantastical to suburbia and made both feel real and otherworldly, and he's someone…
There's a beautiful charm that resides at the core of Alfie Faber's invitational and heartwarming documentary Old Habits. It's a charm that encompasses and overwhelms the impact of d…
If Auguste Rodin’s Thinker is the classical embodiment of concentration, then Scarlett Johansson answering a question might be its contemporary counterpart. In a small room of a Cannes hotel, she arri…
Lately, I’ve found myself drawn to the imagery of Iceland. The terrain is rugged and sparse. Snow-capped mountains far away, somehow they appear inviting yet also threatening. Then there’s the v…
Collaborative filmmaker and documentarian Lynette Wallworth expands her exploration of the death experience with her latest film Edge of Life. This expansive documentary bridges Western and East…
Paul Mescal first encountered The History of Sound in an unlikely place: a hotel bed in Australia, fresh out of quarantine, just before Christmas. He had been in the country shooting Benjamin Millepie…
A brilliant circus family’s hidden legacy unfolds as descendants reunite across continents, revealing their Australian Aboriginal ancestry, global stardom, and the extraordinary secrets they kep…
Documentarian Yaara Bou Melhem expands her approach to collaborative documentary storytelling with her latest feature Yurlu | Country. This essential film follows the final year of the life of A…
Sophie Somerville is an Australian emerging filmmaker whose short films Linda 4 Eva and Peeps made waves at film festivals around the world. Now with her feature film debut Fwends, winner of the Berli…
In this podcast, Nadine Whitney speaks with documentarians Maggie Miles & Trisha Morton-Thomas about the extraordinary documentary Journey Home, David Gulpilil. Journey Home, David Gulpilil is a…
Writer-Director Adrian Ortega's Westgate follows Netta (Sarah Nicolazzo) and her son Julian (Max Nappo) as she embarks on a torturous day of navigating hospitals, family, cultural prejudices, and…
Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite tracks the response to an unattributed nuclear warhead that is destined to land on an American city. The film moves in three terrifying segments replaying the sam…