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Oscar nominee Judith Ehrlich's documentary, The Boys Who Said NO!, is a fascinating exploration of the protest movement that helped reinforce draft resistance during the Vietnam War era, allow…
Thanks to the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, I get to interview wonderful people from all around the world who have fascinating stories to tell and beautiful films to share. In this interview…
Descent is a beautiful film. It follows professional free diver Kiki Bosch as she free dives in the coldest water possible. Taking one deep breath, and without a wetsuit, Kiki delves into the depths…
I used to love skateboarding, mainy runs on the skateboard was a regular in my youth, but sadly, the height of my skills was landing a kickflip – once. So skateboarding wasn’t a love of mine for a lon…
The short is that The Walrus and the Whistleblower is interesting. The 2020 documentary which is directed by Nathalie Bibeau follows former ‘Marineland’ trainer Phil Demers as he tries to rescue a Wa…
Batman & Me follows Darren Maxwell. Darren seems like a good bloke, an average Joe who works hard and lives a peaceful life. He’s made some short films and been on family feud. But what is most i…
I need to start this review by saying, in all honesty, I did not come out of watching Crypto Rush with much more of an understanding of crypto currency before I went in. So please don’t ask me about i…
Wongar, the feature documentary that follows controversial author Sreten Bozic aka B. Wongar is now streaming at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. Director Andrijana Stojkovic talks about her e…
Last year I interviewed Miranda Taspsell before going on to catch the Top End Wedding for a second time at the Adelaide Film Festival. The film was great, but one performance in particular stuck with…
In early 2020, when Australia was in the midst of some of the most horrific fires it has ever seen, the ABC’s Q&A, doing what Q&A does, took advantage of the situation and lined up a panel of…
What can an audience expect from a documentary about an art project that began with two old mates, one a painter and the other an eccentric collector, discussing what it would be like to paint a rare…
With the documentary Forman vs. Forman, writer and director Helena Treštikova has created an intimate and philosophical portrait of the multi award winning Czech/American director Milos Forman. Buildi…