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Category: Festivals
BODIED
This author has only ever seen one film twice during a single Festival run. That was Bodied. Bodied will very likely will be the standard-bearer and standard for its particular subgenre of satire and comedy that […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB S2E52: NETFLIX; THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS, HOLD THE DARK, THE SINNER, CAM, SHIRKERS, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND & MOWGLI
Where in our very last show for 2018 we fight about our favourite and least favourite Netflicks – tune in Wednesdays 7:30PM from 2019 on 2SER, subscribe on iTunes & Spotify and have […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB S2E51: CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? & CREED II
Where we fight about the best Melissa McCarthy film since Spy and Rocky 4 x 2 ie Rocky 8 ie Creed II, in cinemas now + discuss the legacies of Nicholas Roeg and […]
CAM
Psychological thrillers are best when they’re relatable and (hopefully) original. ‘Cam’ ticks both boxes with camgirl Alice (Madeline Brewer from “The Handmaid’s Tale”) aka Lola facing the existential dread of being locked out of her […]
CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
For such a well known actress, Melissa McCarthy is strangely underrated. Flexing her considerable comic and dramatic chops as early as those first seasons of Gilmore Girls to later find broader fame with Bridesmaids and […]
ROMA
Roma deserves to be seen on the big screen – do yourself a favour and see it before it hits Netflix, and then see it again. The streaming platform have done well with this acquisition […]
PARACINEMA FEST: CLIMBING OVER BOUNDARIES
“Paracinema as a style of and approach to cinema has always been about climbing over boundaries to see what is on the other side, always obsessed with ferreting out oddities and unique films that show […]
ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE
A contender for one of the worst films of the year, look elsewhere than Anna and the Apocalypse. A small Welsh town, an encroaching Christmas; carols, families, seasons greetings and a horde of the undead. […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB S2E49: WIDOWS & ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE
Where we fight about one of the best cast movies in years and Christmas zombies being unleashed on Wales – Wednesdays 7:30PM on 2SER and subscribe on iTunes and Spotify!
FILM FIGHT CLUB S2E48: ROMA, SUSPIRIA, JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL
Where we fight about Alfonso Cuaron’s latest screening at the Cine Latino Film Festival, whatever happened in Suspiria and the flicks on show at the Japanese Film Festival including One Cut of the Dead, […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB S2E47: JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL, STAN LEE, SHOPLIFTERS, ROMA, AUSTRALIA SAYS YES & KINO KABARET
Where we chat with Japanese Film Festival Programmer Alison Groves about the latest, greatest Japanese cinema (screening in Sydney from Nov 15-25), discuss the formidable, indelible and much loved legacy of Stan Lee, […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB S2E46: RUSSIAN RESURRECTION & WINDA FILM FESTIVAL
Where we chat all things Russian Resurrection Film Festival now in full swing with Festival Director Nicholas Maksymow and delve into the third annual Winda Film Festival with Executive Director Medika Thorpe and […]
THE COACH & RUSSIAN RESURRECTION DIRECTOR NICHOLAS MAKSYMOW ON THE FESTIVAL’S OPENING FILM
Films are rarely as ideally timed as The Coach. Fresh off the Russian team’s stellar rise to the upper echelons of the FIFA World Cup tally board to the thrill and against the expectations of […]
SGT. STUBBY: AN AMERICAN HERO
Australians will likely know the tale of Simpson and his donkey – staples of the World War who famously ferried injured soldiers to safety. Perhaps better known to American audiences is Sgt. Stubby, a terrier […]
JOURNEY’S END
War epics more often than not revolve around the key or decisive battles, the grand, sweeping calls to arms or the impact, whatever it may be, of victory and defeat. Not this one. Centred on […]
TRANSMILITARY
Documentaries can recount, expound or explain so much – but it’s always better when they’re right there. Chronicling the struggles and campaign by members of the transgender community who have enlisted in the US Armed […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB S2E45: JEWISH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, HALLOWEEN & FIRST MAN
Where we wish everyone a Happy Halloween, are not the first men to talk about First Man and chat all things Jewish International Film Festival with Fest Director Eddie Tamir – Wednesdays 7:30PM […]
UFO
Speculative, notional sci-fi, usually the domain of more abstract offerings, aren’t often melded with kids flicks. Thankfully, there were a few gutsy earthlings willing to give it a go. For UFO is above all a […]
STAR
Have you ever noticed how many flicks have a passing, momentary or even not insignificant shot of the starry sky overlaid with dialogue, anticipation, or perhaps nothing at all? Have you taken those scenes for […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB S2E42: SCIFI FILM FESTIVAL’S SIMON FOSTER & A STAR IS BORN
Where we chat all things SciFi Film Festival with Program Director Simon Foster – at Event Cinemas George Street from Oct 18-21 – and fight about whether A Star Is Born lives up […]
BLIND MAN DEATH STARE – FILMONIK MELBOURNE
Produced as part of Filmonik Kabaret 2018 in Bakehouse Studios, Melbourne
