Monsters are almost always metaphors for something. Many films forget this and just have something wreaking havoc, while others make it crystal clear. When Hank’s (Jeremy Gardner) long term partner Abby (Brea Grant) leaves him […]
Category: Festivals
We Are Little Zombies
If you see this film you will never forget the title
SUFF Launches 2019 Program
It’s that oh so disquieting, insightful, morbid mind-bogglingly fun time of year with the Sydney Underground Film Festival launching the 2019 program! The purveyors of all things colourful with classes and comps to boot – […]
Film Fight Club S3E24: Taiwan Film Fest, Ohong Village Interviews & Cats Trailer
Taiwan Film Festival Founder Benson Wu, Opening Night Flick ‘Ohong Village’ Director Lung-Yin Lim and the ‘Cats’ trailer
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Imitated, parodied, celebrated, overrated… there’s a lot of views on the man immortalised as Inspector Clouseau
Booksmart
Joyous, littered with great performers and frequently unimaginative, Booksmart deserves to be seen even if it’s but patches of what came before
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
One rarely expects a film as good as ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ to come along and we are always glad when it does.
God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya
A solid premise matters little when the execution can barely match it
Julia Parnell & Martin Phillipps talk ‘The Chills’
“It’s a story about Martin taking a big look at his life after a dire medical diagnosis that forced some real change… when I walked into his life I was dropped into a place where […]
‘Transmilitary’ Directors on the Award-Winning Doco
Gabe Silverman and Fiona Dawson discuss the origins and impact of their powerful documentary, and its connection to the controversial Trump administration ban on trans people serving in the military
Dirty God
In a Festival beset by unnecessary controversies and ill-considered depictions of violence, Dirty God showed us how well it can be done
Ant Timpson talks ‘Come to Daddy’ and the new thriller-comedy’s International Premiere
“As a fan making a film I wanted to make something that I knew would resonate with people who are savvy and maybe a little bit discerning”
The Unknown Saint
There’s no better place for dry humour than the desert. Couldn’t resist
Hail Satan?
Possibly the only Sydney Film Festival title ever to feature a question mark
Majhid Heath talks Australian Indigenous Horror Anthology ‘Dark Place’
“Five wickedly twisted tales from the next generation of Aboriginal Writer/Directors all looking at the post-colonial Aboriginal experience through the horror genre”
Parasite
Hundreds of films screen every year at the Sydney Film Festival and you can’t always rely on the best one, or close to it, getting it’s dues
Teona Strugar Mitevska talks ‘God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya’
“It’s a story of a woman who defies the rules of the establishment, of the Church, of the State. She goes against them all in order to redefine herself in her own terms, the way […]
Standing Up For Sonny
Everyone involved in this movie wants you to like it, so, so much
Film Fight Club S3E19: Sydney Film Festival wrap
Where we fight about our favourites, highlights, lowlights and trends from this year’s Sydney Film Festival and SFF flicks you can catch in cinemas soon!
RJ Mitte talks ‘Standing Up For Sonny’
Standing Up For Sonny is about Travis who is really reluctant to have a life and ends up getting a roommate who forces him to get out
The Dead Don’t Die
What a waste of everyone’s time.
Us, the cast, Jim Jarmusch; everyone except Tilda Swinton who here made magic all on her lonesome
