The truly weird, wacky and wonderful are usually left for those ‘Freak Me Out’ screenings packed by those most dedicated genre fans. Not this year. Launching the 2019 Sydney Film Festival program at Sydney’s Town […]
Category: Film/TV
GAME OF THRONES: SEASON 8 EPISODE 4
When will Game of Thrones stick to what works?
THE BATTLE OF WINTERFELL
8 years of build-up, two full episodes sitting around the fireplace with characters and the promise of the longest battle ever filmed is a lot to live up to
GAME OF THRONES: WINTERFELL
It’s remarkable how even five episodes out that same commitment to world-building and character dynamics still shines bright. WARNING: This post is dark and full of spoilers What could (almost) forgivingly have pleasingly passed with […]
DERRY GIRLS
One would do well to discover this gem
POLAR – BAD
A rare deed of terrible filmmaking emerging from a unique combination of guileless over-confidence and frightful neglect, Polar is one to scroll past
VELVET BUZZSAW
‘Art is dangerous,’ at least to this author, remains one of the most frustratingly adapted, frequently used turns of phrase in an industry that as Velvet Buzzsaw entreaties can become obsessed with itself. Artists are […]
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 […]
THE SINNER – SEASON 2
The Sinner is quickly becoming one of the best thrillers on US television – even if the second season isn’t quite a match for the first. Benefiting greatly from star Jessica Biel, here returning off-screen […]
SF3 GALA 2018 SHOWS WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH AN IPHONE OR SAMSUNG
“Smartphone filmmaking has come a long way – thank you for supporting the democratisation of filmmaking” SF3 SmartFone Flick Fest co-founders Angela Blake and Alison Crew welcomed the Festival’s largest-ever crowd to last night’s Gala, […]
PROGRAM LAUNCH: 25 FLICKS TO CATCH AT THE SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL
If finding the quickest routes from Dendy Newtown to Circular Quay to the State Theatre is a challenge you face yearly, then you’re as excited for the Sydney Film Festival as the hundreds of eager […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB S2E3: NETFLIX
Where we fight about the future of cinema and the best and worst things now streaming on Netflix – join Glen Falkenstein, Chris Evans & Virat Nehru Wednesdays on 2SER
FILM FIGHT CLUB S2E1 – THE LAST JEDI, GOLDEN GLOBES & BEST OF 2017
A fight a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, what the Hollywood Foreign Press are up to and, now that 2017 is over, the best films of the year – […]
THE SINNER
Every good murder mystery needs something that makes it just that bit different, and ever so often exceptional. Deserving of its place in the long line of shrewder, mind-bending whodunnits, The Sinner is actually anything […]
FOUND FOOTAGE FESTIVAL OPENS SUFF 2017
Packing Marrickville’s Factory Theatre with lovers of the strange, perplexing and endearingly gaudy, the first-ever Australian appearance of Found Footage Festival founders Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher kicked off the 11th annual Sydney Underground Film […]
ACCOMPLISHED ENGLISH STAGE & SCREEN VETERAN CAST AS 13TH DOCTOR
Broadchurch star Jodie Whittaker has been announced as the 13th Doctor. The latest in a long line of recognisable British film and television stalwarts thrust into the international spotlight following their casting as the titular […]
JURASSIC PARK MEETS ET: DIRECTOR MATT DRUMMOND TALKS ‘MY PET DINOSAUR’
“It’s been likened to some of those films from the ’80s in terms of its look and appearance. That’s something that I set out to do in the sense of trying to capture some of […]
FIRST LOOK AT THE MAN WHO SHOT FIRST
In case you live under an Exogorth and haven’t heard, a series of Star Wars sequels and spin-offs, following the enormous success of Rogue One, will inevitably be coming to every cinema near you! Disney […]
LA LA LAND LEADS OSCAR NOMINATIONS IN GROUNDBREAKING YEAR
And the nominations are in! Capping off an impressive awards season, La La Land leads the pack with 14 nods including Best Picture, equalling the record set by All About Eve (1950) and matched by […]
OSCARS BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM COMPETITION HEATS UP
Yes, it’s almost that time of year again. Now that Leonardo DiCaprio has finally won an Oscar it’s game-on for any previously shunned blockbuster-magnet turned art-house darling who’s keen to take home gold. With Loving, […]
TOM FORD JOINS LIVE SYDNEY Q&A FOR NOCTURNAL ANIMALS PREVIEW
“The most important thing about film for me is substance, I don’t believe in style without substance – I think style is important to serve the characters and serve the story, but that being said […]
‘SPIN OUT’ DIRECTOR TIM FERGUSON ON KEEPING IT SIMPLE
Doug Anthony All Stars veteran and now Director Tim Ferguson, fresh off the release of his first feature Spin Out explains the genesis of the new rural-set Aussie comedy, describing the rev-heavy production as a […]
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