Director Ramin Bahrani sat down with ScreenHub to discuss his new film 99 Homes, one of the most promising entries currently screening at the Sydney Film Festival. Set in Florida amidst the US mortgage crisis, in preparing […]
Last Cab to Darwin
“We knew from really early on that we needed to do the trip, we had about 18 flat tyres – it was an extraordinary adventure.” Last Cab to Darwin follows Rex (Michael Caton), a Broken Hill […]
DEATHGASM
Rarely ever has a film’s title been put to better use. DEATHGASM (because lower case is for wusses) is a New Zealand comedy-horror flick where new kid in town/metal-head Brodie (Milo Cawthorne) forms a band […]
Sherpa – Dizzying Heights
Premiering over the weekend, Australian documentary, Sherpa, is the only documentary vying for the Sydney Film Prize at the Sydney Film Festival. “I watched the Sherpas on many a cutting room floor for Everest films… […]
The Daughter Wows at Sydney Film Festival
Enfant terrible theatre director turned filmmaker, Simon Stone, makes a splash with his first film, The Daughter, which is vying for the lucrative Sydney Film Prize. “A group of actors made this more human than […]
Gayby Baby Premieres At Sydney Film Festival
“Four years ago when Charlotte [Mars] and I started making this film we couldn’t imagine that our country would be debating marriage equality when we released it” Gayby Baby director Maya Newell addresses a sold-out […]
Slow West
New Zealand doubling as 19th century Colorado? Yes, and done brilliantly and humorously, in Michael Fassbender’s latest film, Slow West. “Let’s drift” Macabre cinema can best be described by that old steak pun – it’s […]
Madame Bovary
The kind of film a teacher might show their class if they were really desperate for an adaptation, Madame Bovary is a lacklustre and all-round disappointing period drama. Based on the debut novel by French […]
Far from the Madding Crowd
Having seen Far from the Madding Crowd at this year’s SFF, Glen Falkenstein concludes that sometimes, casting just works. Heiress Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan) takes over a large farm and property in the latest Thomas […]
Entourage
I could barely contain my excitement. They had made an Entourage movie. About time. The cult show dedicated to the film industry, mateship and Hollywood had inevitably capitalised on eight successful HBO seasons and […]
Tomorrowland – Where Capitalism Went Wrong
What an idea. What a waste. Casey Newton (Britt Robertson from The Longest Ride), a talented inventor and go-getter is selected to visit Tomorrowland, best described as a fantastical anarcho-capitalist autonomous collective free from the […]
Romeo and Juliet
In a modern take on the age-old tragedy from the newly formed Sydney Classic Theatre Company, a young cast sit and send texts while others fight, deliver prose and provide some moments of laughter in […]
The Lamb Is About to Scream Again
With Season 3 of ‘Hannibal’ soon to hit screens, Glen Falkenstein questions whether this show can truly distinguish itself from its predecessor. The latest incarnation of Dr Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) has thus far haunted two […]
SPY
Please welcome Salty’s new Kernel, Glen Falkenstein, a writer I met at a screening for the folks at Roadshow Films, he sat next to me while we were treated to a high tea while watching […]
San Andreas
“it’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when” San Andreas has taught us what to do whenever disaster strikes – search for higher ground, stay there, and wait for The Rock. […]
Anarchy
A top cast can’t save a bad idea. Here’s the proof. Director Michael Almereyda (Hamlet, Nadja) transplants Cymbeline, one of Shakespeare’s lesser-known and least popular plays, onto a modern day war between a bikie gang, […]
Eurovision Wrap: Guy’s whopping 196 and top 5 finish
“Nothing says Eurovision like a man playing a piano that’s on fire.” Veteran commentators Julia Zemiro and Sam Pang again brought their blithest of wits to a night of extravagance and indulgence, the kind you […]
A Royal Night Out
A Royal Night Out is British, royalist fanfare at its most trifling and frivolous, in large part undeniably enjoyable. The title ‘A Royal Affair’ being taken, A Royal Night Out is the latest in a long line […]
Woman in Gold
A lot of things jump to mind when a film flashes “based on a true story” – either they’re attempting to tug at the heartstrings, or they’re trying to establish that the story is in […]
Mad Men Finale
A show that epitomises the current television golden age has just come to a fitting conclusion. Mad Men finished this week after 8 tumultuous years for Don Draper (John Hamm), his children and anyone who […]
Eurovision 2015: Top Five finalist choices
Power chords, key changes, fluoro, hair gel, synths – Eurovision 2015 is here, and the comp that made Jedward and ABBA famous has an honorary entrant in Australia, with a chance for Eurovision glory. Idol […]
Australia and Ireland Partnering on Film
With the imminent release of Strangerland, Glen Falkenstein takes a look at the production partnership between Ireland and Australia. Co-operation between the Irish and Australian film industries is set to reach a milestone this year, with the release […]
