“There’s such an amazing networking community happening in the smartphone film space, we’re really amazed to be a part of it.” SF3 SmartFone Flick Fest Co-Director Angela Blake, having wrapped this year’s Gala Awards at […]
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SYDNEY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL LAUNCHES PROGRAM
There isn’t any Film Festival in Sydney quite like SUFF. Going strong into it’s 11th season, the curation of the Festival’s, let’s say less than usual content, is all the more thrilling for knowing you […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB EPISODE 15: WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, GAME OF THRONES, TWIN PEAKS & RIVERDALE
Where we fight about Apes, all the latest in Westeros, whatever is happening in Twin Peaks, your new favourite Netflix drama Riverdale, the latest Australian Film Festivals and A Ghost Story continues to […]
DAMIEN LIPP ON THE WORLD PREMIERE OF ONE-SHOT WONDER ‘WATCH THE SUNSET’
‘Watch The Sunset’ Producer and Director of Photography Damien Lipp on what it takes to capture a film in one-shot “Watch The Sunset is Australia’s first one-take feature film… it’s basically shot over an […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB EPISODE 11: SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING, REBOOTS & REMAKES
Where we fight about Spider-Man: Homecoming, the flicks we would happily see rebooted and this week’s best bad movie, Entourage – join Glen Falkenstein, Virat Nehru and Chris Evans Wednesdays 7:30 on 2SER […]
MCLAREN
Only the second and last driver to win a Formula One Grand Prix with his name on the bonnet, Bruce McLaren’s formidable legacy gets a fairly laudable treatment in Roger Donaldson’s new documentary. No stranger […]
THE BEGUILED
There are two films here – you might like one of them, and you may struggle to like both. Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled, based on the novel by Thomas P. Cullinan, itself adapted by Don […]
PACMEN
No one wants to see how the sausage is made. You might however want to see this film. The Republican primary season of 2016 will inevitably be the subject of countless films and documentaries. One […]
OTHERLIFE
Fixing on a great idea or something you haven’t seen before isn’t easy – watching any flick is that much better when you know the filmmakers have floored their premise. Home-grown Aussie sci-fi OtherLife asks […]
GAME OF DEATH
These are the last people you would want to be stuck in a horror movie with – it makes for a great flick. The appropriately named Game of Death is only as literal as […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB EPISODE 3: SFF, AMERICAN ESSENTIALS & 20TH CENTURY WOMEN
Where we talk all things Sydney Film Festival 2017, Wednesday’s program launch and why you should be excited, the American Essentials Film Festival which opened this week with 20th Century Women + David Lynch and […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB EPISODE 2: SF3 SMARTFONE FLICK FEST, JONATHAN DEMME, STAR WARS SPIN-OFFS & COLOSSAL
For Film Fight Club Round #2 we talk to SF3 SmartFone Flick Fest co-Director Angela Blake, all things Jonathan Demme, Star Wars spin-offs and Colossal – in cinemas now. Tune in to 2SER 107.3 on […]
YOUNG AT HEART FILM FESTIVAL TO TOUR NATIONALLY
“What we tried to do is find films that are ideally suited to the seniors audience, films that are entertaining, where you can learn something, where you can reminisce and where you can embrace yourself […]
“THIS FILM HAS CHANGED LIVES ALREADY” – SANCTUARY SCREENS AT IRISH FILM FESTIVAL
“To actually have a film that manages to change the law, change people’s lives, there’s nothing better than that.” Director Len Collin flew out from Ireland to attend a special screening of his film Sanctuary, […]
IRISH FILM FESTIVAL SET FOR ITS BIGGEST YEAR YET
“People are looking for a window on contemporary Ireland and that’s our goal. All of these films, 8 features, they’ve all been made in the last 12 months, so that’s certainly what they’re going to […]
SHORT+SWEET FILM FESTIVAL GALA FINAL
The inaugural Short + Sweet Film Festival Gala screened at Dendy Cinemas Newtown on Sunday night, will all but two of the Festival’s twelve finalists hailing from independent Australian filmmakers. “The 12 short films we […]
DIRECTOR SEVE SCHELENZ ON A NIGHT OF HORROR/FANTASTIC PLANET OPENER ‘PEELERS’
“I’m pretty excited, it’s the Australian premiere – its pretty wicked.” Canadian Director Seve Schelenz is in town for the Australian premiere of his new Festival hit Peelers, which on Thursday opened this year’s A […]
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, […]
GERMAN FILM FEST TO TOUR AUSTRALIA
“I think it will be a great year because we have a lot of different things, we will have a very strong focus on female filmmakers which is great because there are a lot of […]
INAUGURAL WINDA FILM FESTIVAL SCREENS IN SYDNEY
The inaugural Winda Film Festival, described as a ‘cinematic dreamtime from around the world… (giving) voice to a diverse global Indigenous film community” will open tonight in Sydney. Screening a series of features, documentaries and […]
THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS
Much more than Oscar bait, The Light Between Oceans shows you just how far two talented actors can take a film. Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, further known for being one of the darling couples […]
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR – TASMANIAN FILM FESTIVAL DIRECTOR OWEN TILBURY ON WHAT MAKES BOFA SPECIAL
“It’s exciting being part of something that big that’s at the same time so immersive… Our mainland guests in particular and for that matter people outside Launceston love the fact that they come here, turn […]
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