Where we fight about Hollywood patting itself on the back and the New York Times’ dedicated Britney Spears feature + cover the inaugural Australian Womens Film Festival
Tag: documentaries
Transnistra
If you had to look up the title you may not learn what you want to from this film – a Wikipedia entry this is not
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
Hail Satan?
Possibly the only Sydney Film Festival title ever to feature a question mark
APOLLO 11
The Apollo 11 mission might be one of the last things that might typically call for a suspense-ridden retelling. Thankfully, the filmmakers didn’t listen
FILM FIGHT CLUB S3E14: #SYDFILMFEST DOCUMENTARIES, ROCKETMAN & ALADDIN
Where we chat all things #SydFilmFest with Documentary Program Co-ordinator Jenny Neighbour, Guess Why They Call It The Blues and fight about Aladdin till we’re blue in the face
FREE SOLO
Very few films are ground-breaking in a visual, technical or narrative sense. To manage all three is a rare achievement, though not nearly so remarkable as Alex Honnold
THE PRINCE OF NOTHINGWOOD
Chomping scenery in each and every scene, the subject of The Prince of Nothingwood despite this feature film treatment remains strangely elusive. The chronicling of the current and historic exploits of prolific Afghani low-budget filmmaker-actor […]
FILMWORKER
A film about film obsessives for one in the same, Filmworker offers a portrait of the one and only Stanley Kubrick that is, as elusively as just about any of the master’s output, a portrait […]
THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS
As curious as it is frequently infuriating, Three Identical Strangers takes its fascinating subject(s) to altogether captivating places. An incredulous true story that you could dismiss had it turned up in the fiction shelves, three […]
FILM HAWK
One of a number of enjoyable films about films and their champions, Film Hawk, more than most, opts for a very inside baseball look at one of the industry’s well-known figures. Bob Hawk is a […]
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 […]
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 […]
THE FARTHEST
Imagine knowing that the first time extra-terrestrial life hears a human voice, it might be yours. Or better yet, Chuck Berry. Charting the Voyager project from the get-go to, as Star Trek fans can attest […]
IT’S NOT YET DARK
An uplifting story for film-tragics, anyone familiar with the impact of Motor Neuron Disease, or both, It’s Not Yet Dark, unlike the many fictional stories that no doubt inspired its central figure, is all the […]
THE WORKER’S CUP
Going beyond the headlines of Qatar’s controversial bid for the 2022 FIFA tournament, The Worker’s Cup focuses on a very different but by no means less compelling competition, that of the workers building the stadiums. […]
SPOOKERS
Filling an old psychiatric hospital with scary clowns who frighten tourists might seem like a strange way to spend your days, but then you haven’t met this family. The perfect backdrop for a theme park […]
SPOOKERS DIRECTOR FLORIAN HABICHT ON THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE’S SCARIEST THEME PARK
“The people that work there, they come up with their own make-up, their own designs, their own creatures, they take real artistic ownership of it, apart from being really scary, you get chased […]
REACHING NEW AUDIENCES AT THE 20TH CANBERRA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
“99% of the films you’ll see in the Festival, you won’t have access to them at the cinema usually. They’re non-commercial films and they tell stories from people who we might not hear from otherwise.” […]
‘BEING BRUNO BANANI’ STAR ON BEING THE FIRST TONGAN IN THE WINTER OLYMPICS
“That was the best thing of the whole trying to get to the Olympics, to walk into the Opening Ceremony carrying the Tongan flag, that was the best thing ever, I was so happy and […]
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