“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.” […]
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‘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 […]
EQUALS
It’s a wonder Equals didn’t get a mainstream release, yet alone an Australian showing beyond the SciFi Film Festival. Nicholas Hoult, Kristen Stewart and Australia’s Guy Pearce and Jacki Weaver alone are enough to sell […]
JACK REACHER AND THE SEARCH FOR THAT ELUSIVE TITLE CARD
NEVER. GO. BACK Sounds pretty great huh? It doesn’t really tell us anything about the movie, but the conjunction of three action words that sound vaguely like they could be verbs reads a lot better […]
HELL OR HIGH WATER
It takes a lot to outdo Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine, even in the latter’s best performance to date. Ben Foster (Inferno, 3:10 to Yuma) does just that, and he’s a sight to behold. Essentially […]
BLOCKBUSTER LINE-UP FOR BRITISH FILM FESTIVAL’S FOURTH YEAR
“Our Festival is perfectly positioned soon after the Toronto and London film festivals so we’re able to really get the latest in British films and the best that are available.” British Film Festival Curator Kim Petalas […]
THE ACCOUNTANT – THIS YEAR’S MOST ORIGINAL SUPERHERO MOVIE
It’s crazy to think that in the year of Ben Affleck’s highly-anticipated and equally disappointing Batman v Superman that a film called The Accountant would be his best superhero flick. Make no mistake – The […]
PASIFIKA FILM FESTIVAL DIRECTOR NIGEL VAGANA ON FINDING NEW WAYS TO TELL STORIES
“It’s actually the only one of its kind in the country and we searched around the world and its actually the only one of its kind.” Pasifika Film Festival Director and Rugby League legend Nigel […]
JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES ITS 20TH YEAR
‘’The Festival offers all the latest films out of Japan, films that aren’t more than 18 months old, films that will have their release in Japan right before the Festival starts; in terms of being […]
INFERNO
“Oh highest virtue, you who lead me through these circles of transgression, at your will, do speak to me, and satisfy my longings.” The above exchange is from the 10th Canto of the first part […]
CAFE SOCIETY
Yes, you’ve seen it all before. Jesse Eisenberg, in a role Director Woody Allen would no doubt have played himself were he 40 years younger, moves to Hollywood in the guise of New York-native Bobby […]
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
I’m writing this review on a train. I looked up as the carriage sped between Kings Cross and Martin Place and saw a row of houses, in this case devoid of people. Imagine if there was […]
A NIGHT OF HORROR/FANTASTIC PLANET FESTIVAL DIRECTOR ON FINDING NEW CLASSICS
“One of my great joys is finding a film that is very new on the genre circuit or is only literally just starting the genre circuit and presenting it to an audience long ahead of […]
ANTENNA FESTIVAL DIRECTOR RICH WELCH ON THE CHANGING FACE OF DOCUMENTARIES
“For me a great film’s a great film whether its 2D or 3D or virtual reality, that doesn’t change, but the way filmmakers are telling the story does change.” Antenna Documentary Film Festival Director Rich […]
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
The Magnificent Seven. More like, Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt. and five other guys. There’s nothing here you haven’t seen before. Except Denzel on a horse. He looks great on a horse. And Pratt. As if […]
IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO MAKE A FILM – “VIXEN VELVET’S ZOMBIE MASSACRE”
“It was kind of this communal snowball in a weird way where I was pulling all these voices together.” Following the screening of Vixen Velvet’s Zombie Massacre at this year’s Sydney Underground Film Festival, Festival […]
AAAAAAAAH!
Did a disease wipe out our collective consciousness and set us back eons on the evolutionary scale? Did we ever really develop as a species beyond a simian mentality? Are a group of people in […]
WIENER-DOG
It’s OK to laugh. Such advice proves prudent with Wiener-Dog, Todd Solondz’s sickly dark comedy about an adorable canine who flits between a motley crew of eccentric homes and owners. Unassuming and always attentive, Wiener-Dog, […]
THE MIND’S EYE
The Mind’s Eye starts out like a lot of other films. It is not like other films. Zack vagrantly wanders through the wilderness until he is set upon by two cops. Pretty standard, until he […]
DIRECTOR BEN FERRIS ON ’57 LAWSON’
“About three years ago now, I started to have this niggling feeling that these buildings wouldn’t be around forever.” Sydney Film School Artistic Director Ben Ferris sat down to chat about his new film 57 Lawson […]
SNOWDEN
Oliver Stone just can’t help himself. Edward Snowden, the subject of Stone’s new biopic, is easily one of the most contentious figures in recent political memory. The centre of a very current debate, his fate […]
DIRECTOR ANDRES WAISSBLUTH ON ‘ELEPHANT: THE HORSE’/’UN CABALLO LLAMADO ELEFANTE’
“I decided to make a film for children and I started thinking about my childhood, my images, my fantasies, how was my childhood different – that imagery, it’s the imagery of my generation.” Chilean filmmaker […]
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