Where we fight about Melbourne International Film Festival offerings ‘Freshman Year,’ ‘The Girl and the Spider,’ ‘The Witches of the Orient,’ ‘What Do We See When We Look at the Sky’ and choices facing Film Festivals right now
Tag: Sydney Film Festival
Film Festival Contradictions & COVID-Responses
There’s a strange contradiction to Film Festivals endemic to their very existence
Film Fight Club S5E29: MIFF + SFF Updates, Disney Sued & Jolt
Where we fight about the Melbourne International and Sydney Film Festivals’ different approaches in light of COVID-19, Disney versus its stars and Kate Beckinsale versus bad screenwriting
Film Festivals, Moving Online & What’s Next & Film Festival Guide Interview
“It’s frustrating although not entirely unexpected to have to move our event around”
Film Fight Club S5E23: The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard & Sydney Film Festival First Releases
Where we fight about lazy sequels, long-awaited Festivals and what DC and Marvel adaptations are and aren’t willing to do to maintain their brands
Film Fight Club S5E7: I Care A Lot
Where we care a lot about movies
Film Fight Club S5E3: GNT & The White Tiger
Where we chat all things Sydney Film Festival Animation Prize Winner GNT ahead of the Sundance Premiere with filmmakers Sara Hirner & Rosemary Vasquez-Brown + fight about Ramin Bahrani’s ‘The White Tiger’
Film Fight Club S5E2: SFF, Minari & Another Round
Where we fight about the Sydney Film Festival Summer Session and kick off the year with Minari & Another Round
Film Fight Club S4E45: Hillbilly Elegy, Happiest Season & Warner Bros.
Where we fight about Ron Howard’s Ohio, Kristen Stewart’s Christmas and Christopher Nolan’s Worst Timeline
Film Fight Club S4E33: I’m Thinking of Ending Things & Les Miserables
Where we fight all things new releases in an episode that isn’t nearly as depressing as it sounds
Film Fight Club S4E25: Hyperlinks; A Static Vision Festival & ‘Mukbang’
Where we chat all things Hyperlinks and going online with Static Vision co-founders Felix Hubble & Conor Bateman and discuss issues raised by Sydney Film Festival entry ‘Mukbang’
‘Mukbang,’ Sydney Film Festival & Diversity in the Arts
There’s a lot to unpack here. Most of this is frustrating, for both the matters on which this author agrees with the Sydney Film Festival’s champions and that on which I diverge
Film Fight Club S4E24: Eurovision Song Contest & Athlete A
Where we fight all things Netflix, the new Rachel McAdams movie & documentary Athlete A
Film Fight Club S4E23: #SydFilmFest, Joel Schumacher & Da 5 Bloods
Where we wrap on a wrapped #SFF, discuss all things Joel Schumacher & the late Director’s filmography + review the new Spike Lee Joint
“We’ve Seen A Real Appetite For Film” – Sydney Film Festival Online
“The response from our audience has been fantastic, we’ve seen a real appetite for film.”
Film Fight Club S4E22: Sydney Film Festival Highlights
Where we fight all things Sydney Film Festival 2020, ‘Kids Run,’ ‘Charter,’ ‘Sea Fever,’ Cinemas Re-Opening and the latest Oscars’ about-turn
Sea Fever
It’s the mark of a great thriller when it hits the most well-worn horror tropes and you barely notice, nor care at all
Film Fight Club S4E21: Cornel Ozies on ‘Our Law,’ #SydFilmFest, Film & Festival Updates
Where we chat ‘Our Law’ with Director Cornel Ozies which has its World Premiere today as part of Sydney Film Festival 2020 + all things virtual Sydney Film Festival, ‘Resistance’ and Australian Film Festival, cinema & movie updates
Film Fight Club S4E20: #SYDFILMFEST Launch, Snyder Cut & The Lovebirds
Where we fight all things Sydney Film Festival Virtual Program Launch 2020, imagine what the Snyder Cut version of Film Fight Club would look like and fly off with Issa Rae & Kumail Nanjiani
Film Fight CLUB S4E17: Spike Jonze – Being John Malkovich, Adaptation Where the Wild Things Are & Her
Where we dive into the minds of many John Malkoviches
Film Fight Club S4E16: Billy Wilder
Where we fight (almost) all things Billy Wilder and zero in on Sunset Boulevard, Ace in the Hole and The Apartment
‘We Are One’ Brings the Many – SFF’s Nashen Moodley on a World of Festivals Brought Together
“It’s a wonderful opportunity for our audience to engage with the culture of these Festivals”
