The greatest hits of Martin Scorsese. Daniel Radcliffe as a farting corpse. An adaptation of a little-known Jane Austen novella where Kate Beckinsale plays “the Walter White of polite British society.” A Polish-romance-comedy-horror-vampire-mermaid-musical. These are […]
“Australians don’t want to be told we’re doing something wrong… we like to see ourselves on screen, but not criticized.” Brendan Cowell addressed a huge gathering at the Sydney Apple Store following a screening of […]
Song of the Sea had its Irish premiere earlier this evening at the Galway Film Fleadh. Glen Falkenstein sent us this review from the film’s Australian premiere at this year’s Sydney Film Festival. Films routinely […]
“I was interested in the theme of how we deal with life when crisis hits us… What happens when you move to a remote place and your kids go missing, every parent’s nightmare.” Strangerland director […]
“We wanted to exploit the iphone and see what we could do with it.” Director Sean Baker was in Sydney to promote his new film TANGERINE which had its Australian premiere this week as part of […]
Kicking off in a Berlin underground night club, Victoria (Laia Costa) playfully downs one shot as the audience and a very dedicated cameraman proceed to follow her around Berlin in the wee hours of the […]
You’ll never guess who’s coming to dinner. Will (Logan Marshall-Green) drives new girlfriend Kira (Emayatzy Corinealdi) up through the Hollywood Hills to the mansion of his former wife Eden (Tammy Blanchard), who has invited them […]
Where would anyone be without their clothes? Once Australia’s most prolific Oscar-winner, famed costumer designer Orry-Kelly is the subject of this affectionate, quirky and telling Gillian Armstrong documentary (enjoying its world premiere in Sydney this week) of its subject’s Hollywood […]
In a jarring homage to Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, Phoenix, Glen Falkenstein finds that like so many of the great director’s thrillers, Phoenix is all about the ending. Set shortly after the end of the Second World […]
“When I first went into the story I thought he was guilty for sure.” Writer/director Andrew Lancaster addresses a crowd of conspiracy theorists, romantics, historians, family and friends at the Australian premiere of his documentary […]
Visiting South African filmmaker, Sibs Shongwe-La Mer discusses the inspiration behind his confronting debut film, Necktie Youth. “I hate Joburg (Johannesburg), it was more an ode to my friends, to where I was from, nothing […]
Imagine if Lily Tomlin was your grandma? Tomlin plays grandma, girlfriend, mother and outward misanthrope Elle Reid in this charming, female-centric comedy-drama which screened this week as part of the Sydney Film Festival. GRANDMA kicks off […]
A Russel Brand-sized headache “There’s nothing in this film you don’t already know.” Comedian and self-styled activist Russel Brand kicks off his documentary about greed, the financial crisis and whatever else he’s angry at this […]
“He’s a peacock who drags his little ass through Paris.” So a mother unflatteringly teases her son Math (Lukas Ionesco), a teenage escort for older men, before proceeding to mount him and demand affection. Larry Clark’s […]
Vincent manages to be a very sweet film that goes down like a savoury treat; simple, easily consumable and ultimately satisfying. Writer and director Thomas Salvador also stars in this film as the unassuming protagonist, Vincent […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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… […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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