Sun Zengtian: The Mages of Suzhou
There are certain historical perceptions that colour our notion of traditional Asian arts, and while each...
Terrorizers: Review
As a follow up to his award winning 2018 film Cities of Last Things, director Ho Wi...
The Policeman’s Lineage: Review
Joining the ranks of Korea’s popular dirty cop sub-genre comes the understated thriller The Policeman’s Lineage,...
Goddamned Asura: Review
Headlining the opening of 2022’s Taiwan Film Festival comes Goddamned Asura, an intriguing, violent and multifaceted psychological...
18 ½ : Review
Remember the good old days when conspiracy theories were the prerogative of survivalist cults and basement...
Among Us: Review
In what has become a difficult subject matter to navigate, thanks to the politicization and disinformation...
The Roald From Bonneville
The legacy of Welsh born author Roald Dahl is something of a complicated tale, depending on...
One Punch Man: Darcy Yuille
Australian filmmaker Darcy Yuille has had quite the festival run this year with his debut feature...
Tristian Pemberton vs The Gravel Road
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Jolyon Hoff: Holding The Waves
Making its world premiere at the 2022 Screenwave International Film Festival (SWIFF), held at the NSW...
Macoto Tezuka: Stardust & Cinema
Although destiny can be a rather philosophical musing, certain individuals do seem more disposed to its...
Jim Piddock: (In)Decent Exposure
Jim Piddock is the first to acknowledge that while some may not be familiar his name,...
Ben Milliken: Gun Runner
Since marking his acting debut with the Australian soap McLeod’s Daughters, Ben Milliken’s star has continued...
Knox Gibson, Ashley Eakin: Better Angels
One of the great embarrassments of 2022 is that sad fact that we, as a society...
Tiriki Onus: Blazing The Path Forward
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Matt Reeves: Shadow of the Bat
Arguably his most intimate character study since 2010’s Let Me In, an adaption of John Ajvide...
George-Alex Nagle: Mate
One of the more prestigious short film festivals in Europe would have to be the Clermont-Ferrand...
Sweet River Keeps on Running
Having started his film career as a sound recordist for Burke’s Back Yard, Ashely McLeod went...
Jonathan Alley: Keeping Tracks
As part of the 2022 Australian International Documentary Convention (AIDC), organisers recently announced a stellar line-up...
It’s A Summer Movie!: Review
In what feels like a throwback to Japan’s golden comedy era of the early 2000’s, where...
Rob Livings: Creating Content under COVID.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a brutal learning curve for film production, with any number of...
2022 French Film Festival: Announced
With 2022 seeing a strong comeback for Australia’s International Film Festival circuit, the latest cinematic indulgence...
Valerio Zanoli: Film with Heart
You’ll often hear filmmakers claim they’re looking to make to ‘make a difference’ with their art;...
Damian Nixey: Crushing Malibu
Back in January 2020 Australian actor James Pratt (Adopted) was actively spruiking his attachment as director...
Ari Gold: Adventures of Power Redux
It’s hard to specify that elusive quality which elevates a movie into the category of Cult....
The Rings of Power: Updates
There’s been a wealth of high-fantasy gracing our screenings lately with the second season of The Witcher and...
Alex Proyas: The Heretic Within
Having enjoyed a prime position as judge in last year’s Flickerfest Short Film Festival, Australian filmmaker...
GOLD: Review
Australian cinema has a rich legacy of outback survival stories, especially when it comes to stranding...
Embrace Again: Review
After the success of her 2019 thriller The Whistleblower, writer/ director Xiaolu Xue returns with the poignant...
Pete West & Puff ‘n’ Stuff
As Netflix continues to submerse itself in the Australian entertainment landscape, the streamer has just dropped...
Falling with Viggo Mortensen
Since first making his feature debut in Peter Wier’s seminal 1985 thriller Witness, Viggo Mortensen has earned...
Peter Skinner: Finding His Lost Boy
The short film Lost Boy has been making waves throughout the Australian and International festival circuit recently, not...
Down on the Bayou with Angela Sarafyan
Although most casual viewers will recognise Angela Sarafyan from her fiercely fatalist turn as Westworld’s Clementine Pennyfeather,...
Yang Feng: Winter Soldiers
The fabled story of the Lunan Railway Brigade, officially known as the 115th Division of the Eight...
Wheel of Time: Season One: Review
While there is a definite hype taking hold around Amazon Prime’s long gestating Lord of the Rings prequel...
Adam & Edward & Isabella
COVID-19 has been a difficult period for many creatives, especially as Australian filmmakers and content creators...
Satoshi Kon: I’illisionniste: Review
Those familiar with the feature length anime genre know that the entire Western permeation of the...
Unseen Skies: Review
There is a rather profound metaphor in the first half of Unseen Skies that solidifies many of the...
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn’t Kill: Review
After the overwhelming success and popularity of the first Fable (2019) film, it came as no...
ReCancelling Luke Eve
Luke Eve is a filmmaker who knows how to pivot. In a world that has just...
Hold Me Back: Review
Based on the 2020 novel from Risa Wataya, Hold Me Back takes an interesting approach to...
Frank Lotito: Finding Smith
With so much content streaming in the current marketplace, it can be a frustrating exercise for...
Scott Derrickson: Dialling in Death
2021 has been a difficult year for the horror genre with a number of hit and...
Japanese Film Festival: 2021
With the Japanese Film Festival having just launched its full 2021 program, the popular film festival...
Shahn Devendran Talks Unheard
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The Children in the Pictures
The following article contains subject matters including sexual assault, child sexual exploitation and paedophile. If any...
Josee: Review
Director Jong-kwan Kim has to be one of South Korea’s hardest working directors, having completed the...
Karena Slaninka: MCX Re-Imagined
Billed as an annual industry event for emerging and developing content creators, MCX Screenmakers is set...
Double Patty: Review
Romantic dramedies have become a staple of South Korean film culture thanks to box-office success stories...
Shades of the Heart: Review
One the highlights of the 2021 Korean Film Festival was the inclusion of Jong-kwan Kim’s sublime...
I Don’t Fire Myself: Review
It’s safe to say that the equality movement has been a little slow on the up...
Jeananne Goossen: Slash & Dash
As the resurgence of the anthology series continues to rise in popularity, one of the more...
Raging Fire: Review
What do you get when you take a righteous seasoned cop with a pregnant wife; a...
Red Shoes: Covid Shuffle
Set in the world of contemporary ballet and slated for a 2022 release, the new Australian...
S.K. Dale: Till Death
Having honed his genre chops directing the acclaimed short films Tommy (2020) and The Coatmaker (2018), Australian filmmaker Scott Dale,...
Lower Decks: Season Two: Review
After a slightly inconsistent first season, Star Trek’s latest animated series, the aptly named Lower Decks,...
Elise McCann: Dream Weaver
After the hard-earned success the six-part web series The Housemate, which found itself picked up by...
Garth de Bruno Austin: Rhino Warrior
Screening as part of this years Revelation Film Festival in Perth, the remarkable investigative documentary feature...
Caroline Catz: Decoding Delia Derbyshire
The name Delia Derbyshire may sound like a superhero sidekick from the pages of 80’s limited...
Josee, The Tiger & The Fish: Review
Having received a live action adaption back in 2003, author Seiko Tanabe’s classic short story Josee, the...
Nicholas Hamilton: Endless It Boy
After his macabre turn as the psychotic bully Henry Bowers in Andy Muschietti’s stunning 2017 adaptation...
Grant Petty: Blackmagic Man
While films like the Oscar nominated Minari and the cerebral sci-fi thriller Ad Astra may not...
Hanna Griffiths: Patron Saint of The Sinners
Hanna Griffiths has worn many hats as she’s navigated her way through Australia’s entertainment industry and...
Reilly Archer-Whelan & The Last Extinction
Of all the social movements to have gained international traction over the past few years, the...
Penguin Highway: Review
Whenever a new anime feature film causes a stir at the Japanese box-office or creates ripples...
Your Name: Review
Taking the star-crossed lover theme to extraordinary new heights, Makoto Shinkai’s (Children Who Chase Lost Voices)...
Scott Bakula: Leaping Back
During the late 1970s a quiet revolution within American television was underway as a select group...
Attack on Titan: Part One: Review
While Japan’s anime industry is revered domestically as something of a national treasure, it’s still often...
Pale Moon: Review
Based on the bestselling novel The Eighth Day, from acclaimed author Mitsuyo Kakuta, and selected to represent...
My Man: Review
In what will inevitably be hailed as one of the years more contentious films, comes the...
To Be Takei: Review
There is a moment in Jennifer M. Kroot’s documentary To Be Takei, where her subject, Star...
Yoshihiro Fukagawa: Poetry in Motion
You’d be forgiven in assuming a biopic of an elderly Japanese poet might not seem like...
Star Trek Into Darkness: Review
When you look over the cinematic excursions of J.J. Abrams, the 46-year-old producer, writer and director...
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
A leviathan of contemporary anime, revered by legions of fans globally, Hideki Anno’s Evangelion mythos first...
Miwa Nishikawa: Dream Merchant
Not unlike most film cultures across the globe, Japan’s cinematic history has borne a significant disadvantage...
The Kirishima Thing: Review
Regardless of creed, culture or country there is a singularly unifying trial that all teenagers endure,...
Mamoru Hosoda Leader of the Pack
With a history that can be traced to the 12th century, Japanese cartoons, or manga as...
The Wings of the Kirin: Review
The Japanese have a habit, and a knack, of adapting popular low-budget television series for the...
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr & Mrs Oki’s Fabulous Trip: Review
Full of idiosyncratic social commentary underscored with droll comedic styling Ryuichi Honda’s A Honeymoon in Hell:...
Ōba: The Last Samurai: Review
There is an inherent debate that usually surfaces whenever Japan enters the arena of factual war...
GANTZ: Review
With Hollywood showing no signs of relenting on their homogenized blockbuster comic book exploits, Japanese cinema...
Bam Margera: Jackass at Heart
Having making headlines for their antics in the streets of Japan, India and Australia during their...
Alessandra Torresani: Ex Machina
It could be argued that 2004’s Battlestar Galactica has redefined the parameters of contemporary science fiction...
Peter Jackson: That 70s Show
Since the mammoth undertaking and subsequent release of his King Kong remake in 2005, Oscar winning...
Neill Blomkamp: Straight Outta Joburg
While the name Neill Blomkamp may not garner much recognition at the moment, the short films...
Max Beesley: The Great Survivor
The English have a rich history when it comes to long-form science fiction with some of...
Anthony Head: Acting King
Anthony Stewart head has been something of a pop-culture stalwart these past ten years, having entered...