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by J. Fletcher|02 November 202126 February 2022|Film Reviews, Post Category

There is a rather profound metaphor in the first half of Unseen Skies that solidifies many of the film’s quasi-conspiratorial themes into stark clarity with real human repercussions. To paraphrase the metaphor, more eloquently explored by the documentaries prime subject, renowned artist,...

ReCancelling Luke Eve

by J. Fletcher|29 October 202123 February 2022|Interviews, Post Category

Luke Eve is a filmmaker who knows how to pivot. In a world that has just spent the past two years in a pandemic flux the writer/director, come actor, has managed to navigate a chaotic wave of rolling lockdowns, COVID-phobia...

Frank Lotito: Finding Smith

by J. Fletcher|23 October 202113 May 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

With so much content streaming in the current marketplace, it can be a frustrating exercise for a filmmaker to find an audience for their work. Especially with the pandemic saturating the market like never before, forcing distributors to offload a...

Shahn Devendran Talks Unheard

by J. Fletcher|10 October 202105 March 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that this content may contain references, images and voices of deceased persons. The one thing that the COVID-19 anti-vaxx movement has shown us is that a percentage of Australians are willing...

The Children in the Pictures

by J. Fletcher|08 October 202102 March 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

The following article contains subject matters including sexual assault, child sexual exploitation and paedophile. If any of the following content is triggering, please visit https://childreninthepictures.org/find-help/ for a detailed list of active support services. Film activism has been always a powerful tool to...

Karena Slaninka: MCX Re-Imagined

by J. Fletcher|05 September 202115 March 2022|Features, Interviews, New, Post Category

Billed as an annual industry event for emerging and developing content creators, MCX Screenmakers is set to take its seventh edition completely online for the second consecutive year thanks to the impact of COVID-19. However, with a little more planning...

Red Shoes: Covid Shuffle

by J. Fletcher|08 August 202124 February 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

Set in the world of contemporary ballet and slated for a 2022 release, the new Australian youth drama The Red Shoes: Next Step brings together a stellar cast of young actors - headlined by award winning dancer Juliet Doherty and...

Elise McCann: Dream Weaver

by J. Fletcher|10 July 202111 March 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

After the hard-earned success the six-part web series The Housemate, which found itself picked up by ABC iView for a full series order, the Chips & Gravy team return with another comedic short-form web series The Power of the Dream,...

Nicholas Hamilton: Endless It Boy

by J. Fletcher|01 June 202115 March 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

After his macabre turn as the psychotic bully Henry Bowers in Andy Muschietti’s stunning 2017 adaptation of Stephen King’s IT, Australian born Nicholas Hamilton returns to the supernatural realm with the romantic teen drama Endless. But unlike the menacing violence...

Reilly Archer-Whelan & The Last Extinction

by J. Fletcher|20 May 202115 March 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

Of all the social movements to have gained international traction over the past few years, the most significant and far reaching has to be the Climate Crisis, which even with its undeniable and abundant science, has still managed to not...

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