Star Trek Rising: A 4K Restoration

by J. Fletcher|15 September 202215 September 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

While Star Trek is currently enjoying a renaissance under the stewardship of Alex Kurtzman with a number of eclectic new serials including Picard, Strange New World, Discovery, Lower Decks and Prodigy, the imminent release of the franchise’s first foray onto the big screen, Star...

Jim Piddock: (In)Decent Exposure

by J. Fletcher|22 March 202222 March 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

Jim Piddock is the first to acknowledge that while some may not be familiar his name, they’re sure to at least be acquainted with some of the many films and shows he’s been involved with over the years. In fact,...

Knox Gibson, Ashley Eakin: Better Angels

by J. Fletcher|07 March 202207 March 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

One of the great embarrassments of 2022 is that sad fact that we, as a society still have to decry Nazis as being utterly contemptable. While tiki-torch wielding racists and elite Eastern-suburb private school boys continue a dangerous flirtation with...

Matt Reeves: Shadow of the Bat

by J. Fletcher|28 February 202227 August 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

Arguably his most intimate character study since 2010’s Let Me In, an adaption of John Ajvide Lindqvist’s adolescent Swedish Horror novel, Matt Reeves has chosen a daring mould in which to craft The Batman. Purposefully abandoning the traditional super-hero architype,...

George-Alex Nagle: Mate

by J. Fletcher|28 February 202228 February 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

One of the more prestigious short film festivals in Europe would have to be the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. Established in 1979, the festival regularly draws attendance in excess of 150,000, showcasing a diverse and expansive collection of short...

Peter Skinner: Finding His Lost Boy

by J. Fletcher|23 November 202114 March 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

The short film Lost Boy has been making waves throughout the Australian and International festival circuit recently, not only having taken Best Short Film Award at the 2021 St Kilda Film Festival but landing its accomplished director, Peter Skinner, a nomination for...

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...

S.K. Dale: Till Death

by J. Fletcher|05 August 202114 March 2022|Features, Interviews, Post Category

Having honed his genre chops directing the acclaimed short films Tommy (2020) and The Coatmaker (2018), Australian filmmaker Scott Dale, who now operates under the pseudonym S.K. Dale, delivers his debut feature film, Till Death. Landing somewhere between a darkly comedic survival thriller and...

Caroline Catz: Decoding Delia Derbyshire

by J. Fletcher|15 June 202122 March 2022|Interviews, Post Category

The name Delia Derbyshire may sound like a superhero sidekick from the pages of 80’s limited comic series, but the moniker actually belongs to one of the most undervalued pioneers of contemporary electronic music. In fact, Derbyshire’s influence across the...

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...

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