REVIEWS / CENTRAL PARK

Can all those slasher-in-the-woods tropes work just as well in The Big Apple's leafy green haven? Justin Reinsilber slice'n'dice thriller gives it that ol' college try (Click here)
Can all those slasher-in-the-woods tropes work just as well in The Big Apple's leafy green haven? Justin Reinsilber slice'n'dice thriller gives it that ol' college try (Click here)
Dan and Simon offer up their own 'Best Sitcoms of All Time' list; interview Weston Cage Coppola on his new film and life as 'Son of Nick'; and review new works from Anne Hathaway, Hilary Swank and Justin Theroux (Click here)
Director Alex Proyas found a new energy while working with actress Bonnie Ferguson. Their latest short film, Mask of The Evil Apparition, premieres this week for cast and crew (Click here)
The South African Film Festival will present a unique and engaging collection of nine documentaries, five features and two short films when it returns in 2021 (click here)
Ratings nosedived, as was expected, but more importantly - did AMPAS read the mood of the nation and present an Oscar evening with grace and (mostly) good taste? (Click here)
Simon and Dan cast a post-ceremony eye over The Oscar-cast, as well as reviewing the latest from Jason Statham, Robin Wright, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Aisling Bea (click here)
A 50 year-old feud between 'hippies' and 'rednecks' is captured with stunning clarity in Peter Geddes rough-hewn counter-culture epic doco, Bellingen: The Promised Land (click here).
Student filmmakers, each with a unique vision for cinematic storytelling, got a taste of award season thrills at the Nextwave Youth Film Awards in Coffs Harbour this week (Click here).
A brother-&-sister cryptozoological quest plays funny but takes a bittersweet turn in this under-the-radar U.S. indie (Click here)
Famous for their raucous audience participation screenings, the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival set themselves a fresh challenge when COVID-19 forced them into the virtual realm - maintain the madness! (Click here)
Despite the COVID-dictated shift from mid-summer to mid-autumn, SWIFF 2021 organisers Kate and Dave offers a typicaly red-hot selection of great global cinema (Click here)
Craig Ferguson finds an all-too-rare bigscreen vehicle for his rogueish charm opposite Kathie Lee Gifford in Then Came You (Click here)
David Fincher's ode to old Hollywood dominated the 2021 Academy Award nominations, which generally reflect the industry's progressive, inclusive new direction (Click here)
No one involved, least of all debutant director Lisa Charlotte Friedrich, could envision how much their production, the speculative drama LIVE, would mirror the social change we all experienced in 2020 (Click here)
World cinema's annual celebration of the briny deep in all its forms and functions, Australia's own Ocean Film Festival, launches its 2021 season this week (Click here).