PODCAST / SCREEN WATCHING EPISODE 14

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)
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).
The World Premiere at IFFR of James Vaughans' Emerald City drama Friends and Strangers (featuring Emma Diaz, left) announces the arrival of a talented new Australian auteur (Click here)
Three women filmmakers and works steeped in indigenous culture are headed to SXSW, amongst the five Australian films selected in the 2021 programs (Click here)
Films from all corners of the globe are honoured by the various IFFR juries in Rotterdam overnight (Click here)
New films from Isabelle Huppert, Romain Duris, Quentin Dupieux, Omar Sy and Gerard Depardieu, plus a restored classic from French cinema's defining moment, are just a fraction of what's on offer at the 2021 Alliance Francais French Film Festival (Click here)
Through their talent initiative Impact Creative Systems, Hollywood heavyweights Ron Howard and Brian Grazer will foster below-the-line talent during their Gold Coast shoot of Thirteen Lives (Click here)