HORROR / THE WELL

Everything old is new again in Federico Zampaglione's throwback to the Italian horror boom of the 1980s (Click here)

BLOG / THE SCREEN-SPACE FAVOURITE FILMS OF 2023

If our favourite films of 2023 are any indication, women in the film industry - both in front of and behind the camera - are redressing the gender imbalance of the last centrury of cinema (Click here)

REVIEWS / AS WE KNOW IT

As if Los Angeles didn't have enough braindead, now a bad oat milk outbreak has brought on a zombie apocalypse and best buds James and Bruce need to reassess, bunker down and...sort out life's romantic complexities, when Emily turns up (Click here)

WORLD CINEMA / HEAD SOUTH BOUND FOR ROTTERDAM AS IFFR 2024 OPENER

Kiwi-born, Oz-based filmmaker Jonathan Ogilvie has secured the Opening Slot at IFFR 2024 for his semi-autobiographical pic, Head South (Click here)

REVIEWS / CHRISTMESS

The 'Australian Christmas Film' is a new kind of genre, but few have offered the character-driven drama or bittersweet heart of Heath Davis' yuletide crowdpleaser (Click here)

TELEVISION / R.I.P. ROBERT BUTLER

Few have influenced the first 50 years of the American television industry to quite the degree that Robert Butler did (Click here)

FEATURES / R.I.P. JOHN BAILEY, A.S.C.

One of Hollywood's most revered lensmen, John Bailey leaves behind a filmography that certifies he was one of the best craftsmen of teh last half century (Click here)

REVIEWS / CATS OF MALTA

The 'Cat Culture' that comes with living on an island with 100k strays is examined with a warmth and joy in a new documentary; for cat lovers, bettering this will take some licking (Click here)

REVIEWS / KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Marty sets his sights on yet another crime story, but sets it not in NYC but Oklahoma ...where maybe it's not the most interesting tale to be told. (Click here)

WORLD CINEMA / PREVIEW: 2023 IRANIAN FILM FESTIVAL AUSTRALIA

The recent murder of one of the nation's great filmmakers has inspired the latest edition of IFFA to honour his name and artistic legacy (Click here)

REVIEWS / VIOLETT

The Closing Night film of this year's A Night of Horror International Film Festival is a fever dream take on grief and corrosive remorse; it may be the best of the fest (Click here)

REVIEWS / HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS

What to do when beavers destroy your applejack factory? Turn your life around by falling for a beautiful furrier and craft a deliriously daft slapstick classic (Click here). 

INDUSTRY / SHAYDA TO REP OZ FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS

The toast of the fest at the recent MIFF gathering, Shayda will take on the best of world cinema in vying for the Best Foreign Film Oscar (Click here)

HORROR / PREVIEW: 2023 A NIGHT OF HORROR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The inner-city is set to quake with fear as the nightmare food that is A Night of Horror lands in Newtown (Click here)

FEATURES / ONCE UPON IN THE FUTURE: 2121, LOST IN THE SKY, ECHO PINES EARN TOP HONOURS AT SCIENCE FICTION FESTIVAL AWARDS NIGHT

The first Turkish science-fiction film to be directed by a woman has taken out The Ron Cobb Best Film Award at the Closing Night ceremony of the 2023 Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival (Click here)