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Thursday
Apr282016

REVIEWS / YOU AND ME

A surfing protege denied the life he envisioned and the country girl struggling with acceptance share a newly-unified fate in Michael Lawrence's heartbreaking, spirit-lifting doco (Click here)

Wednesday
Apr272016

FEATURES / BORN IN THE U.S.A.:THE RICHARD SOWADA INTERVIEW

Under the curative might of Richard Sowada, a new film festival event celebrates the fearless and off-centre spirit of American independent cinema and the mavericks, like John Cassavetes (pictured, left) who have forged its path (Click here).

Tuesday
Apr262016

FEATURES/ CANNES 2016: WHO'S WHO IN THE OFFICIAL COMPETITION JURY

A Canadian octogenarian, a Hungarian with one feature to his name, an Iranian producer imprisoned for her films and Spiderman's girlfriend are just some of the jurors who'll serve under Aussie George Miller at this years Cannes Film Festival (Click here). 

Wednesday
Apr202016

BLOG / CANNES 2016: DIRECTOR'S FORTNIGHT LINE-UP ANNOUNCED 

Artistic director Edouard Waintrop fought back tears while honouring the late Ronit Elkabetz, ensuring the announcement of his Director's Fortnight program was a solemn gathering. (Click here)

Thursday
Apr142016

MEDIA / IN-COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 2016 FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU CANNES

The full transcript of the SCREEN-SPACE Live Blog event, including the full list of In-Competition films for Cannes 2016 (Click here)

Tuesday
Apr122016

FEATURES / WORKING CLASS MAN: THE HEATH DAVIS INTERVIEW

Fallen idols and broken dreams are examined in Broke, a hardbitten, soft-hearted working-class drama that marks an impressive debut for writer/director Heath Davis (Click here)

Thursday
Apr072016

FEATURES / AUSSIE AUTEUR PUTS 'FILM' BACK INTO SHORT FILM PRODUCTION.

A lifelong dream to crank the camera and shoot a movie on traditional film stock came true for director Chris Elena when his short film, The Limited, was lensed on 16mm (Click here)

Monday
Apr042016

WORLD CINEMA / NEPAL

A nation's turbulent history and remote geography dictate a disrupted but richly rewarding national cinema. Our first 'World Cinema' profile captures the beautiful spirituality and brave visions of Nepalese cinema (pictured, leftSatya Harischandra, 1952; Click here).

Sunday
Apr032016

HORROR / LAST DRINKS: THE SEVÉ SCHELENZ INTERVIEW.

After the international success of his low-budget, high-energy debut Skew, Sevé Schelenz found inspiration in strippers and the undead for his sophomore feature, Peelers (Click here)

Saturday
Apr022016

REVIEWS / FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS

2016 YOUNG AT HEART FILM FESTIVAL: Russell Crowe taps a more grounded 'everyman' persona in Gabrielle Muccino's latest saccharine cinematic soap opera, Fathers and Daughters (Click here).

Thursday
Mar312016

INDUSTRY / STARDUST MEMORIES: THE PETER FLYNN INTERVIEW

Director Peter Flynn's sadness-tinged doco Dying of The Light profiles the film projectionist, a disappearing craftsman who helped forge the legacy left by a century of cinema (Click here).

Monday
Mar212016

HORROR / NEW WAVE OF HORROR HITS PALM BEACH FILM FEST

Under new CEO Jeff Davis (pictured), Palm Beach International Film Festival is headed into some new, delightfully dark terrotory with its inaugural horror strand, curated by veteran program director Larry Richmann (Click here).

Friday
Mar182016

FEATURES / SAVE THE LAST DANCE: THE GERMAN KRAL INTERVIEW.

Director German Kral's connection to the national dance of his homeland inevitably led him to Maria Nevies Rego and Juan Carlos Copes, the greatest proponents of the tango to have ever lived and the subjects of his documentary, Our Last Tango (Click here)

Sunday
Mar132016

FEATURES / FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS: THE MAIKE BROCHHAUS INTERVIEW.

For Maike Brochhaus, sexuality in cinema is due for some redefining. The German filmmaker/feminism advocate is bringing X-rated imagery to mainstream cinema with her contemporary comedy, Schnick Schnack Schnuck (Click here)

Thursday
Mar102016

REVIEWS / 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE

Producer JJ Abrams, working with first-time director Dan Trachtenberg, go deep and dark in this sequel-of-sorts to the 2008 found-footage monster pic (Click here)