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Wednesday
Nov272013

REVIEWS / BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR

A young woman's first deep, delirious, dark journey into the realm of true love is captured with an auteur's incisive intelligence and grace in this year's Cannes Palme d'Or winner (Click pic)

Monday
Nov252013

BLOG / IMAGINE THAT: THE SECRET STRUGGLE BETWEEN WALTER MITTY AND HOLLYWOOD.

SCREEN-SPACE breaks down the decades-long struggle to get a fresh version of the fantasy classic to the big-screen (Click pic)

Monday
Nov252013

REVIEWS / THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY

Ben Stiller's new version of James Thurber's beloved ode to dreaming cuts a cool trailer but seriously lacks emotion, focus and gravitas (Click pic). 

Wednesday
Nov202013

FEATURES / JOE SOMEBODY: THE MICHAEL TIERNEY INTERVIEW

MONSTER FEST 2013: As adult film star Joe Blow, Michael Tierney was the biggest name in hardcore pornography. A new documentary chronicles Tierney's efforts to farewell his alter-ego and move beyond the sex industry spotlight (WARNING - some content may offend) (Click pic)

Tuesday
Nov192013

REVIEWS / GREAT WHITE SHARK 3D

After centuries of fearful demonising, the ocean's premiere predator is afforded due respect (in 3D, no less) in the latest IMAX underwater epic (Click pic)

Tuesday
Nov192013

REVIEWS / THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE

The franchise finds very sure-footing with its first sequel, a rousing action film that should find favour with both fans and filmgoers alike (Click pic)

Monday
Nov182013

FEATURES / BODY MELT: THE ADDISON HEATH INTERVIEW

MONSTER FEST 2013: Chocolate Strawbery Vanilla, the feature film debut of writer Addison Heath, signifies the emergence of a strong, fresh voice from the Melbourne underground film community (Click pic)

Sunday
Nov172013

REVIEWS / EUROPA REPORT

BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Sebastian Cordero's found-footage riff on space exploration and extra-terrestrial life is a thrilling experience that proves to be one giant leap for the genre (Click pic)

Friday
Nov152013

REVIEWS / DELIVERY MAN

Vince Vaughan gives his strongest indication yet that rom-com inanity and bro-mance silliness are not high on the actor's priorities these days with Ken Scott's Delivery Man (Click pic)

Tuesday
Nov122013

REVIEWS / THE BANSHEE CHAPTER 3D

MONSTER FEST 2013: Those who still have a Fox Mulder poster on their bedroom wall will lap up the complex, nutty paranoid contortions of Blair Erickson's debut psycho-thriller, The Banshee Chapter (Click pic)

Tuesday
Nov122013

REVIEWS / HERE COMES THE DEVIL

MONSTER FEST 2013: Giallo, grindhouse and a smattering of other 70's-era Euro-horror tropes provide the main source of inspiration for this otherwise underwhelming Spanish effort (Click pic).

Tuesday
Nov122013

MEDIA / TRAILERS, SHORTS AND FIRST-LOOKS

Coverage of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire world premiere; the remarkable first short film from Todd Haynes; a 2 hour career retrospective chat with James L Brooks; the scene-clip feature film, Los Angeles Plays Itself; and, the new trailer for the latest from James Franco and Jessica Chastain (Click pic)

Monday
Nov112013

FEATURES / KIER-LA JANISSE AND THE WOMEN IN HER LIFE 

MONSTER FEST 2013: Ahead of the Canadian film scholar's presentation, we nominate our favourite femme fatales (including Desiree Nosbusch, left) from Kier-La Janisse's book, House of Psychotic Women (Click pic)

Monday
Nov112013

REVIEWS / CONTRACTED

MONSTER FEST 2013: 'If it's not on, it's not on' takes on a new dimension of grave importance in Eric England's body-horror shocker, Contracted (Click pic).

Saturday
Nov092013

REVIEWS / CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY VANILLA

MONSTER FEST 2013: Sociopaths have a new poster child in the form of Warren Thompson, the chilling ice-cream vendor creation of actor Glenn Maynard, director Stuart Simpson and writer Addison Heath in their instant cult classic, Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla (Click pic)