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Thursday
Aug292013

BLOG / SORCERER CASTS SPELL OVER VENICE

William Friedkin's South American thriller Sorcerer tanked in 1977 but has lived on in the hearts and minds of tough-minded action fans. This week's Venice Film Festival hosts the launch of a remastered version and bestows lifetime honours upon the director. (Click pic)  

Thursday
Aug292013

INDUSTRY / SOUTHERN COMFORT: THE 2013 ADELAIDE FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW

The remarkable Decasia from archival-artist (and festival attendee) Bill Morrison is just one of the many fearless programming choices on offer from the 2013 Adelaide Film Festival. (Click pic)

Tuesday
Aug272013

INDUSTRY / THAT'S A WRAP: THE 2013 AMERICAN SUMMER MOVIE SEASON IN REVIEW

Superheroes, sequels and Adam Sandler. Was 2013 at the American box office these past few months really that different to years gone by? Actually, we think so. Check out what hit, what missed and what surprised in our summary of the summer-y US movie-going season. (Click pic) 

Saturday
Aug242013

FEATURES / AMERICAN ANTI-HERO: MUFF'S LAWRENCE TIERNEY RETROSPECTIVE

The troubled psyche and compelling talent of one of Hollywood's most towering, glowering acting giants is given bigscreen respect in a retrospective screening at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival. (Click pic)

Thursday
Aug222013

FEATURES / SUFFOCATION: THE KATHERINE BERGER INTERVIEW

The co-director of the cage-rattling Sydney Underground Film Festival reveals what it takes to shock the masses and engage the ambivalent on a year-to-year basis. (Click pic)

Thursday
Aug222013

REVIEWS / THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES

Author Cassandra Clare's literary sweethearts are rendered large in Harald Zwarts' ludicrous love story, hitting the bigscreen before finding its rightful place as a teen queen's slumber-party rental. (Click pic) 

Thursday
Aug152013

BLOG / THE FEVER DREAM THAT IS SHARKNADO

With its Australian cinema season about to launch, we grab a (very) small sample of the nuttiest moments from the phenomenon is Sharknado. (Click pic)

Thursday
Aug152013

REVIEWS / UNHUNG HERO

One man's journey to come to terms with his meagre endowment becomes a warm, funny and revelatory work about the changing nature of how modern society views and treats its junk. (Click pic)

Friday
Aug092013

REVIEWS / NOW YOU SEE ME

Leave your cynical nature at home and enjoy a dazzling adventure that's one-part Ocean's 11 and one part Criss Angel's Mindfreak, resulting in a wholly satisfying Hollywood romp. (Click pic) 

Thursday
Aug082013

MEDIA / TRAILERS, SHORTS AND FIRST-LOOKS

A first look at Lars Von Trier's latest; new trailers featuring Alan Rickman, Rupert Grint, Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara; a taste of what's on offer during Toronto's Midnight Madness sessions; and, all that is left of one of QuentinTarantino's earliest efforts. (Click pic)

Wednesday
Aug072013

BLOG / WHATEVER HAPPENED TO...?: HOLLYWOOD'S MISSING MOVIES

Seven years since it first screened to festival audiences, the stylish teen horror pic All the Boys Love Mandy Lane will premiere in US cinemas his October. Which begs the question - what other worthwhile works gather dust as loyal audiences wait patiently for their long overdue release? (Click pic) 

Tuesday
Aug062013

REVIEWS / PARANOIA

A star-making vehicle for the latest Aussie hunk can't overcome its genre shortcomings, resulting in a work of generic mediocrity and lazy filmmaking. (Click pic)

Thursday
Aug012013

REVIEWS / PASSION

Brian De Palma revisits the well of diminishing returns in his latest Euro-trash offering, Passion, a familiar film that plays like a half-baked homage to his younger self. (Click pic) 

Thursday
Aug012013

REVIEWS / V/H/S 2

Redefining the term 'video nasty', the cult-bound horror-anthology series offers up a second installment of headache-inducing, stomach-turning weirdness. (Click pic)

Wednesday
Jul242013

INDUSTRY / TORONTO WELCOMES FOUR OF OUR FINEST

Four of the Australian sector's most eagerly anticipated 2013 releases will screen at the influential Toronto International Film Festival in September. (Click pic)