REVIEWS / SHAHID

The brief but resonant life of a Mumbai human rights lawyer is afforded a compelling and moving bigscreen treatment (Click pic). 

MEDIA / TRAILERS, SHORTS AND FIRST-LOOKS

A retro-trailer classic, a first-look at 2014's most anticipated Australian release and over an hour of Hollywood's finest film-makers ruminating on their craft (Click pic).

FEATURES / CREEPSHOW: THE MONSTER FEST 2013 PREVIEW

MONSTER FEST 2013: The presence of a horror movie icon and challenging works from Australia and beyond highlight the programme at Monster Fest 2013. (Click pic)

REVIEWS / HATCHET III

MONSTER FEST 2013: As you would expect from one of the nation's foremost horror film festivals comes a blood-splattered slasher epic of dubious taste and relentless carnage (Click pic) 

BLOG / RIP ED LAUTER

One of the most respected character actors of the modern cinema era, Ed Lauter, has passed away. (Click pic)

REVIEWS / YOUNG DETECTIVE DEE: RISE OF THE SEA DRAGON

Veteran action director Tsui Hark continues his career resurgence with the latest adventure epic to feature the mystical, martial-arts maestro, Detective Dee. (Click pic)

INDUSTRY / ANNUAL CONFAB EMBODIES LOCAL SECTOR FILM FERVOUR

In its 68th year, the Australian International Movie Convention remains as vibrant and relevant to local distribution and exhibition concerns as ever before. (Click pic) 

INDUSTRY / RIVIERA SET TO REVEL IN ANTIPODEAN FILM ARTISTRY

The theory that all good cinema travels well will be tested this week when a collection of films from The Pacific Rim travel to the south of France for the 15th annual Recontres Internationales du Cinema des Antipodes. (Click pic)

FEATURES / FRONTLINE: THE ADRIAN POWERS AND JOHAN EARL INTERVIEW

Two young Australian directors with an ambitious career plan and a passionate commitment to a World War 1 epic they shot on a meagre, indie-funded budget recall their time in the trenches of Oz low-budget film-making. (Click pic)

INDUSTRY / WEEKEND WITH KATE: REVIVING SYDNEY'S CINEMA CULTURE

One of Australia's coolest film critics finds herself in charge of resuscitating the Harbour City's retro-cinema scene. Can Kate Jinx and The Golden Age Cinema reignite Sydney's film-going culture? (Click pic) 

REVIEWS / DIANA

So poorly has the Princess of Wales been treated both in life and death, a cheesy biopic should not really amount to much in the scheme of her mistreatment. Yet, somehow, it truly does.... (Click pic)

FEATURES / TAPEHEADS: THE JOSH JOHNSON INTERVIEW

Chronicling a period in film history that is never likely to be repeated, director Josh Johnson's Rewind This! recalls that moment when movies leapt from the darkened theatre and truly became ours, filling our living rooms and redefining an industry. (Click pic)

BLOG / TIFF AUDIENCES STILL WARM TO THE BIG CHILL

A 30th anniversary screening of Lawrence Kasdan's baby boomer classic proved to be the hot ticket item at Toronto's annual film celebration. (Click pic)

FEATURES / THE DARK BACKWARDS: THE BRET EASTON ELLIS INTERVIEW

The author of Less Than Zero and American Psycho reflects upon working with two of Hollywood's most volatile personalities, director Paul Schrader and star Lindsay Lohan, on his latest bitter satire, The Canyons. (Click pic)

HORROR / VISIONS OF THE PAST: THE CHRISTOPHER AD CASTILLO INTERVIEW

With his chilling supernatural thriller The Diplomat Hotel opening in his homeland, Filipino director Christopher Ad Castillo further honours the industry legacy left by his late father, iconic filmmaker Celso Ad Castillo. (Click pic)