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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)

Wednesday
Jul242013

REVIEWS / HARRY DEAN STANTON: PARTLY FICTION

The Godfather of Hollywood character actors is afforded due respect and fascinating insight in Sophie Huber's artfully constructed profile piece. (Click pic)

Tuesday
Jul232013

REVIEWS / INTERIOR. LEATHER BAR

James Franco toys with fanbase perception in this offbeat, awkward docudrama that explores the mystery and meaning of excised hardcore footage from the Al Pacino film, Cruising. (Click pic)

Monday
Jul152013

BLOG / REVELATIONS 2013 REVIEW: THE WEST FEST'S BEST.

As the sun sets on the west coast's leading film event, we look back at the highlights of what many consider to be the best programme in the 16 year history of the festival they call Revelations. (Click pic) 

Sunday
Jul142013

REVIEWS / PACIFIC RIM

Guilermo de Toro finally gets the mega-budget go-ahead for a premise that should soar under his vision and intelligence, the likes of which are too rare in fantasy films. But is Pacific Rim everything his fans have been hoping for? (Click pic)

Tuesday
Jul092013

REVIEWS / THE END OF TIME

Indian funerals, dead grasshoppers, lava flows and the Hadron Collider. Canadian cine-philosopher Peter Mettler explores man's relationship to time in a dazzling but gratingly impenetrable visual odyssey (Click pic).