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Monday
Nov262012

MEDIA / TRAILERS, SHORTS AND FIRST-LOOKS

Denzel's latest bid for Oscar glory; a Kubrick short; a French take on the adventures of a group of intrepid ants; and, a graphic sci-fi vision to challenge the senses. (Click pic)

Monday
Nov192012

INDUSTRY / WATCHING SHORTS ON BONDI BEACH

Despite unseasonally chilly temperatures, the short-film watcher is hot for what's on offer at the 12th annual Bondi Short Film Festival (Click pic)

Monday
Nov192012

FEATURES / IN HER WORDS: THE JULIETTA BOSCOLO INTERVIEW

One of Australian cinema's most exciting young filmmaking talents candidly reveals what inspires and motivates her. Just don't ask her to make coffee... (Click pic)

Monday
Nov192012

INDUSTRY / ASIA-PACIFIC FILM INDUSTRY EYEING APSA GLORY.

The 2012 edition of the region's most prestigious film awards focusses the Asia-Pacific's attention on Brisbane this week. (Click pic)

Sunday
Nov182012

BLOG / DOES FRANCHISE FAME STILL BECKON FOR DANA AND FOX?

With the Star Wars universe now owned by Disney, perhaps 20th Century Fox will revive their long-dormant property, The X-Files? (Click pic)

Saturday
Nov172012

REVIEWS / AMERICAN MARY

The Soska twins body-modification shocker announces the Canadian auteurs as major players in the next wave of horror film talents. (Click pic)

Friday
Nov162012

REVIEWS / CONAN O'BRIEN CAN'T STOP

From the ashes of a network career emerges an artist who puts his emotional recovery in the safe hands - of his own brilliant if ruptured talent. (Click pic)

Thursday
Nov082012

REVIEWS / HOUSOS VS AUTHORITY

The best per-screen average at Australian cinemas in its opening week suggests Paul Fenech's Housos vs Authority can't be dismissed with critical disdain...right? (Click pic)

Monday
Nov052012

FEATURES / AROUND THE WORLD IN ONE DAY: THE 11ELEVEN PROJECT

A passionate, humanitarian filmmaker is set to launch a multi-media vision of one day in the life cycle of Planet Earth. (Click pic)

Monday
Nov052012

MEDIA / LES MISERABLES

The cast of Tom Hooper's eagerly-anticipated adaptation of Les Miserables reflect upon the live-performance tension of singing before the cameras. (Click pic)

Sunday
Nov042012

REVIEWS / SKYFALL

Shaken by violence and stirred into action, a reborn 007 deals with memory and legacy in Sam Mendes' deep, dark and absorbing Bond opus. (Click pic)

Thursday
Nov012012

REVIEWS / LE GUETTEUR (THE LOOKOUT)

Two of French cinema's biggest stars get down and dirty in Michele Placido's atmospheric but uneven thriller. (Click pic)

Tuesday
Oct302012

HORROR / NECRO-NOVACASTRIANS: NEWCASTLE'S DAY OF THE DEAD

A celebration of zombie culture has spawned Australia's latest genre short film festival in that thriving necropolis, Newcastle. (Click pic)

Friday
Oct262012

REVIEWS / MARIJINE (MARIJA'S OWN)

Fact and fiction are blurred to mixed effect in Croatian director Zeljko Sukova's heartfelt ode to her family's late matriarch. (Click pic)

Thursday
Oct252012

REVIEWS / THE MASTER

Masterful work from America's finest young director or an ambitious but flawed folly? (Click pic)