REVIEWS / LE PRENOM (WHAT'S IN A NAME?)

A tacky joke sets in motion an evening of jibes, backstabbing and bitter truths in this blackly-comic French farce. (Click pic)

FEATURES / HEARTS, MINDS AND TIME: THE COLIN TREVORROW INTERVIEW

We talk to Colin Trevorrow about his debut film, the uplifting time-travel drama Safety Not Guaranteed, and the struggle it faced to win over a jaded movie-going demographic. (Click pic).

FEATURES / THE BEST OF LARRY COHEN

With the great B-movie master due on Australian shores for a series of professional appearances, we take a debate-creating look at the career of Larry Cohen. (Click pic)

REVIEWS / SAVE YOUR LEGS

A new Australian film celebrates the traditions of our national game and the mateship that makes playing it a rite of passage for our men. (Click pic)

REVIEWS / LOOPER

The Matrix, Inception...could Rian Johnson's Looper be the next super-smart sci-fi thriller to score big with both critics and audiences alike? Is it really that good? (Click pic)

INDUSTRY / COCKATOO ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL PUFFS UP ITS FEATHERS

Two industry stalwarts have officially announced an exciting new film festival venture....in the middle of Sydney harbour. (Click pic).

FEATURES / INNOCENCE AND LEGACY: THE CATE SHORTLAND INTERVIEW

In a frank, far-reaching interview, Australian director Cate Shortland discusses her new film Lore, the dark memories that Germans face daily and Australia's denial of its own shameful history. (Click pic)

REVIEWS / MENTAL

PJ Hogan's return to the gaudy world of suburban eccentricity proves particularly wacky and frustratingly unwieldy. (Click pic)

REVIEWS / KATH & KIMDERELLA

Australian television's favourite suburban mum and daughter are afforded big-screen space and European locales in a film that stretches the conceit to breaking point. (Click pic)

BLOG / ANIMATION IN BLACK AND WHITE: ARE HOLLYWOOD CARTOONS RACIST?

Madagascar 3 represents the latest Hollywood animated hit that draws upon racial stereotyping to entertain our kids. Just how badly entrenched is this trend? (Click pic)

HORROR / THE NATURE OF THINGS: THE LEE GAMBIN INTERVIEW

Melbourne author Lee Gambin stares deep into the dark heart of our animal friends and chronicles the onscreen vengeance they have wrought in his new book, Massacred by Mother Nature. (Click pic)

HORROR / WHITEOUT: A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW

Kate Beckinsale's choice of starring roles has made it very hard for her to become the A-list box-office draw that she seemed destined to be. (Click pic)

FEATURES / DIRT ON THE UNDERGROUND: THE STEFAN POPESCU INTERVIEW

The man behind the oddest collection of off-the-wall works on the Sydney film calendar brings the freaky back to the inner-west this week. (Click pic)

REVIEWS / THE EXPENDABLES 2

Adopted by Aaron Sorkin from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Ralph Fiennes stars as.....ah, just kidding! It's a cheesy bloodbath. (Click pic)

REVIEWS / HOPE SPRINGS

A masterclass in screen acting and the arrival of a strong new writing voice are just two reasons to embrace director David Frankel's poignant drama. (Click pic)