Film Festivals

Fantasia Film Festival 2020: YANKEE
Fantasia Film Festival 2020: YANKEE

Yankee won’t be a film that pleases everyone, but its flaws don’t necessarily tarnish what is an otherwise solid effort from a budding filmmaker.

Fantasia Film Festival 2020: Interview with 2011 Director Alex Prieur-Grenier
Fantasia Film Festival 2020: Interview with 2011 Director Alex Prieur-Grenier

Wilson Kwong spoke with director Alex Prieur-Grenier about his film 2011, premiering at Fantasia Film Festival 2020.

Fantasia Film Festival 2020: Class Action Park
Fantasia Film Festival 2020: Class Action Park

Class Action Park explores the dark side of childhood as it covers the legend and legacy of the infamous Action Park.

Fantasia Film Festival 2020: CLAPBOARD JUNGLE: SURVIVING THE INDEPENDENT FILM BUSINESS
Fantasia Film Festival 2020: CLAPBOARD JUNGLE: SURVIVING THE INDEPENDENT FILM BUSINESS

Clapboard Jungle crafts a vitally important piece of cinema that will certainly resonate with anyone who has an appreciation for the art form itself.

Fantasia Film Festival 2020: The Columnist
Fantasia Film Festival 2020: The Columnist

The triumph of The Columnist goes beyond an intimate understanding of the problems of the digital age, to a solid grasp on how that culture makes monsters.

Sheffield Doc/Fest Part 2: SHUT UP SONA, THE GO-GO'S, BITTER BREAD
Sheffield Doc/Fest Part 2: SHUT UP SONA, THE GO-GO’S, BITTER BREAD

Our coverage of the 2020 Sheffield Doc/Fest’s continues with reviews of Shut Up Sona, The Go-Go’s and Bitter Butter.

Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2020: Man on the Bus & Can Art Stop a Bullet?
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2020: Man on the Bus & Can Art Stop a Bullet?

We continue our 2020 coverage of the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival with two more reviews: Man on The Bus and Can Art Stop A Bullet?

Sheffield Doc/Fest Part 1: WE HAVE BOOTS, FLINT, ME AND THE CULT LEADER
Sheffield Doc/Fest Part 1: WE HAVE BOOTS, FLINT, ME AND THE CULT LEADER

Our coverage of the 2020 Sheffield Doc/Fest’s online program begins with reviews of We Have Boots, Flint, and Me and the Cult Leader.

Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2020: Interview with Justin Feltman, Co-Director of HAMTRAMCK, USA
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2020: Interview with Justin Feltman, Co-Director of HAMTRAMCK, USA

Alex Lines had the chance to talk with co-director Justin Feltman about his documentary Hamtramck, screening at Melbourne Documentary Film Festival.

Far East Film Festival 2020: THE WHITE STORM 2: DRUG LORDS
Far East Film Festival 2020: THE WHITE STORM 2: DRUG LORDS

While The White Storm 2: Drug Lords is an entertaining piece of filmmaking, it just fails to engage in a way that its premise would have suggested.

SXSW 2020: Interview With ARCHIVE Director/Writer Gavin Rothery
SXSW 2020: Interview With ARCHIVE Director/Writer Gavin Rothery

We spoke with Gavin Rothery, the director of Archive, which explores new territory in sci-fi themes like memory, humanity, loss, and fear of replacement.

FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL 2020: CHASING DREAM
Far East Film Festival 2020: CHASING DREAM

Chasing Dream has a lot of the trademark technical and narrative notes that seem fitting of a To-helmed Milkyway Image production.

Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2020: Interview with Posy Dixon, Director of Keyboard Fantasies
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2020: Interview with Posy Dixon, Director of Keyboard Fantasies

Ahead of the film’s screening at this year’s Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, I had the chance to talk with director, Posy Dixon, about her documentary.

The Top Five Picks of the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2020
The Top Five Picks of the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2020

The acclaimed Melbourne Documentary Film Festival has arrived in the digital realm. Here are our selections for the top five:

Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2020: Interview with Iván Castell, Director of THE RISE OF THE SYNTHS
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2020: Interview with Iván Castell, Director of THE RISE OF THE SYNTHS

Alex Lines spois with director Iván Castell about his latest music revival documentary The Rose of the Synths.