film festivals

Perth Festival 2020: HIGH GROUND
Perth Festival 2020: HIGH GROUND

High Ground passes every landmark of the proliferating Meat Pie Western but is unable to escape the calculable cliches.

Toronto International Film Festival 2020: 76 DAYS
Toronto International Film Festival 2020: 76 DAYS

The COVID-19 documentary 76 Days is urgent and wrenching, unbashful in its presentation of tragedy and confusion.

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?

Digital Down Under: How The Coronavirus Couldn’t Stop Australia’s Film Festivals

Even if audiences choose to return, will the festivals be there for them, or will we see a paradigmatic shift to these industry events lodging themselves online permanently?

Sundance Film Festival 2020 Preview
Why Are Film Festivals So Expensive & Exclusive?

Film Festivals bring to audiences films that are powerful and necessary – so why are they all so exclusive?

Tokyo International Film Festival 2018: Love & Friendship With CHAOTIC LOVE POEMS & RENT A FRIEND
Tokyo International Film Festival: Karaoke Rooms & Bathhouses

In our latest recap from the Tokyo International Film Festival coverage, Tynan Yanaga reviews Lust in a Karaoke Box and Melancholic.

Tokyo International Film Festival 2018: Love & Friendship With CHAOTIC LOVE POEMS & RENT A FRIEND
Tokyo International Film Festival 2018: Love & Friendship With CHAOTIC LOVE POEMS & RENT A FRIEND

In part 1 of our Tokyo International Film Festival coverage, Tynan Yanaga reviews Chaotic Love Poems and Rent A Friend.

Film Fest 919: VOX LUX: Disturbing, Dazzling Tale Of A Pop Star’s Rise

Vox Lux is a weighty experience guaranteed to take a toll on viewers, both from its philosophical musings and its uncompromising look at 21st century violence.

Film Fest 919 Part 2: THE OLD MAN & THE GUN, THEY'LL LOVE ME WHEN I'M DEAD & WHAT THEY HAD
Film Fest 919 Part 2: THE OLD MAN & THE GUN, THEY’LL LOVE ME WHEN I’M DEAD & WHAT THEY HAD

For this latest report from Film Fest 919, we into Robert Redford’s final film, the documentary about Orson Welles, and a Hillary Swank-starring drama.

The 2018 Lavazza Italian Film Festival Report: LORO & BOYS CRY

Two reviews of films from the Lavazza Italian Film Festival, Loro by Paolo Sorrentino and Boys Cry, a gangster film from the D’Innocenzo Brothers.

Melbourne International Film Festival 2018: The First Weekend Report
Melbourne International Film Festival 2018: The First Weekend Report

In our first Melbourne International Film Festival report, we cover a collection of films, including Columbian crime dramas, a time-bending German war film, and an experimental exercise in young adult race relations.

BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL Week 4: The Year's Best Movies?
BFI London Film Festival Week 2: The Weird, The Wonderful & The Unclassifiable

We continue to cover the multitude of films coming from London Film Festival, with reviews of among others, 1%, Lean on Pete and Good Manners.

Talking Editing With Axel Grigor, Director Of JILL BILCOCK: DANCING THE INVISIBLE
Talking Editing With Axel Grigor, Director Of JILL BILCOCK: DANCING THE INVISIBLE

Axel Grigor, editor/director of the documentary about legendary Australian film editor Jill Bilc*ck, spoke with us about his film and editing.

Interview with F*cking Adelaide Director Sophie Hyde
Interview With Sophie Hyde, Director Of FUCKING ADELAIDE

Mini-series Fucking Adelaide premieres at Adelaide Film Festival on October 8 – Alex Lines spoke with Director Sophie Hyde.

NYFF 55 Centerpiece: WONDERSTRUCK
NYFF 2017: A Foreign Tale Of Reality & Fiction

Stephanie Archer discusses three foreign films from this year’s NYFF that examine realities shattered and the consequences that follow.