Festivals, Film, News & Commentary, Screen Nine stand-outs from the 2019 Melbourne International Film Festival program Anders Furze Monrovia, Indiana Frederick Wiseman returns to MIFF with this portrait of one small town deep inside America. A festival stalwart, Wiseman …
News & Commentary, Screen, Stage, Visual Arts So you think you’re a ‘creative’? Not until unless you’re fluent in ‘agency-speak’ Rosemary Sorensen Confused about what a creative industry is? It’s simple: film, TV, video games and digital culture. That’s what the Australian …
Film, News & Commentary, Screen How an obsessive movie podcast got its Hollywood ending Anders Furze He proudly admits to having probably watched Michael Mann’s 1995 film Heat more times than any other human being on …
Film, Reviews, Screen Yesterday film review: Life without The Beatles Vicki Englund Richard Curtis can no doubt add Yesterday to his impressive list of screenplays that have touched a huge nerve with audiences. …
News & Commentary, Screen Eight streaming shows you might have missed Anders Furze Peak TV means that while some shows hog all the attention, a lot of excellent work is flying under the …
Music, Reviews, Screen, TV Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax Records documentary review Benjamin Woods Wax Trax Records was a record label based in Chicago that was so cool that they said no to the demos …
Film, Music, News & Commentary, Recorded, Screen FIlm: Scorsese’s ‘Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story’ Warwick McFadyen The rhythm of the times is always changing. One minute, it’s a heartbeat away from nuclear oblivion, the next it’s …
Film, Reviews, Screen Wild Rose film review: country music struggle story, Glasgow-style Vicki Englund The Brits are renowned for serving up small but emotionally satisfying films, and Wild Rose sits comfortably in the category. …
Film, Reviews, Screen Film review: The Reports on Sarah & Saleem tracks the fallout of an affair in a divided Jerusalem Anders Furze Palestinian director Muayad Alayan’s stressful second feature, The Reports on Sarah & Saleem, establishes its central conceit instantly. The film …
Film, News & Commentary, Screen The new Aladdin is an opulent kind of horseshit Luke Buckmaster All of us remember Disney’s classic 1992 animated movie Aladdin, about the genie-summoning pauper who pretends to be a prince …