‘Gone With The Wind’ – One Only Wishes They Would
By Mike Canavan It is with great concern that I read this last week HBO Max has seen fit to remove one of the greatest read more …Continue reading ‘Gone With The Wind’ – One Only Wishes They Would
Category: Film
Peer Inside The Lives Of Others In Jasmin Tarasin’s ‘Together Alone’
Photoplay’s Jasmin Tarasin has just directed ‘Together Alone’, a personal series that documents the lives of her neighbours as the close-knit community in NSW self read more …Continue reading Peer Inside The Lives Of Others In Jasmin Tarasin’s ‘Together Alone’
How Should Cannes Change Ahead Of Its Return In 2021?
By Simon Gwynn 2020 will be first year since 1953 not to feature International Festival of Creativity or its predecessors. What a few weeks ago read more …Continue reading How Should Cannes Change Ahead Of Its Return In 2021?
Cannes Lions 2020 Cancelled
The Festival and Awards will not take place in 2020 Cannes Lions announces today that the annual Festival of Creativity will not take place in read more …Continue reading Cannes Lions 2020 Cancelled
Cannes Lions Staff Told To Work From Home.
By Oliver McAteer It’s official. This year’s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has been postponed –. Over the weekend the news came that organiser Ascential read more …Continue reading Cannes Lions Staff Told To Work From Home.
An Explosive Town Sets Itself On Fire In Patrick Fileti’s New Film INFERNO
Leaping head first into the flames, //Thirteen & Co writer and director Patrick Fileti’s INFERNO delves into the heartland of Tulepec, Mexico to tell the read more …Continue reading An Explosive Town Sets Itself On Fire In Patrick Fileti’s New Film INFERNO
FLiCKERFEST 2019: The world’s best short film festival is back in Bondi
From this weekend, Sydneysiders have an even better reason to head to Bondi other than the famous golden sands, as Flickerfest – the world’s greatest read more …Continue reading FLiCKERFEST 2019: The world’s best short film festival is back in Bondi
Film Review: Destroyer
By Carl Wyant. It starts slowly, a noir in harsh daylight set in Los Angeles and centered on a burned out LAPD detective . . read more …Continue reading Film Review: Destroyer
BRING BACK GREAT CREATIVITY, & WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT MAKES.
By Marcus Honesta. After all these years, it’s rare that I am moved by a TVC; let alone moved so deeply that it brings a read more …Continue reading BRING BACK GREAT CREATIVITY, & WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT MAKES.
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT – WHAT A CRACKER OF A FILM.
By Marcus Honesta. Last Saturday Mrs. Honesta decided that it was a long time since we had been to the pictures. For all the millennial’s read more …Continue reading MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT – WHAT A CRACKER OF A FILM.
ANIMAL LOGIC LAUNCHES NEW PRODUCTION COMPANY, TRUANT PICTURES
Sydney studio Animal Logic – famous for animated features such as The LEGO Movie and Peter Rabbit – have announced the launch of a new read more …Continue reading ANIMAL LOGIC LAUNCHES NEW PRODUCTION COMPANY, TRUANT PICTURES
Mark your diaries for the 12th Byron Bay International Film Festival 12-21 October 2018
The countdown has begun to the 12th Byron Bay International Film Festival (BBFF2018). The idyllic surf town’s most glamorous event, the 10-day festival is a read more …Continue reading Mark your diaries for the 12th Byron Bay International Film Festival 12-21 October 2018
WHERE HAVE ALL THE GREAT YARNS GONE?
By Marcus Honesta. Well as the silly season creaks and groans to its inevitable and final Cristal hangover. And the floating gin palaces have set read more …Continue reading WHERE HAVE ALL THE GREAT YARNS GONE?
SHORT FILMS: THE IMPORTANCE OF PRODUCTION DESIGN
by Brass Tacks Production Design. “In film and television, a production designer is the person responsible for the overall visual look of the production. Production read more …Continue reading SHORT FILMS: THE IMPORTANCE OF PRODUCTION DESIGN
“FIVE CAME BACK” on Netflix: ANZAC DAY 2018: LEST WE FORGET.
By Marcus Honesta. With the ANZAC Commemoration just a few short days away, I thought it would be timely to reflect on much of what read more …Continue reading “FIVE CAME BACK” on Netflix: ANZAC DAY 2018: LEST WE FORGET.
Terror Nullius and the Problem of Private Arts Funding
By Libby Gandhi. The Ian Potter Foundation has been accused of political censorship after it withdrew support for ‘Terror Nullius’, an irreverent political film that read more …Continue reading Terror Nullius and the Problem of Private Arts Funding
Interview: Patrick Fileti X Undercurrent
Warning: This article contains images that some readers may find disturbing By Libby Gandhi Director Patrick Fileti has built his name on powerful, socially conscious read more …Continue reading Interview: Patrick Fileti X Undercurrent
Film Review: Black Panther
By Libby Gandhi. Black Panther could have buckled under the weight of expectation. 24 years in the making, dripping with racial and historical poignancy, it read more …Continue reading Film Review: Black Panther
Raising Films arrives in Australia
by Libby Gandhi. Women in Film and Television New South Wales (WIFT NSW) have partnered with UK-based Raising Films to cast a spotlight on the read more …Continue reading Raising Films arrives in Australia
FILM REVIEW: Sweet Country
By Libby Gandhi. Indigenous Director, Warwick Thornton (Samson & Delilah), is renowned for unflinching and uniquely Australian filmmaking. Sweet Country, released last week, is his read more …Continue reading FILM REVIEW: Sweet Country
From ‘Dunkirk’ to ‘The Post,’ Some Key Oscar Contenders Relied on Film
By Carolyn Giardina. In 2015, a group of filmmakers including Christopher Nolan spearheaded an effort to keep Kodak — the last remaining maker of motion read more …Continue reading From ‘Dunkirk’ to ‘The Post,’ Some Key Oscar Contenders Relied on Film
Film Review: Phantom Thread
By Carl Wyant. THERE WILL BE FUNGI Nothing much happens, but there’s so much to observe, to absorb, that these two hours plus pass effortlessly, read more …Continue reading Film Review: Phantom Thread
Film Review: Molly’s Game
By Carl Wyant. Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk. Show-me-don’t-tell-me, the screenwriting rule, or if you prefer the guideline, is broken more times than one can read more …Continue reading Film Review: Molly’s Game
Film Review: Loving Vincent
By Libby Gandhi. Vincent Van Gogh wrote that ‘we can only speak through our paintings’. Loving Vincent, a Van Gogh biopic and the world’s first read more …Continue reading Film Review: Loving Vincent
LISTEN: Grant Freckelton, Art Director and Production Designer
Our friends at Masters of Motion have just published their latest podcast, featuring Animal Logic’s Art Director and Production Designer, Grant Freckelton. Grant has been read more …Continue reading LISTEN: Grant Freckelton, Art Director and Production Designer
WATCH: The sound of Blade Runner 2049
By Alex McMahon. Regular readers will know about my passionate anticipation for Blade Runner 2049. Thankfully, it did not disappoint. Director Denis Villeneuve has delivered read more …Continue reading WATCH: The sound of Blade Runner 2049
Blade Runner: 2049 – a review
By Carl Wyant. The return to the screen of what many regard as the all time, quintessential dystopian futurist film, 35 years after the original, read more …Continue reading Blade Runner: 2049 – a review
Jazz Filmmaking – An interview with David Nobay
Many have fallen for the charms of beautiful Byron Bay. Included in that list is acclaimed adman and poet, David Nobay; the founder and creative read more …Continue reading Jazz Filmmaking – An interview with David Nobay
WATCH: Blade Runner 2049: The final prequel short film
By Alexander McMahon. “Blade Runner 2022: Lights Out” plays an integral role in explaining an important part of Blade Runner history. The third short film read more …Continue reading WATCH: Blade Runner 2049: The final prequel short film
This is Gold: Straight to TV
Illustrations by Harry Gold. “It has just been announced that ‘Underworld’ – the Vampire movie franchise that kept Kate Beckinsale a household-ish name and tried read more …Continue reading This is Gold: Straight to TV