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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
By Alexander McMahon. Ok, regular readers will know that we’re frothing with excitement about the new Blade Runner movie coming to cinemas very soon, not read more …Continue reading WATCH: Blade Runner 2049 – a second ‘prequel to the sequel’ short film drops
Film review by Carl Wyant. Indians Kill Cowboys…scrawled on the wall of a derelict house trailer, a meth den sitting on a remote patch of read more …Continue reading Wind River: The Western Resurrected
By Alexander McMahon. I’ve made no secret to our regular readers that I’m eagerly anticipating the release of Blade Runner 2049, the follow-up to one read more …Continue reading WATCH: Blade Runner 2049 – A prequel short film
CTL is committed to showcasing TV ads that, (in our opinion), move, amuse or influence their audience. Here’s a Lebanese political campaign that is incredibly read more …Continue reading LOVING YOUR WORK: Bob Gordon’s finest
In this new feature, we shine a light on work that we love from days gone by. The ones that touched us, moved us, or read more …Continue reading LOVING YOUR WORK: The Classics
By Nic Finlayson, Director at FINCH. Inarritu shows us that VR can be art house. It can be something very special. 360/VR is by no read more …Continue reading 360/VR: If it’s OK for Alejandro González Iñárritu, it’s OK for me.
By Alexander McMahon. Apple have been pushing the ‘shot on iPhone’ agenda for a little while now, with wonderful French filmmaker Michel Gondry now joining read more …Continue reading Watch: Michel Gondry’s genius short film shot on iPhone 7
Stop whatever it is that you’re doing and behold…for the official trailer for Blade Runner 2049 has just hit the internet, and promptly set the read more …Continue reading BLADE RUNNER 2049: The new trailer just dropped, and it looks AWESOME
By Carl Wyant. In a contemporary post-Trump world, where perpetually lowering the bar has become de rigueur, this alliteratively fueled franchise is no great disappointment. read more …Continue reading FILM REVIEW: Faster & Furiouserer?…Nah
By Alexander McMahon. Words cannot describe how much we love this short clip, which begs the questions – Would French cinema masterpieces stand a chance read more …Continue reading WATCH: Pitching French Films To Hollywood
By Jen Brewster. Filmmakers these days can often be presented with some unique challenges when producing content for different mediums, whether that be for the read more …Continue reading INTO THE WILD: Creating film for Sydney’s most incredible cinema screen
You can win an Oscar for music, (best original score, best original song). If the Academy Of Motion Pictures and Sciences feels it is necessary read more …Continue reading How important is music to film?
It started with a simple idea: create a platform for a new wave of visual storytellers. Today, Tropfest is one of Australia’s most iconic cultural read more …Continue reading Binge watch all of the films from Tropfest 2017