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Australia Korean Fest 2022: Mainstream K-Culture Appeal Results In Most Accessible Program Yet
Korean Film Festival in Australia (KOFFIA) branches back out this year in four major Australian cities, bringing a lean and clean program of genre favorites and Festival picks. Ensuring that nobody will gets FOMO if they miss the latest playing...
Melbourne 2022: MIFF's 70th Outing Highlights the Titular City's Filmic History
Having endured lock-down for essentially two years, the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) returns with a strong outing covering metro, regional and of course streaming. In addition to this, the festival will use cutting edge technology and installations to broaden...
Australia Korean Fest 2021: End of Lockdown Brings Major Genre-fuelled Hallyu Wave
Assuming COVID lock-down ends in Australia (good luck Sydney), the long-standing always quality Korean Film Festival in Australia (KOFFIA) may provide some excellent in-cinema viewing in Canberra, Melbourne and Brisbane this September. Assuming of course that lock-down actually ends, as...
Melbourne 2021: Engaging and Eclectic MIFF Lineup Revealed
The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) returns for a very nice sixty-ninth time in selected cinemas and at home via a streaming pass system this year. It initially feels quite piecemeal, making your way through the guide to work out...
Melbourne 2020: Australia-Wide Digital Showcase Infuses Streaming
The impact of Coronavirus left little doubt the annual slate of festivals that kept every type of cinema across metropolitan Melbourne engaged would be severely impacted this year. Thankfully we adapt, and as streaming, and the proliferation of media available,...
Australia Korean Fest 2019: Celebrating Ten Years of KOFFIA
The Korean Film Festival in Australia (KOFFIA) celebrates ten years this year, powered by the Cultural Office, the festival is a wonderful initiative to showcase not only great films, but promote Korean culture as a whole. With exciting special guests...
Melbourne 2019: ScreenAnarchy Reviews First Glance Features
Now for something a little different. The Melbourne International Film Festival, like every year, has revealed its First Glance titles. These are a hodgepodge of different program streamed films and documentaries to whet the appetite prior to the full guide...
Busan 2017 Preview: 10 Hot Titles Not to Miss at 22nd Edition
Entering its 22nd year, the Busan International Film Festival runs from 12-21 October and is once again putting on a big show that includes around 300 films, including well over a hundred world and international premieres. With so many unknown...
The Trailer that Ruins the Movie - Part Two.
This is a continuation of the part i published two weeks ago. Be sure to check that one out before this one for a comprehensive read. And sometimes I will not even see a trailer, because I want to be...
Stephen McHattie and The Dark Stranger Give Leah 'Stranger Danger'
Terror films, a film production and distribution house, has slated several films to release, this Halloween season. One of their stand-outs is titled The Dark Stranger. Starring Katie Findlay (After the Dark, 2013) and Stephen McHattie (Pontypool, 2008), a...
Scandinavian 2016: A Nordic Burst Of Cinema Intensifies Australia's Winter
It is only in its third year, and yet The Scandinavian Film Festival which runs Australia-wide is one of my most anticipated festivals, following the gargantuan MIFF (Melbourne International Film Festival) of course. Considering one of my favorite films from...
Melbourne 2015: Program Guide Reveals An Electric Array Of Cinematic Gold
The Melbourne International Film Festival media and MIFF members program guide launch happened last night, and it happened big with easily the best launch event of its kind since the current artistic director took curator-ship. The wait for the printed...
Australia Meets The Nordic As The Scandinavian Film Festival Kicks Off In Wintry July
Australia loves country-specific film festivals. From Germany to Spain (twice) we have every major European area covered throughout the calendar year, as there is an exciting prestige and captivating otherness associated with our European kin.I am indeed very excited then...
Busan 2014 Preview: World Cinema Done Right
The 19th Busan International Film Festival is primed to begin, highlighting the best in new Asian cinema and Korean indie. The festival, although somewhat Asia-centric also provides a very impressive array of world cinema; from festival favourites that have...
Australia's 15th Lavazza Italian Film Festival Has An Effervescent Lineup
The Lavazza Italian Film Festival playing across Australia is now in its 15th year. The festival has brought the best mainstream and accessible Italian festival titles to Australian shores and this year is no exception. The festival is tighter than...
Busan 2014 Preview: Window on Asian Cinema Provides Powerhouse Line-up
The 19th Busan International Film Festival hits South Korea early next month, and it brings with it a sharper focus and a dynamic program that still remains faithful to the diverse offerings from niche Asian regions.The gallery below lists the...
Toronto 2014 Preview: TIFF Docs & Contemporary World Cinema
Yesterday we chatted about Midnight & Vanguard and the day previous it was Galas & Special Presentations. Today our preview of the Toronto International Film Fest 2014 marches on with some picks in the Contemporary World Cinema and TIFF Docs...
Toronto 2014 Preview: Midnight Madness & Vanguard
We're back with part two of our Toronto International Film Fest preview series. Yesterday we walked you through a few of the Galas and Special Presentations. Today we'll take a look at two of the marquee programs: Midnight Madness and...
Seasonal Ruminations: Melbourne Cinematheque And The Powerful Complexity Of Liv Ullmann
One of the most complex and powerful women in cinema, Liv Ullmann is a force of nature channeled both on and off-screen as Ingmar Bergman's muse, actress and at a later date independent director. Melbourne Cinematheque is a sublime curated mix...
Seasonal Ruminations: Melbourne Cinematheque And The Significant Magnificent Luis Bunuel
The original enfant terrible, Luis Buñuel, together with Salvador Dalí and poet Federico García Lorca formed the nucleus of the Spanish-Surrealist avant-garde, hoping to shock and insult the intellectual bourgeoisie.Melbourne Cinematheque is a sublime curated mix of auteur and period...
