Fish Out of Water
There is a charming naivety to Pete Fletcher and Tom Hudson, two men in their mid-thirties who despite their limited sailing experience set out in a refurbished plywood rowboat to trek the North Atlantic Ocean in documen...
Category: Film
First look at 2019 Sydney Film Festival
The 66th Sydney Film Festival has revealed a sneak peek of 25 new films to be featured in this year’s June event. The announcement is in advance of the full program launch on Wednesday 8 May 2019. “This sneak peek of the...
The Matrix 20 years on: how a sci-fi film tackled big philosophical qu...
Incredible as it may seem, the end of March marks 20 years since the release of the first film in the Matrix franchise directed by The Wachowski siblings. This “cyberpunk” sci-fi movie was a box office hit with its dysto...
Network 10 and Screen Australia launch OUT HERE
Network 10 and Screen Australia have launched OUT HERE – an initiative that gives Australians the opportunity to produce a documentary focused on LGBTQI+ diversity in rural and regional communities. Storytellers are invi...
MQFF: Rafiki
Power-pop-electro anthems follow exuberant schoolgirl Kena (Samantha Mugatsia) as she skateboards through the busy streets of Nairobi in the 2018 Kenyan-drama film Rafiki. The tempo of the music beating at the same speed...
2019 Melbourne Queer Film Festival Top Picks
The 2019 Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) kicked off in spectacular style last Thursday evening with the Australian premiere of Papi Chulo. With over 141 features, documentaries and shorts, including 9 Australian Pre...
MQFF: Papi Chulo
Immigration and a gay slur are some of a few English words known by Spanish speaking labourer Ernesto (Alejandro Patiño), who comes into a position of employment for Los Angeles weatherman Sean (Matt Bomer) in the 2018 c...
Girls of the Sun
Conflict transcends both plot and narrative in 2018’s French-War film Girls of the Sun (Les filles du soleil) with righteous themes told in such an accost manner that it detracts from the subjects experience in order to ...
