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Travelling Film Festival returns to Newcastle

Showcasing eight incredible feature films and one fascinating documentary direct from the 66th Sydney Film Festival, the Travelling Film Festival returns to Newcastle from 21 June 2019. Opening the Festival is Mirrah Fou...

MIFF announces three premiere galas and the return to Melbourne’s icon...

May 31 - Festivals, Film, Latest News

Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has revealed three premiere films that will shape its 2019 program and the return to Melbourne’s iconic Capitol Theatre. This year’s festival will open with the world premiere...

25 km/h

May 13 - Festivals, Film, Latest Reviews

The craziest of plans can start with a drink and in the case of German road-trip comedy 25 km/h, these crazy plans might just fix a feuding brothers relationship. Brought together by their father’s death and dresse...

Acute Misfortune

May 12 - Film, Latest Reviews

Having painted murderers and psychopaths, Adam Cullen’s success in the art world is owed in part to his fascination with the deranged that borders on obsessive. In Acute Misfortune, Director Thomas M. Wright explores the...

St Kilda Film Festival reveals first program highlights for 2019

May 7 - Festivals, Film, Latest News

Now in its 36th year, Australia’s largest and longest running short film festival, the St Kilda Film Festival has revealed a number of highlights from the 2019 program. Providing opportunities for both emerging and esta...

Long Shot

April 27 - Film, Latest Reviews

Forget Avengers Endgame, the Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen lead rom-com-non-rom-com Long Shot is currently the best team-up movie of 2019. Long Shot flips the script then does the running man on 80s/90s romantic comedie...

Burning

April 26 - Film

Burning is based on the short story Barn Burning by famed magical realism author Haruki Murakami. The film explores a disturbing and sinister love triangle set in South Korea. Due to the imaginative nature of most of Mur...

Thunder Road

April 22 - Film, Latest Reviews

Hateful at the thought that his daughter should experience any pain, there is a moment in Thunder Road where the kind-natured cop James (Jim Cummings) rescinds a comment made by him to his soon-to-be-ex-wife Rosalind, wi...