Courtney Dawson
advance australian film (a documentary)
While Australia has produced an array of highly acclaimed features over the years, interest in Australian Cinema has been experiencing a steady decline. It’s been over 20 years since Baz Luhrman’s Strictly Ballroom (1992) reached number one at the Australian Box Office, and no other Australian film has reached these heights in audience engagement since. As an independent [...]
film: moonlight cinema
Moonlight Cinema is back! Held every Summer from December through to March in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, a film under the stars is guaranteed to be an enjoyable experience for the whole family. This season kicked off with a preview of the critically acclaimed film The Descendants, starring, co-written and directed by George [...]
film review: melancholia
Lars Von Trier’s new film Melancholia attracted some controversy at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival earlier in the year when the director claimed that he sympathised with Hitler. As a result, he was named ‘persona non grata’ and was dismissed from the Festival, but the leading lady Kirsten Dunst rightfully won the Best Actress Award. Melancholia, which has been [...]
film review: burning man
Burning Man is a new Australian drama from writer/director Jonathan Teplitzky who previously brought us Gettin’ Square (2003) and Better Than Sex (2000). The film follows Tom, a young British chef, as he deals with the traumatic death of his wife from breast cancer. Using his job at a successful Bondi Beach restaurant, and his [...]
festival review: the boroughs nyc culture festival
The New York inspired culture festival known as ‘The Boroughs’, toured the major cities in October, promising bands, DJs, art installations, galleries, pop-up cinema, market stalls and fashion displays. While the Sydney event (which took place at the University Manning Bar) was lacking some of the aforementioned exhibitions, the gig did make up for these [...]
italian film festival
An interview with Aureliao Amadei about his autobiographical film 20 Cigarettes, now screening at the Italian Film Festival.
merchandise giveaway: footloose
To celebrate the release of the Footloose remake, we have three great prize packs to giveaway!
giveaway: monte carlo
Thanks to 20th Century Fox, we have 5 double passes to giveaway to the comedy Monte Carlo!
sydney underground film festival
The Sydney Underground Film Festival is just around the corner, so be prepared for some unique, independent and experimental films. Every year there’s a selection of documentaries, features, Australian premieres and shorts. The quirky comedy Super, starring funny man Rainn Wilson along with Liv Tyler, Ellen Page and Kevin Bacon, will open the festival on [...]
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