Interview: Eamon Farren

“Essentially, it’s great to be able to go to the cinema and watch a movie and know that you’re going to be in for a story where you don’t necessarily know what’s going to happen.” Interview by Matthew Eeles: This is Jim Lounsbury’s debut as a feature film director. How does he compare to some…

AACTA nominations announced – Here are our predictions

The nominees for Australia’s highest feature film accolade were announced today and Australian film buffs will be happy to know there’s no surprises as big as last year’s nomination for The Great Gatsby, which took home best film and a swag of other awards is didn’t deserve. This time around AACTA has kept the nominations predominantly local –…

Review: Love is Now

For a film backed mostly by Nikon Australia there’s never a moment in Love is Now when you feel like the mega-brand is intruding on the film’s artistic integrity and getting in the way of its bold narrative. Thankfully any shameless product placement amounts to around thirty seconds – an average TV commercial – throughout…

Celebrate Muriel’s Wedding at Arc

CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA’S FAVOURITE BRIDE AT ARC! See the costumes, hear the music, watch the film. Join our special guests as we celebrate 20 years of Muriel’s Wedding on Friday, 5 December. Wear your bridesmaids dresses or wedding attire – prizes for the best costumes on the night! MURIEL’S WEDDING: RENEWING OUR VOWS FROM 5PM Courtyard Bar opens…

Interview: Tara Reid talks Charlie’s Farm

Tara Reid was flustered when Cinema Australia spoke to her during a recent press junket for her new Australian film Charlie’s Farm directed by one of the countries hottest new talents, Chris Sun. She told us, “Everything’s going great. We’re busy, busy, busy. We did about twenty different things yesterday after landing the day before. I’ve slept…

First trailer to Kim Farrant’s Strangerland is here (Removed)

Sorry folks. Apparently the version we ad embedded was an unauthorised leak. We’ve been told to expect a trailer soon though so stay tuned. Newcomers to the remote Australian desert town of Nathgari, Catherine and Matthew Parker’s lives are flung into crisis when they discover their two teenage kids, Tommy and Lily, have mysteriously disappeared…