“I was in St. Kilda and this woman with a strong Scottish accent stood two inches away screaming my name. I decided to impersonate her and scream right back!” Interview by Joanne Kmaid There has to be something incredible about meeting your favourite celebrity or crossing paths with the love of your life. There is…
by Matthew Eeles A second trailer dropped this morning for The Legend of Ben Hall. Arguably one of the most anticipated local films of the year, Matthew Holmes’ Australian epic follows legendary bushranger Ben Hall as he and his gang attempt to escape NSW before the law catches up with them. Director Holmes is thrilled the second trailer has finally…
“My mates get a kick out of it; some have me in their phones as First Asian Jesus!” Interview by Joanne Kmaid How does an American actor fit into Australian talent? I am not entirely sure (smiles). I’d like to think that the Australian film industry is smart enough to cast interesting actors and not…
“Pete Murray’s song, Opportunity, was the first song I taught myself to play on guitar when I was 16, so meeting him to work on a film 8 years later was bizarre and awesome!” by Joanne Kmaid Acting, singing, songwriting… Is there anything else you hope to embark on? Oh definitely entrepreneurship and philanthropy! I…
Revelation Perth International Film Festival in association with Cinema Australia proudly present a celebration of Australian film – past present and future – through a program of monthly screenings. We’d just be positively un-Australian if we didn’t pay a tip of the hat to the footy finals. As our tribute to the great Australian game…
by Matthew Eeles As far as Australian feature films go, you could never accuse Sunset People of having an ordinary concept. A modern-day Australian thriller with an 80’s inspired edge, set in a dream-like, sinister world that revolves around burlesque, drugs, sex, and… blood addicts? “Our Vampires do not have fangs or turn into bats,” Sunset…
With only one other, rather unsettling film to his name, director JJ DeCeglie has created a genuinely hilarious film with Can’t Win. Do Try. Can’t Win. Do Try. follows Gordon, an engaged 25 year old with a fresh mortgage. In a bid to extend his adolescence he convinces his reluctant fiancée to allow his best-friend Jez…
Australian feature film, Landfall, has revived it’s crowdfunding campaign and is calling for your support to help finish the second half of production. Landfall follows a young couple who are trapped in their beach house during a tropical cyclone when three desperate fugitives carrying a mysterious icebox invade their home following a heist. The ensemble cast…
Doing it their way Husband and wife duo Alice Foulcher and Gregory Erdstein – or Greggles as Alice affectionately (and rather cutely) refers to him – are deep in post-production on their new film, That’s Not Me. It’s the story of wanna-be actor Polly (Foulcher) who dreams of making it to the big time. She’s beaten…
“Stop dreaming! We need to have a dream and to protect it, but a dream without work is just a vision and it eventually fades. Put your acting first!” Interview by Joanne Kmaid What was it like meeting Robert De Niro? I met him through a mutual friend, Barry Primus; I was working for Barry at…
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