Cinema Australia’s Matthew Eeles sits down with actor Aaron Pedersen to discuss his new film, Killing Ground. Aaron also gives us the skinny on the new Mystery Road TV series directed by Rachel Perkins and starring Judy Davis and Colin Friels. This interview also includes two clips and a trailer for Killing Ground. A special…
“The worst violence is left off screen and left to the viewer’s imagination. I knew that audiences would be able to fill in those blanks in a worse way than I would ever want to show.” Damien Power’s Killing Ground is brutal, violent and unforgiving. Here, Power talks us through the process of making one of…
He’s one of Australia’s most gifted actors and in Romi Trower’s What If It Work? he gives one of the best performances of the year along with an equally impressive Anna Samson. Cinema Australia caught up with the very funny, very casual and very talented Luke Ford. “I’ve always told myself that I don’t want…
Cinema Australia’s Matthew Eeles caught up with Meal Tickets director Mat de Koning at The Backlot Perth to discuss his insightful new rockumentary which explores life in a rock band from the point of view of Perth rockers The Skrewtop Detonators and Will Stoker & The Embers. Meal Tickets is screening at this year’s Revelation Perth International…
The School’s out Written by Matthew Eeles Filming has wrapped on The School, a supernatural horror by first-time feature director, Storm Ashwood. A very relaxed Ashwood was deep in post production when we spoke to him recently from his Sydney home. “The editor is surprised how easily everything is coming together,” an excited Ashwood told…
There was no other Australian we were anticipating more than Ben Young’s Perth-shot feature film debut, Hounds of Love. We’re pleased to say, it didn’t disappoint. We sat down with actor Stephen Curry to discuss his disturbing new role in great detail. It’s a must watch for all young actors wanting to learn how to…
When I told Jack Thompson I was calling from Fremantle in Western Australia, he was quick to let me know how fond he was of the Port City. In the mid-90s, Thompson acted in Graeme Rattigan’s Under The Lighthouse Dancing which was shot just off Fremantle on the west coast’s most famous island playground, Rottnest.…
With only one other, rather unsettling film to his name, Perth-based director Jeremy DeCeglie has created a genuinely hilarious film with Can’t Win. Do Try which we speak about this episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. Influenced by his best mate Jez (Christopher Millington), Gordan (Harry Quinlan) convinces his rather bitchy finance, Kelly (Adriane Daff), to…
In What If It Works?, Anna Samson give a very impressive, very award-worthy performance as scattered DID sufferer, Grace. In this interview, Anna speaks about preparing to play such a complex character, her admiration for her director and her upcoming performance in Kriv Stenders’ Wake In Fright. Interview by Matthew Eeles RELATED ARTICLES INTERVIEW: Romi Trower…
In the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast, host Matthew Eeles chats with director Gerald Rascionato about his terrifying new found-footage horror film, Cage Dive. Cage Dive is a spine-chilling piece of cinema set off the coast of South Australia. It’s technically brilliant and one of the finest examples of found-footage horror ever produced……
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