If Robert Connolly’s Paper Planes was the Wagyu of this year’s CinéfestOZ then John Soto’s The Reckoning was the Chuck steak. It’s inconceivable that a film brimming with ridiculous inaccuracies and pure silliness was considered for a prize worth a hundred grand, because almost every part of Soto’s wannabe thriller is a dreadful mess. Robbie…
Hugh Sullivan’s The Infinite Man will open this year’s Darwin International Film Festival. One of the finest films to come out of Australian in the last couple of years, the time-travel comedy will screen on Wednesday, 17 September at 7.15pm. Another Australian film to feature as part of the festival will be Fell. Kasimir Burgess’…
The Reckoning opens in cinemas this week! The Reckoning is Perth filmmaker John Soto’s thrilling new film that opens this week at selected cinemas (sessions this weekend 5-7 September, and next weekend 12-14 September), with all tickets the special price of $15 across the board. Earlier this year, The Reckoning won awards at the the 2014 BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL. After being…
The countdown to Australia’s top screen Awards has officially started, with the first nominees for the 4th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards announced today. Nominees were announced in the Best Short Animation and Best Short Fiction Film categories for the 4th AACTA Awards, which will also see Australia’s best film, television and documentaries awarded…
Ever wanted to know more about your favourite Australian personalities like Jacki Weaver? Thanks to Madman Entertainment, Cinema Australia is giving 5 lucky readers the chance to win a copy of Who Do You Think You Are? on DVD. Australian celebrities play detective as they go in search of their family history. Well-known Australians play…
A new trailer dropped today for Mack Lindon’s Rise. Rise is set to open in Australian cinemas in October of this year. Check it out below. Rise is an Australian true-story movie based on an injustice with a universal theme of hope.
Allowing just ten minutes to interview two filmmakers with such a rich history in Australian cinema should be considered a felony in itself. It’s not an easy task to interview two personalities as big as Matthew Saville’s and Joel Edgerton’s in such short time, but their generous answers gave me plenty to work with. Interview…
Shot as a one-man crew on a Canon 60d and a rigged-up crude steadicam, Fremantle director JJ DeCeglie’s harrowing film, Jugular, is as independent as Australian cinema comes. And as anyone who’s tried their hand at it will know, independent filmmaking can be a costly endeavour. After successful screenings at underground film festivals around the country, Jugular – a story of one…
A new animated poster for Kriv Stenders’ (Red Dog) Kill Me Three Times dropped a couple of days ago ahead of the film’s screening at the Toronto International Film Festival. You can check it out below. Kill Me Three Times is a feature film directed by Kriv Stenders and starring Simon Pegg, Sullivan Stapleton, Alice Braga,…
Hot on the heels of Austin Film Festival’s early line-up announcement which includes the World Premiere of One Eyed Girl, The Backlot Films is proud to announce its plans to release the South Australian psychological thriller in Australian cinemas during the first quarter of 2015. Starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey (52 Tuesdays) and Mark Leonard Winter (Healing,…
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