Closing Perth Monster Fest 2014 is Perth director, Sam Barrett’s Sororal. If you can’t make the screening or the Q&A following the film with producer David Karsten as well as other cast & crew members, you can find everything you need to know about the film below. Happy reading. What does Sororal mean? That’s a secret!…
Ahead of Raven’s Cabin world premier at Perth Monster Fest next week, director Loren Johnson tells Cinema Australia how he went about making his horror film. Raven’s Cabin came about because my wife, Alice, and I, as well as a few other film-makers and actors, decided to be proactive and create an opportunity to work…
It’s here! The official feature length trailer for 52 Tuesdays dropped this morning. 16-year-old Billie’s reluctant path to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans to gender transition and their time together becomes limited to Tuesday afternoons. Filmed over the course of a year, once a week, every week – only on Tuesdays –…
“I don’t want this to sound dicky but I wasn’t really expecting it to get into the festivals.” Mekelle Mills has the potential to be a major player within the Australian film industry. Her directorial debut is a fine example of well organised and well executed amateur filmmaking that rivals the writing and directing talent…
Recently, Cinema Australia asked Perth director JJ DeCeglie to give us some insight into the way he went about filming his new feature Jugular. The film will screen locally as part of Perth Monster Fest which begins on March 27 and runs until Arpil 2. I shot Jugular as a one-man crew on a Canon 60d and a…
Closer Productions has finally released a teaser trailer for Sophie Hyde’s 52 Tuesdays. They’ve also announced a full length trailer will be available soon. 16-year-old Billie’s reluctant path to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans to gender transition and their time together becomes limited to Tuesday afternoons. Filmed over the course of a…
Based on the novella by the acclaimed Nobel Prize winning writer Doris Lessing, a fearless portrait of love, lust and the power of friendship, Adoration tells the story of Lil (Naomi Watts) and Roz (Robin Wright), two lifelong friends living in a tranquil Australian seaside town, who embark on separate, passionate affairs that will change them forever.…
It’s the familiar story we’ve seen play out in movies a million times over; one of lust, forbidden sexual desires and a seemingly inseparable bond between two young lovers. More often than not these clichéd and formulaic films will conclude with a sickeningly happy ending obvious from the very beginning. That’s where Mekelle Mills’ Zoe.Misplaced…
The Broken Shore An Evocative Australia crime thriller set against a background of police corruption, racism and family tragedy Joe Cashin (Don Hany: Offspring, East West 101) is a Homicide Detective transferred to the small Victorian coastal town of Port Monro where he grew up. When wealthy benefactor Charles Bourgoyne dies, Joe’s investigation uncovers a cycle of…
Review by Stephen Pollock: Petticoats, flower pressing and Botticelli – not what a Brit usually expects from a movie made and set in Australia. Especially not in 1990, when my perception of Australian film was shaped by The Castle, Mad Max, Crocodile Dundee and other red-dust fare. Adverts for XXX (“I can see the pub…
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