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St Kilda Film Festival
0 Comments. 788 Views. Posted 7 May 2012 @ 12:40pm.
Every year it comes around, and every year we love it more and more. Now in its 29th year, there seems to be no slowing down for the mature (yet still young at heart) St Kilda Film Festival.  Think about it – six days of must-see short films and industry events. Can’t get much sweeter than that, right?   Renowned as the premiere short film festival in Australia, SKFF screens Australia’... Read More
Crunch! - April 18, 2012
0 Comments. 1,604 Views. Posted 18 Apr 2012 @ 6:38pm.
  The Feckers Cover Maiden The Feckers have recorded an acoustic version of the Iron Maiden classic Wasted Years, featuring Irene Slade on lead vocals, Mathew Szkup on guitars, Chris Szkup on guitar and bass, and Dennis Leeflang on drums and mix. The track was mastered by Maor Applebaum and the artwork is by Dan Verkys. This is the second in the run of online singles that will be coming out... Read More
Focus On Raj Kapoor
0 Comments. 1,367 Views. Posted 14 Feb 2012 @ 11:54am.
  For one reason or another, Bollywood remains a blind spot in the cinephilia of many Western film fans. Is it the butt-numbing run-times that deter audiences? Or the whiplash changes in tone, which see films shift from tragedy to slapstick, often within a matter of moments? Perhaps it’s the tradition of embroidering even the most harrowing narratives with show-stopping song-and-dance... Read More
The Chemical Brothers : Don't Think
0 Comments. 753 Views. Posted 1 Feb 2012 @ 7:29am.
This Friday, for one spectacular night, The Chemical Brothers 2011 performance at Fuji Rock will be aired at selected cinemas in 7.1 Dolby Surround Sound. (What the fuck is Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound, you ask? I have no idea, but don’t it sound awesome?) Don’t Think is the title of the doco and also this here supporting single. Originally composed for the Black Swan soundtrack, it’s a belting C/B... Read More
Weekend
0 Comments. 1,266 Views. Posted 25 Jan 2012 @ 6:37am.
  Since the ‘90s we've seen a blossoming of queer cinema that has gradually made headway into the mainstream via directors like Gus Van Sant (Milk), Todd Haynes (I’m Not There) and, more recently, Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right) – but more often from indie directors like John Cameron Mitchell and Gregg Araki, hardcore arthouse doyens like Derek Jarman or B-movie mavens like John... Read More
Focus On Raj Kapoor
0 Comments. 847 Views. Posted 25 Jan 2012 @ 6:46am.
This February through March ACMI presents Focus On: Raj Kapoor, highlighting the late actor, director and producer who revolutionised Indian cinema.  The extensive career retrospective will feature several new 35mm prints, alongside the reveal of an onscreen persona inspired by the smirk and swagger of Clark Gable. Helping to set the template for Bollywood films of today, Kapoor's... Read More
Made In Melbourne Film Festival
0 Comments. 1,146 Views. Posted 2 Dec 2011 @ 8:11am.
This coming December the Astor Theatre will showcase the Made in Melbourne Film Festival. The festival exclusive to Melbourne filmmakers is now in its third year and will run for three nights in December. The range of entertainment on offer includes winning short films, premiers, music clips and feature films. Highlights for the event include best short film from the Cannes and Sundance... Read More
Toomelah
0 Comments. 1,214 Views. Posted 22 Nov 2011 @ 10:33am.
Ivan Sen is arguably our most important indigenous filmmaker, whose short documentaries and feature films have explored the issues surrounding aboriginal people, the conflicts of the past, and the crisis facing many of the communities today. His debut feature film, Beneath Clouds, is his most personal, as it related to his own experience of growing up with an aboriginal mum and an absent... Read More
The Guatemalan Handshake
0 Comments. 816 Views. Posted 23 Nov 2011 @ 7:37am.
Summer is on its way, people, and so too is the glory that is outdoor cinema screening. Think ciders, a comfy chair, a good film and being eaten alive by the mosquitoes that just love our blood. How tasty!  Being one of the first of several pop-up cinema events hosted by Melbourne-based filn criticism website, Screen Machine, St Heliers Street at the Abbotsford Convent is proud to present... Read More
Stop Violence Against Women Film Festival
0 Comments. 1,238 Views. Posted 17 Nov 2011 @ 8:21am.
A film festival with a difference? The Stop Violence Against Women Film Festival is a two-day festival showcasing dramas and documentaries as means of exploring current human right issues faced by women. The projection of women rights by Amnesty International's Victoria Women's team at Melbourne's Cinema Nova in November will bring stories from all around the world in order to evoke action and... Read More
New Egyptian Cinema At ACMI
0 Comments. 892 Views. Posted 17 Nov 2011 @ 8:22am.
Two cultures will collide on screen at ACMI in December as the national hub screens Winds of Spring: New Egyptian Cinema and the Asia Pacific Screen Awards Winners Circle. Winds of Spring: New Egyptian Cinema screening from Wednesday December 8- Saturday 18 this year presents a vibrant piece highlighting the revolutionary events of Tahrir Square. Representing new Egyptian Cinema is celebrated... Read More
The Interrupters Screens At ACMI
0 Comments. 1,014 Views. Posted 16 Nov 2011 @ 3:22pm.
One of the most talked about documentaries of 2011 full of drama, hope and redemption is to be showcased in an exclusive season at ACMI. The Melbourne premiere season of The Interrupters at ACMI running exclusively throughout January next year has been coined "the most necessary film of the year" by Slate magazine and for good reason. The engrossing film following the lives of three... Read More
Back To the Future At The Astor
0 Comments. 1,206 Views. Posted 2 Nov 2011 @ 11:07am.
Yeah, you heard us. We all love Marty McFly and his badass antics, and now everyone has the opportunity to relive the magic of all three Back To The Future movies this weekend.  This will be the first time that the entire trilogy will be presented on the big screen in a very long time. But there’s no special anniversary, so why are the movies being screened? All for good reason. The event... Read More
Japanese Film Festival
0 Comments. 1,439 Views. Posted 25 Oct 2011 @ 2:13pm.
It’s not long to go now until the 15th annual Japanese Film Festival hits Melbourne... and they’re bringing the goods, with their biggest line-up to date. The festival will feature 35 films – all of which are Australian premieres. Opening the 2011 festival is Koki Mitani’s comedy, A Ghost of a Chance. But comedy is only one of the many genres that we can expect from the event! With almost... Read More
HOLA Mexico Film Festival
0 Comments. 1,229 Views. Posted 6 Oct 2011 @ 11:39am.
Ariba! Ariba! It's time for you to don your sombrero, raise your red flag and prepare for an onslaught of Mexican cinema like never before. Touring nationally, the HOLA Mexico Film Festival will bring you 16 authentic Mexican films including documentaries, comedies, grand dramas and a retrospective of three Luis Estrada films.   All Australian premieres, the films will showcase Mexico as a... Read More
15th Japanese Film Festival
0 Comments. 1,446 Views. Posted 30 Sep 2011 @ 11:33am.
It’s time for us to get a cultural smack in the face! The 15th Japanese Film Festival is set to return to Melbourne for another incredible season of the latest Japanese films guaranteed to leave audiences captivated. Amongst the festival’s film line-up will be 30 Australian premieres, including Abacus and Sword – a film about a samurai with a difference. And like any good film festival, the... Read More
AFI AACTA Film Festival
0 Comments. 1,580 Views. Posted 23 Sep 2011 @ 10:28am.
There's nothing that us Melburnians love more than a good festival! Some of Australia's best films are getting set to screen in a new festival designed to showcase and critique the past year's cinematic success stories.   The festival will showcase 21 feature films, as well as the 12 non-feature nominees for Best Short Fiction Film, Best Short Animation and Best Feature Documentary in... Read More
Margaret and David: 25 Years Talking Movies
0 Comments. 1,939 Views. Posted 1 Sep 2011 @ 12:07pm.
As a teenager, Margaret and David were the parents I never had. Don’t get me wrong, I had parents – awesome ones. But at the pissy pinnacle of 15, I sure as hell didn’t want them. So every Wednesday night I would switch on the telly and let that unmistakable credit score wash over me like a salve, my angst momentarily assuaged as I welcomed my surrogate progenitors back into the living room for... Read More
Russian Resurrection Film Festival 2011
0 Comments. 2,931 Views. Posted 26 Aug 2011 @ 3:28pm.
“We try and showcase new and old cinema together,” says Nicholas Maksymow, the director of the Russian Resurrection Film Festival.  On the eve of the eighth Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Maksymow spoke about the state of the Russian film industry and what we can expect from this year’s festival. “The Russian film industry is actually in quite a good state,” Maksymow acknowledges. “The... Read More
2011 Israeli Film Festival
0 Comments. 1,795 Views. Posted 24 Aug 2011 @ 11:43am.
Now in its 8th year, the AICE Israeli Film Festival is heading to our shores to bring us the stories and vision of Israeli filmmakers. It will give the audience a chance to be thrilled, moved and excited by their story-telling. Including feature films, documentaries, tributes and shorts programs, the festival is sure to indulge in everyones senses!   And like any good event, there'll be... Read More
Bayside Film Festival
0 Comments. 1,543 Views. Posted 17 Aug 2011 @ 9:41am.
Amadeo Marquez-Perez is a very busy man. When he's not producing extraordinarily powerful films such as The Songs They Sang , he's selecting films as the artistic director of the Bayside Film Festival. "My role, is pretty much to watch as many movies as I can, and put my favourites into the program," Amadeo explains. He also admits, unable to hide his excitement for the festival, "It's... Read More
Lavazza Italian Film Festival
0 Comments. 2,161 Views. Posted 12 Aug 2011 @ 9:40am.
You know that feeling when you hear someone talk in a sexy foreign accent and a part of your heart melts? Well, the seductive charms of Italy are set to beguile us once again for the 12th annual Lavazza Italian Film Festival. Proudly sponsored by coffee aficionados Lavazza, the 2011 edition of the festival will screen over 1000 sessions across five cities around Australia, hence creating the... Read More
Margaret and David: 25 Years Talking Movies
0 Comments. 2,440 Views. Posted 11 Aug 2011 @ 8:41am.
If you're David Stratton, the co-host of At The Movies with Margaret Pomeranz, you can review anything. A well-loved yet contentious Australian figure, I find the temptation is too difficult to resist. I must ask: popcorn or choc-top? True to form, I receive a classic Stratton answer, one sure to ignite arguments all over the country. "You're going to think me a terrible snob, but I'm... Read More
The 12th Melbourne Underground Film Festival
0 Comments. 3,833 Views. Posted 10 Aug 2011 @ 8:27am.
Richard Wolstencroft, Director of The Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF), last year famously stood in front of an overflowing theatre, screamed “fuck censorship” and illegally showed LA Zombie. When Australia’s acclaimed independent film, Somersault, swept up 13 ARIA Awards, Wolstencroft was there wearing a T-shirt that read “Somersault Sucks”. He spits venom upon the ruling elite... Read More
Korean Film Festival
0 Comments. 1,638 Views. Posted 5 Aug 2011 @ 9:29am.
The Korean Film Festival is back for its second year running. This time, though, with an expanded lineup. Audiences will be able to enjoy 16 sessions over a span of 6 days, including gangster mayhem and blood revenge films, to award-winning indiedrama and comedy showcases. KOFFIA will take you on a crazy ride through Korean cinema, covering the latest and greatest in contemporary hits, as well... Read More
Melbourne Underground Film Festival Returns
0 Comments. 2,797 Views. Posted 2 Aug 2011 @ 4:01pm.
The most controversial and confronting film festival Australia has to offer has announced its return in what will without a doubt be the biggest MUFF ever.  The Melbourne Underground Film Festival returns in 2011 for its twelfth instalment, emblazoned with the tagline “Destroy All Movies” – a query, a question and even a complaint about cinema itself. Last year’s MUFF saw the massive... Read More
More Melbourne International Film Festival
0 Comments. 1,704 Views. Posted 2 Aug 2011 @ 11:27am.
Here is a brief look at some of the other films that screened at MIFF during the first week of the Festival. Life In A Day   Produced under the auspices of Ridley and Tony Scott, Life In A Day is a massive and ambitious undertaking that takes advantage of the growth of new technology and access to multi-media that makes everybody a budding Spielberg. In 2010, Oscar winning documentary... Read More
Dark Rooms and Dreamscapes
0 Comments. 2,249 Views. Posted 27 Jul 2011 @ 11:18am.
Anyone who sticks their hands into the mix bag of goodies playing at this year's Melbourne International Film Festival will most definitely be in for a treat. For those of you who choose the rocky road experience over predictable vanilla, avant-garde film screening Dark Rooms and Dreamscapes: The Films of Peter Tscherkassky and Eve Heller will take you there. Peter Tscherkassky is the DJ... Read More
Russian Resurrection Film Festival
0 Comments. 1,722 Views. Posted 21 Jul 2011 @ 11:40am.
It's cold in Russia, but whatever steam that they do have, they're bringing it down to our shores for the 8thannual Australian festival of Russian films, Russian Resurrection.  The program will feature 15 new Russian features, including many Australian and international premieres. It will also include a retrospective of 5 Russian classics including 1980's Oscar Award winner for Best... Read More
Desert Island Flicks : Castaway With Kate Holden
0 Comments. 2,430 Views. Posted 19 Jul 2011 @ 1:39pm.
Talking to best-selling Melbourne writer Kate Holden turns out to be a two-fold treat. Her style of conversation darts between a running commentary on the inner workings of her mind, and eminently quotable one-liners that you're not likely to hear anywhere else. Case in point, the analogy she uses to describe writing a regular fortnightly column in The Age weekend supplement: "I live in this... Read More
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