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Saint Narcisse | Dir: Bruce LaBruce | ★ ★ ★ ½ As the title suggests, the main character of this B-Grade film has a fetish for looking at himself, whether it be in a reflection or capturing his image by taking Polaroid photographs. Twenty-two year old Dominic Beauchamp (Felix Antoine Duval) is a fine young man and a […]
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6 Jul 2022 /
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When The Camera Stopped Rolling | Dir: Jane Castle | ★ ★ ★ ★ It wasn’t an accident that Jane Castle became a cinematographer. When her mother was pregnant with her, she was filming a wildlife film which was one of the 40 films she directed in her lifetime, at a time when there was little recognition […]
Tags: cinema, jane castle, Lezly Herbert, lilias fraser, luna leederville, Revelation Film Festival, when the camera stopped rolling
25 Jun 2022 |
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The Kitchen Brigade | Dir: Louis-Julien Petit | ★ ★ ★ ★ Cathy Marie (Audrey Lamy) and Fatoumata (Fatoumata Kaba) are best friends but they are completely different. Forty year-old Cathy is a well-known sous chef with a signature dish to her name, while the much younger Fatou (who is played by a social media star with […]
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10 Jun 2022 |
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Presenting a selection of the best cinema from the top of the world, the Scandinavian Film Festival returns this July. The Opening Night selection is an epic co-production between Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Czech Republic and Poland titled Margrete – Queen of the North (Margrete den første). A lavish historical drama set in 1402 from […]
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9 Jun 2022 |
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In Joyland, a new film from Pakistani director Saim Sadiq, the protagonist is a young man who is under pressure from his family to produce a son with his wife. Instead he joins an erotic dance company and a falls for the troupe’s transgender director. The taboo-breaking film is the first film from Pakistan to be […]
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30 May 2022 |
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The Virtual Indigenous Film Festival (VIFF) is now screening, marking Reconciliation Week across the country. The festival’s aim is to showcase First Nations stories and voices, and spark conversations about how we can all contribute to Reconciliation in Australia. The fourth annual festival features five award-winning films including Firebite, My Name Is Gulpilil, Off Country and Wash […]
Tags: cinema, Film, firebite, my name is gulpilil, off country, shelley ware, viff, Virtual Indigenous Film Festival, wash my soul in the river's flow
26 May 2022 |
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Everything Everywhere All At Once | Dir: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert | ★ ★ ★ ★ The premise of this film is quite simple. Evelyn is a middle-aged Chinese American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who has an extremely chaotic life. Living next to the laundromat she runs with her husband Waymond who wants a divorce (Ke Huy […]
Tags: cinema, everything everywhere all at once, Film, Lezly Herbert, michelle yeoh
14 Apr 2022 |
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Nobody Has To Know | Dir: Bouli Lanners | ★ ★ ★ ★ Phil (Bouli Lanners) is a middle-aged (possibly in his fifties) farm hand on a wind-swept Scottish island. His accent gives him away as being an outsider but after he suffers memory loss as the result of a stroke, it would seem that we are […]
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6 Apr 2022 |
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Researchers from Monash University Australia have released the findings of extensive research into LGBTQ+ inclusion in films and what that means for audiences and the box office. A team led by a Monash Business School researcher analysed 4216 contemporary Hollywood films from 2007 – 2014 and found that movies with LGBTQ+ inclusive representation significantly outperform […]
Tags: A Single Man, carol, cinema, Film, inclusion, monash business school, Movies, the kids are all right
26 Mar 2022 |
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The beloved Pride Queer Film Festival is returning bigger and better than ever for its sixth year, beginning their fabulous program this week. The program brings films from across a spectrum of LGBTQIA+ experiences across seven nights at The Backlot cinema, and for the first time mini-festivals will pop up in Albany, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie and […]
Tags: cinema, Film, Mark Reid, Pride Queer Film Festival
1 Mar 2022 |
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