Devil’s Peak the new crime thriller from director Ben Young will open the 2023 Revelation Perth International Film Festival in July. The Perth based director generated huge acclaim for his debut feature Hounds of Love, before going to make the Netflix film Extinction. His third feature film stars Billy Bob Thornton, Robin Wright, Hopper Penn and Emma Booth and is set […]
Director Kenneth Anger, a pioneer in the world of queer filmmaking, has died aged 96. His groundbreaking avant-garde films included homoeroticism and surrealism, and he has been hailed as one of the first gay filmmakers. Many of his early works were released prior to homosexuality being made legal in the USA. He has been cited […]
Renfield | Dir: Chris McKay | ★ ★ ★ ★ This irreverent comedy/horror is a modern take on the Dracula story, with Nicolas Cage (who first sunk his teeth into the Prince of Darkness role in the 1988 black comedy Vampire’s Kiss) excelling as the immortal with an insatiable thirst for human blood – preferably from pure […]
Petrol | Dir: Alena Lodkina | ★ ★ ★ ½ Set in Melbourne, Eva (Nathalie Morris from Bump), who is studying film, is pitching a proposal for her final year production to her lecturer. When he asks her what the film is actually about, she doesn’t seem to know. Russian-born Australian filmmaker Alena Lodkina seems to […]
Asteroid City, the film from director Wes Anderson is coming to cinemas in August. Ahead of its release you can revisit all the director’s previous works via a special program screening at Palace Cinemas. In Focus: Wes Anderson kicked off on 4th May through to 22nd June delivering a cinematic journey into the sprawling and whimsical world of the […]
Limbo | Dir: Ivan Sen | ★ ★ ★ ★ A jaded detective arrives in a small remote outback town that bears the scars of years of mining for valuable gems. Travis (Simon Baker who won acclaim as The Mentalist) has been sent to the town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder of local Indigenous […]
A new documentary traces the life and career of disco legend Donna Summer. The film had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in February and will be broadcast in the USA on HBO Max. The film is directed by Roger Ross Williams and Brooklyn Sudano. Williams won an Academy Award in 2009 […]
Merkel | Dir: Eva Weber | ★ ★ ★ ★ Whenever a photograph was taken of world leaders, it seemed that the Chancellor of Germany from November 2005 until December 2021, Angela Merkel, was surrounded by men in black suits. Born in West Germany, director Eva Weber goes back to Merkel’s early days in East Germany to […]
The Survival of Kindness | Dir: Rolf de Heer | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Dutch-born Australian Rolf de Heer has been a director to look out for since his radical film Bad Boy Bubby stunned audiences in 1993. His friendship with the late David Gulpilil and collaboration with Indigenous communities has allowed him to create a trilogy of films […]
Acclaimed German film Till the End of the Night will screen as part of the German Film Festival. The film was nominated for Best Film and the prestigious Berlin Film Festival earlier this year and it won the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance. The crime-thriller undercover police investigator Robert who is tasked with gaining the trust of […]
