Tremors | Cinema Paradiso | May 3 & 12 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ Tremors is a very dark film. It opens with 40-something Pablo (Juan Pablo Olyslager) arriving home in the rain after work in Guatemala City. Obviously wealthy, he is met by the maid who tells him that his young son and daughter have […]
My Big Gay Italian Wedding | Lavazza Italian Film Festival | til Oct 14 | ★ ★ ★ ★ Antonio (Cristoano Caccamo) and Paulo (Salvatore Esposito) are living in Berlin when they decide to get married. Antonio takes Paulo to meet his parents and also reveal his sexuality and Paulo takes Antonio to see the mother he […]
Darling | Cinema Paradiso | July 19 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ Darling, directed by Danish filmmaker Birgitte Staermose, is set at the fascinating Royal Danish Ballet school and features the dancers as extras. Darling (Danica Curcic) returns to her training ground in Copenhagen from her success in New York with choreographer husband Frans (Gustaf Skarsgard) […]
Cinema Paradiso will host the best of Nordic cinema this July with the Volvo Scandinavian Film Festival. The festival will host a selection of films from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Finland for their Australian premieres. A Horrible Woman, winner of Best Screenplay and Best Actress at Denmark’s Academy Awards, is a dark comedy which […]
The biographical film Tom of Finland, directed by Finnish director Dome Karukoski to tell the story of the artist’s extraordinary life. It is screening in Perth as part of the Scandinavian Film Festival. The film depicts how after suffering from the trauma of WWII, Touko Laaksonen finds no peace at home in Finland, a country where homosexuality is […]
Tom of Finland vodka has just been released in the United Kingdom. The homoerotic artwork of artist Touko Laaksonen is celebrated in a new film, and the special vodka has been created in conjunction with the film. The Organic Vodka (40% ABV) is a new super-premium spirit distilled in Finland from organic wheat and rye. The […]
The Spanish Film Festival opens this week at Cinema Paradiso. OUTinPerth’s film reviewer Lezly Herbert highlights the film ‘Hidden Away’ which is part of the program. Hidden Away (M) Directed by Mikel Rueda Set in the northern Spanish city of Bilbao, 14 year old Rafa (German Alcarazu) finds himself at odds with his mates who […]
A local lesbian filmmaker has launched her own film festival after claiming to have been shut out of the WA Pride Film Festival last year. Tessa Rooney submitted her five minute film to be shown at the Rooftop Movies as part of the film festival, but received no answer to her submission and follow up […]
