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The 2012 BAFTA Awards

All the stars were out for the British film and television industry's night of nights.

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Gold Coast Film Festival Preview: Circumstance

It strives for significance and it definitely sounds like a conversation-starter, but this Iranian-based drama unfortunately overreaches.

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Careless Love Opening Night + Q&A

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With director John Duigan ('The Year My Voice Broke') and cast Nammi Le and Peter O’Brien. THU 17 MAY – 7pm RITZ...  (view all details)

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10 x Double Passes to 'Men In Black 3'

Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones team up again for another installment of extra-terrestrial action.

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NEWS | The Sapphires To Open Melbourne International Film Festival

The feel-good feature is set to kick off the Melbourne film festivities.

NEWS | Screen Australia Invests in 16 Features

An eclectic set of projects have been granted funding...

REVIEW | The Dictator

A disappointing, often repulsive and mean-spirited mess of a film with seemingly only one real criterion on its agenda: to shock and offend.

REVIEW | The Woman In Black

Packed with atmosphere, this old-fashioned but deftly told ghost story delivers ample chills and thrills.

FEATURE | Hard Knocks

With recent reports that life for the residents of Toomelah has reached crisis point, Ivan Sen’s feature about the troubled Aboriginal community hits home even harder.

FEATURE | From A Faraway Land

The inaugural Indian Film Festival of Melbourne will attempt to show audiences that there’s more to their thriving cinema scene than song and dance… though there’s that too.

Latest Reviews

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Careless Love

Careless Love

Sidestepping a more extreme take on prostitution, this is a quietly impressive portrait of a young woman caught in a tragic situation.

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Empire Of Silver

Empire Of Silver

Its backdrop is a rich and fascinating one, but the film is let down by a screenplay and direction that fails to register on a personal level.

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Silent Souls

Silent Souls

A resonant, lyrical and beautifully realised cinematic experience.

Latest Features

Last Dance

May 15, 2012 13:04 | by Patrick Bosher

Director Martha Goddard gives us the back story on shooting her experiential short film ‘Dance Me to the End of Love’ which is vying for a Dendy Award at Sydney Film Festival.

Trolls and Tribulations

May 11, 2012 12:17 | by Emmet O'Cuana

Having raised the funds via crowd-funding, Snowgum Films are bravely attempting to bring Terry Pratchett’s short epic, ‘Troll Bridge’, to screen.

John Of All Trades

May 11, 2012 10:42 | by Nicholas Adams

In a one-day Masterclass at AFTRS Open, feature film writer John Collee will share what working in Hollywood has taught him.