Features

For almost three decades Muriel Steinbeck was one of the most respected actors in Australia, giving acclaimed performances in radio, theatre, film and TV; she endorsed lipstick and chocolate, was a genuine box office draw on stage, and starred in both films and the first Australian TV soap. Despite that,
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Our roving FIPRESCI juror has filed a report on the recent Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund. You’ll have to read to the end to find out who won.
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Conveying tension is one of the main aspects a film needs in order to be satisfying to the audience. Films generally considered greats are rife with tension, whether it comes from the characters, their situation, or the stakes built up around them. So, how is this tension built up?
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He wandered briefly through Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, and now killer cult leader Charles Manson takes the screen again in Mary Harron’s Charlie Says.
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One of the most exciting movie genres is that surrounding gaming. The tension of gaming scenes is exciting, and the drama of each outcome has natural stakes attached to them that every movie scene should have.
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In a throwback to our infamous What’s Wrong With the Australian Film Industry column, Stephen Vagg takes a look at the 'definites', 'maybes' and 'not reallys' of this country’s screen stars.
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A cinema marathon can often result in a blurring of emotions, as our Melbourne International Film Festival blogger discovered with his latest feast of cinema.
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Unloved, abandoned, disparaged, ignored or barely released…these films were royally screwed by the often heartless backers and studios that financed them.
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So much to do, so little time to accomplish it, but it's nothing compared to what it would have taken young poet turned filmmaker Bi Gan to pull off the unbroken, mesmerising 55 minute single shot that closes his latest film.
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We shine a light on the career of this (relatively) little known actor who still carved out a sixty year career, by looking at twenty of his most notable performances.
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