Among the standout documentaries at this year’s Revelation Perth International Film Festival is The Art Whisperer, an intimate portrait of Ginny Williams, the trailblazing art collector and patron who unapologetically
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... intimate ...
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… daubed with amazingly artistic cinematography …
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“Right from the start, I wanted to be a director,” says Jenny Hicks. “Never had the self-confidence. Then I tried and failed. Then I had even less self-confidence. Then I
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The excellent Dale Frank – Nobody’s Sweetie is equal measure about the art and the artist.
Anyone who knows the history of Australian film knows that Dutch-born filmmaker Paul Cox (1940-2016) has a special place in the canon. Over a career spanning the 1970s to 2010s,
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Le Bon’s distraught, damaged and sometimes distant performance does a lot of heavy lifting for the film’s emotional core.
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What does it mean to be a famous artist? Well, it is an existential question that won’t trouble most creative people. However, if you stick at it long enough, and