Byron Bay Film Festival

It's a concerning time for the Australian industry with a number of Film Festivals cancelling or postponing events

Alice, abruptly discovering that her life savings were depleted by her husband’s use of escort services, turns to the industry to reclaim her property and support her child

I's a strange thing to say that something is deceptively good

One rarely expects a film as good as ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ to come along and we are always glad when it does

Both bear uneasy depictions of violence, yet one resonates powerfully and with evident quality. The other, ill-considered in near every respect

"It's a pretty unusual film, it's a fictionalised origin story about the infamous Punch and Judy puppet play"

Sometimes abstract just doesn’t work