
Past and Future: Persian Film Festival 2019
“We are proud that the 8th Persian Film Festival is paying a tribute to the strength and resilience of women from Iran and Afghanistan all around the world”

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Knives Out
Mystery-comedies don’t get made very much, nor do flicks that would have Agatha Christie queuing up

Winda Expands Scope in 2019
“We have seen a strengthening of stories from around the world playing into genres"

Jojo Rabbit, Jewish Cinema & #JIFF2019
You may as well go out with a bang

Japanese Film Festival 2019 Program Lands Across Aus
“We can't wait to see what next year has in store for Japanese cinema!”

Iranian Film Festival sets off across Aus
"We have a spotlight on first-time Iranian filmmakers as we wanted to bring their exciting new works to the centre of attention"

Megan Riakos on Horror Anthology ‘Dark Whispers’
“Hopefully this project will provide opportunities for our directors and to dispel the myth that women only make one kind of horror or that they aren’t interested in the genre”

British Film Festival Highlights
Keira Knightley. Ian McKellen. Helen Mirren. Even more Helen Mirren

Transnistra
If you had to look up the title you may not learn what you want to from this film – a Wikipedia entry this is not

Hi, A.I.
This review was not written by a machine

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Judy
First thing’s first – Renee Zellweger; she’s good. Really good. She’ll probably win an Oscar, but we’re not here to talk about that

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Australian Cinema – Reality Checked
The most terrifying thing about film is that it’s all already happened

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Benjamin
Despairing of his second feature, British filmmaker Benjamin (Merlin’s Colin Morgan) quickly falls for singer and all round charming dude Noah, played by Phenix Brossard who at the time of writing has likely been cast in a Mick Jagger biopic

‘Blue Moon’, ‘Sad Sachs’ take top prizes at SF3 2019
Most films forget to place the bomb under the table – very few manage three ticking simultaneously

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Alice
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

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Ad Astra
Sad Astra. Sad Astronaut. Brad Astra. Dad Astra. Sad Brad Dad Astronaut movie

Tone-Deaf
Millennials! Baby boomers! Cinema’s just only catching up on this trove of terror and the latest one is Tone-Deaf

Greener Grass
An appropriately bizarre addition to this year’s Sydney Underground Film Festival, Greener Grass wants you think it’s better on the other side

Italian Film Festival Highlights
Here’s a few picks that might just help you sort out your IFF 2019 schedule!

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The Art of Self-Defense
They’re men! Men in belts, tight belts! They roam around the dojo looking for fights!

Dreamland
Defying straightforward explanation, the first of three imminent flicks titled Dreamland will surely be the most bizarre

SF3 Celebrates Fifth Year with First Smartphone Feature
“My prediction is that a couple of years from now the fact a feature was shot on a phone will be totally unremarkable"

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Angel of Mine
It always comes down to that ending

Short+Sweet Film Festival Finals Wrap in Sydney
"It always feels good to get recognition, what made this one special is that it was in my home town"

Braid
As this is the Underground Film Festival, the resulting trials are not especially G-rated

Mantis Nest
Discovered with a smoking gun and all three of her dead parents, Sugar has a very short window to convince the authorities she didn’t do it

Searching
Memorable above all for breaking one ever-cautionary and cardinal rule of the detective thriller and to the film’s great credit doing it well

The Final Land
Two men, at odds, facing their ends aboard a spacecraft know that they might each be the last person they ever see

SciFi Film Festival Premieres ‘Norman’ amidst 2019 Slate
“There’s a vastness of vision in the 2019 line-up”