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Australian actor Daniel Henshall is no stranger to working with the genius that is Bong Joon Ho, having collaborated on 2017’s science fiction comedy Okja. Now, the two are reuniting on the director’s eagerly anticipated Mickey 17, the first since his historic Oscar win in 2020. Mickey 17 tells of an unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes…
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In some ways it’s unfair for Mickey 17 to use director Bong Joon Ho‘s Oscar-winning Parasite in its marketing, as this bonkers sci-fi effort is quite far removed from that aforementioned satirical thriller, and may lure audiences into a false sense of security. Of course, being a Bong picture, satire is still utilised, but waiting…
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Across television, film, music, literature and live theatre, Keke Palmer has rarely left a stone unturned. And she’s certainly not looking to give up the exploration any time soon. With the release of One of Them Days, not only is Palmer headlining alongside the Grammy-winning SZA, she’s flexing her big boss energy as one of…
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When it comes to the tried and tested buddy comedy, chemistry is key. Keke Palmer, arguably one of the most mega-wattage charm possessors currently working, and R&B music starlet SZA prove quite the dynamic duo in One of Them Days, an extremely spirited genre vehicle that they continually elevate when it occasionally gives in to…
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Whilst it’s been two decades since French director Florent-Emilio Siri dipped his toe in the action genre with the 2005 Bruce Willis vehicle Hostage, it’s evident he hasn’t lost any flair for such, with his relentless Elyas touching on topical themes whilst proving rousing as an exaggerated vehicle in the same vein of a Liam Neeson…
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The Alliance Française French Film Festival (AF FFF) has arrived as its 2025 programme of groundbreaking French cinema sets to dazzle audiences across Australia. Now in its 36th year, the largest celebration of French film outside France will play until the 27th April this year. Festival-goers are invited to embark on a unique cultural journey, featuring…
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Thanks to Warner Bros. Pictures Australia we have 5 double digital in-season passes (Admit 2) to giveaway to Mickey 17, written and directed by Bong Joon Ho (Parasite) and starring Robert Pattinson, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo, in Australian theatres from March 6th, 2025. The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in…
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Thanks to Mushroom Studios, The Reset Collective and Think Tank Communications we have 5 double digital in-season passes (Admit 2) to giveaway to Hard Truths, the multi-award-winning tragi-comedy from famed director Mike Leigh, in Australian theatres from March 6th, 2025. The story revolves around Pansy, a hypersensitive woman who constantly criticizes her husband Curtley and…
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Seen is a groundbreaking feature-length documentary that not only explores the transformative power of personal healing for parents, but also delves into the scientifically supported effects of such healing on parenting and its impact on child brain development. By focusing on the unexplored aspect of parents confronting their own childhood coping mechanisms, Seen is poised…
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Thanks to Sony Pictures Australia we have 5 double in-season passes (Admit 2) to see the US box office success One of Them Days, starring Keke Palmer and Grammy Award-winning songstress SZA, in Australian cinemas from March 5th, 2025. Best friends and roommates Dreux (Keke Palmer) and Alyssa (SZA) are about to have One of…
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The Melbourne Women in Film Festival (MWFF), a vital home for the championing of female filmmakers, has today unveiled its electrifying 2025 program, featuring an impressive lineup of over 40 world-class features, shorts, and special events. The ninth edition of the festival is set to disrupt, challenge, and inspire filmmaking in a showcase of the…
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A starring role with her talents front and centre always suited Kate Hudson, so, immediately, Running Point lands its lay-up, with the Netflix comedy series giving the actress the material needed to flourish. Inspired by Los Angeles Lakers president Jeanie Buss, the Mindy Kaling-produced series subs in the Los Angeles Waves and Hudson’s Isla Gordon,…
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Whilst there were many movie-goers that may have been surprised at hearing Fernanda Torres‘s name being called at this year’s Golden Globes as the recipient of the Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama) over the likes of Nicole Kidman’s acclaimed turn in Babygirl and Angelina Jolie’s seeming front-runner presence in Maria, once I’m Still…
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Transferred from juvenile to adult prison, Mel is taken under the wing of both Shepard, Australia’s most despised criminal, and Warren, a soon-to-be-a-paroled inmate. The paternal triangle that forms between them becomes their undoing. From Cannes Film Festival-winning director Charles Williams, Inside is a tale of emotional dynamics within the prison system, spearheaded by a…
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The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) has announced its full program for its 2025 event, with over 40 sessions, more than 115 speakers, and 90 industry decision makers taking place in-person at ACMI in Melbourne / Naarm, from 2nd to the 5th of March, 2025, with an online-only international marketplace between the 6th and 7th…
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The Alliance Française French Film Festival (AF FFF) has unveiled its 2025 programme of groundbreaking French cinema. Now in its 36th year, the largest celebration of French film outside France will arrive in Australia from 4 March – 27 April 2025. Festival-goers are invited to embark on a unique cultural journey, featuring captivating stories of…
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Thanks to Sony Pictures Australia we have 5 double in-season passes (Admit 2) to see the Oscar nominated drama I’m Still Here, starring Fernanda Torres in her Golden Globe nominated role. Brazil, 1971. Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children, is forced to reinvent herself after…
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Will could never compete in the sport he’s always loved: racewalking. While struggling to find respect as a coach, Will’s fortunes change when he spots a burnout baseball pitcher, Matt, with the most impeccable racewalking stride he’s ever seen. Together, Will and Matt team up, face the challenges of a sport that doesn’t want them,…
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As ridiculous a sport racewalking may seem – Aussies are sure to have images of Jane Turner and Glenn Robbins powerwalking with all their might come to mind – writing/directing duo Phil Moniz and Kevin Claydon lace such with a tenderness and respect that allows audiences to laugh with the sport’s quirk rather than at…
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Regardless of what stories you’ve heard about William Tell, there’s one consistent note to his tale surrounding his son, a crossbow and an apple. A legendary folk hero of Switzerland, his tale has been told many times across many mediums, and Danish actor Claes Bang is the latest to embody the legend. Under the direction…
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Academy Award winning director Andrea Arnold has always honed a unique voice in the landscape of cinema. From her short films Milk and the Oscar celebrated Wasp, to her distinctive take on the classic Wuthering Heights and the experimental American Honey, no project is like another, and she’s continuing such a filmic outlook with her…
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Similar to the naturalistic, almost documentary-like aesthetic she laced her film American Honey with, writer/director Andrea Arnold approaches Bird with a realism that, for the majority of its 119 minute running time, rarely lets up to allow audiences a proper escape from the poverty-stricken housing estate setting it largely sits within. Unfolding through the eyes…
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Good Cop/Bad Cop follows Lou and Henry, a sister and brother detective team in a small Pacific Northwest police force who must contend with colourful residents, a serious lack of resources, and their very complicated dynamic with each other and their police chief, Big Hank – who happens to be their father. A social media…
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Whilst there’s certainly nothing wrong with the prestige approach to television and treating an entire season as an extended film, essentially, Good Cop/Bad Cop is a welcome example of the type of throwback, one-hour sittings of pure entertainment, riding off the benefits of a snappy ensemble, familiar rhythms and lived-in characters. Set for release locally…
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After last year’s Longlegs became a breakout success and lent a certain elevated air of relevance to writer/director Osgood Perkins‘ name, there’s understandably a level of expectation surrounding his follow-up, The Monkey, especially with the added gravity of being based off a Stephen King short story and having the producer credit of James Wan (Saw,…
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At the centre of Gia Coppola‘s The Last Showgirl is Shelley (Pamela Anderson), a 57-year old (though she’ll initially tell you otherwise) Vegas all-girl revue performer whose 30+ years in the Razzle Dazzle show are coming to an abrupt end. But just as Shelley’s tenure is closing, and the uncertainty of life sets in, Anderson’s…
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In a time when there’s so much uncertainty in the world, a film like The Last Journey feels even more special and affirming as it projects pure beauty and an uplifting nature in telling its central story around two men and their determination to reaffirm life’s wonder for another. Swedish journalists and television hosts Filip…
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Known in their local Sweden as Filip och Fredrik, popular TV hosts and journalists Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson have moved into the documentary film space with The Last Journey, which sees the duo take Hammar’s father, Lars, on a road trip to France. Lars has recently retired after 40 years as a French teacher…
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Following its premiere at the 2023 Austin Film Festival, where it was a Jury Winner for a Dark Matters Feature, the new horror film Inhabitants is preparing to haunt households this Valentine’s season as it arrives on VOD. Releasing February 14th, the film follows a young woman who moves in with her lapsed Catholic boyfriend,…
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Given that The Gorge is directed by Scott Derrickson, who has helmed such horror pleasers as Sinister and The Black Phone, penned by an action familiar in Zach Dean (The Tomorrow War, Fast X), and is headlined by the reliable duo of Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller, one would feel safe sitting down to stream…
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