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Venom: The Last Dance is a Flat, Messy, and Ugly Waste of Time

Venom: The Last Dance is a Flat, Messy, and Ugly Waste of Time

Christopher John Nov 1, 2024 4 min read
Films Reviews chiwetel ejiofor Juno Temple Kelly Marcel Review Sony Superhero tom hardy Venom

Regardless of the sliding quality across the films and shows, the Marvel Cinematic Universe from Marvel Studios is still an unparalleled success with the single Disney-led mainline movie in 2024, Dead…

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Adelaide Film Festival Review: The Order

Adelaide Film Festival Review: The Order

Andrew F Peirce Oct 31, 2024 5 min read
Films Reviews australian film Drama Jude Law Justin Kurzel nicholas hoult Review Tye Sheridan

Justin Kurzel is terrified about the state of the world. He’s terrified about the impact of violence from those who inflict it upon society, others, and themselves. He’s terrified of how easily the pa…

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AACTA Young Stars returns for its second year with ambassadors Chloe Hayden and Ngali Shaw

Press Releases Oct 31, 2024 4 min read
Articles AACTA australian film

PRESS RELEASE AACTA Young Stars: National Youth Casting Call returns for its second year, to discover the future stars of Australia’s acting industry with AACTA Young Stars ambassadors Chloe Hayden a…

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AIDC reveals First Look at 2025 program

Press Releases Oct 31, 2024 8 min read
Articles AIDC documentary

PRESS RELEASE The Southern Hemisphere’s premier gathering and marketplace for documentary and factual content – the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) – has today announced the fi…

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Adelaide Film Festival Review: Went Up the Hill

Adelaide Film Festival Review: Went Up the Hill

Nadine Whitney Oct 31, 2024 4 min read
Films Reviews Adelaide Film Festival australian film Dacre Montgomery Drama Review Samuel Van Grinsven Sarah Peirse Vicky Krieps

The contemporary antipodean Gothic is an underexplored and underutilised genre. Australian and New Zealand filmmakers make excellent horror films, wonderful outback noirs, blistering inner city dramas…

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SBS celebrates 50 years with a bold, original and entertaining line-up of landmark Australian stories and international blockbusters

Press Releases Oct 31, 2024 5 min read
Articles australian film documentary sbs

PRESS RELEASE SBS has today revealed a bold and original content line-up with distinctive stories Australians won’t see anywhere else. In 2025, the network celebrates 50 years of connecting the count…

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Crocodile Dundee 4K Encore Cut to Release in 2025 with a Documentary on the Film

Press Releases Oct 31, 2024 3 min read
Articles australian film Crocodile Dundee

PRESS RELEASE When Crocodile Dundee released in Australian cinemas on April 24 in 1986, little did anyone know that it would not only become the highest-grossing Australian film of all time (still to…

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Jon Bell On Learning to Fight the Real Monsters in The Moogai

Jon Bell On Learning to Fight the Real Monsters in The Moogai

Nadine Whitney Oct 31, 2024 7 min read
Interviews australian film horror Interview Jon Bell The Moogai

Jon Bell’s debut feature The Moogai tells the story of a young Aboriginal couple who have just brought home their second child, but what should be one of the happiest times in their lives turns to ter…

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In Vitro Wins Top Genre Prize at Austin Film Festival and secures Vertigo Entertainment fellowship

Press Releases Oct 29, 2024 2 min read
Articles australian film In Vitro

PRESS RELEASE IN VITRO, starring Talia Zucker, Ashley Zukerman, and Will Howarth, has been awarded the coveted Dark Matters Jury Award, presented by Vertigo Entertainment, at the Austin Film Festival…

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Adelaide Film Festival Review: Maria

Adelaide Film Festival Review: Maria

Nadine Whitney Oct 29, 2024 6 min read
Films Reviews Adelaide Film Festival Drama Kodi Smit-McPhee Maria Pablo Larraín Review Valeria Golino

“Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore.” Maria the final film in Pablo Larraín’s trilogy of twentieth century iconic women proves one thing about the Chilean director: he knows how to cast a leading la…

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Adelaide Film Festival Review: All We Imagine As Light

Adelaide Film Festival Review: All We Imagine As Light

Nadine Whitney Oct 28, 2024 4 min read
Films Reviews Drama Payal Kapadia Review

Tender and beautifully observed Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light is part of a turning point in Indian cinema where the lives of women are given the spotlight. Like Shuchi Talati's 2024 Girl…

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Adelaide Film Festival Interview: Shea Gallagher and Daniel Tune on Moviejuice

Adelaide Film Festival Interview: Shea Gallagher and Daniel Tune on Moviejuice

Andrew F Peirce Oct 28, 2024 1 min read
Interviews Podcasts Adelaide Film Festival australian cinema australian film Daniel Tune Interview moviejuice Shea Gallagher

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio or Google Podcasts. Download the episode directly here. In the heart of Adelaide, a movement is changing the conversa…

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