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Review: Mandy, MIFF
Nicolas Cage is at his unhinged yet earnest best in this lurid, ultra-violent, unforgettable revenge tale.

Cinefest Oz: a hundred thou in the balance
Cinefest Oz is just five days away, and four teams and four teams will be sweating out their head to…

What's on Screen? 16 August 2018 brings Ultimate Shark Screamer
All restraint gone as The Meg treats audiences like a cloud of burley in an underwater multiplex. Also, for the…

Country Roads: a regional pathway to directing with The Merger's Mark Grentell
Mark Grentell didn't go to film school, but teaching drama to kids and directing musical theatre in country NSW gave…

AACTAs reveal the respectable face of Australian cinema
The bigger budget contestants at the AFI/AACTAs for 2018 are a varied bunch. The old cliche of sad films is…

Review: Island of the Hungry Ghosts
This poetic Australian documentary takes its own astonishing, heartbreaking path through the global refugee crisis.

AACTA trips over definition of Australian film
AACTA observers quickly pointed out some cuckoos in the Australian film nest. But the problem is not what it seems.

Sexism Savaged in Comedy Clip on Ghastly Casting
Laughter, great performers, fabulous script, pungent satire - it's the best kind of politics - a video to giggle your…

Box Office 13 August - midwinter box office blahs follow usual pattern
Australian audiences have turned away from winsome NZ bubble of cynicism The Breaker Upperers. How dare we!

Pirates, streaming, dubbing, Korean ascendancy - the Asian market bubbles
Asian screen lobby group reveals the nuts and bolts of the evolving market, particularly in South East Asia.