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BRUNSWICK UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL – interview with Festival Director Felix Hubble

BRUNSWICK UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL – interview with Festival Director Felix Hubble by GREG KING The inaugural edition of the Brunswick Underground Film Festival (BUFF) kicks off in Brunswick West from Friday 30 May - Sunday 1 June, 2025. From the minds behind cult cinema collective Static Vision, BUFF seeks to provide a much-needed home for forward-thinking, transgressive and independent cinema. From …

FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL 2025 – interview with artistic director HUDSON SOWADA

FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL 2025 – interview with artistic director HUDSON SOWADA by GREG KING The Fantastic Film Festival Australia is a film festival celebrating genre and alternative cinema from around the globe, promising a kaleidoscopic showcase of the world’s most exciting voices in cult, genre, arthouse, and alternative cinema. The festival screens from April 24 through until May 16 at the Lido Cinemas …

SPIT

SPIT Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jonathan Teplitzky Stars: David Wenham, Arlo Green, David Field, Gary Sweet, David Roberts, Helen Thompson, Pallavi Sharda, Bob Franklin, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Maude Davey, Iain Gardiner, Sofya Gollan. I didn’t think that 2003’s crime drama Gettin’ Square really needed a sequel. The film was a box office flop when first released, but it found favour through a DVD release …

BRITISH FILM FESTIVAL 2024 – Interview with Kim Petalas

Kim Petalas Interview by GREG KING The British Film Festival is screening around Australia at Palace Cinemas from November 6 till December 8. The rich program features a range of films, from music documentaries featuring the band Blur to restorations of classic period pieces including the Oscar winning A Man For All Seasons and The Lion In Winter; a documentary on the filmmaking team of Merchant Ivory; a tribute …

VENOM: THE LAST DANCE

VENOM: THE LAST DANCE Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Kelly Marcel Stars: Tom Hardy, Rhys Ifans, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Peggy Lu, Stephen Graham, Alanna Ubach, Andy Serkis, Clark Backo, Cristo Fernandez. Venom: The Last Dance is the third and possibly final instalment in the trashy comic book series built around Venom, a spin-off character from the Spiderman universe, but this surly anti-hero is …

JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL 2024 – interview with MANISAY OUDOMVILAY

28TH JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL – interview with MANISAY OUDOMVILAY by GREG KING 2024 sees the twenty-eighth edition of the Japanese Film festival, and it has now grown into the largest festival of Japanese cinema in the world. This year’s selection offers a diverse range of films, stories that celebrate unexpected connections, The opening night film is Mom, Is That You? There is a retrospective series of …

BRUNSWICK UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL – interview with Festival Director Felix Hubble

FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL 2025 – interview with artistic director HUDSON SOWADA

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BRITISH FILM FESTIVAL 2024 – Interview with Kim Petalas

VENOM: THE LAST DANCE

JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL 2024 – interview with MANISAY OUDOMVILAY

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