by GREG KING“We try and showcase new and old cinema together,” says Nicholas Maksymow, the director of the Russian Resurrection Film Festival. On the eve of the eighth Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Maksymow spoke about the state of the Russian film industry and what we can expect from this year’s festival.“The Russian film industry is actually in quite a good state,” Maksymow …
THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD – interview with Morgan Spurlock
by GREG KING“I can’t think of doing anything else. I just love making movies and I love that I get to do it,” confesses rabble-rousing documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who was recently in Melbourne to promote his latest film The Greatest Movie Ever Sold.Spurlock is undoubtedly a provocateur, and is best known for his documentary Super-Size Me, in which he existed on a diet of McDonalds. But he is also …
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SLEPING BEAUTY – interview with director Julia Leigh
by GREG KING“I love films that I’m mesmerised by, that I can’t take my eyes off,” says Julia Leigh, Australian novelist turned filmmaker. “Personally I don’t like seeing a film on Thursday night and then forgetting it by Friday morning. My hope is that Sleeping Beauty is a memorable film.” Her debut film, the erotic psychological drama Sleeping Beauty, is certainly a memorable film. It is a provocative …
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MURDER MOUTH – interview with director Madeleine Perry
by GREG KING“I hope that the films I make might often be quite challenging - although some might not be quite as confrontational as this - but hopefully they will always get people to think and engage with the world and their own life in a way that is enriching. And that is why I like to make films,” emerging young Madeleine Parry says about her short documentary Murder Mouth.Parry has been making short films …
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LITTLE JOHNNY – Interview with RALPH MOSER
by GREG KING.We’ve all heard some of those "little Johnny" jokes, now we can discover their origin. Little Johnny is a new animated mockumentary that discovers the "real boy" behind the jokes, and also looks at his dysfunctional family that provided the inspiration for much of the humour. The film itself is the brainchild of Ralph Moser and his co-director Dean Murphy and screenwriter Stewart Fainchey. The three …
SNOWTOWN – interview with director Justin Kurzel
by GREG KING“This was definitely the scariest thing I’ve ever done in my life,” remarks director Justin Kurzel about his experiences of working on his debut feature film Snowtown. “Every day was an adventure.”Snowtown is a new film that explores the notorious "bodies in the barrels" murders that occurred in a small South Australian town during the '90s and it is sure to be a controversial and …
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