by GREG KING Australian filmmaker Lawrence Johnston (the superb Fallout, etc) has long been fascinated with neon, the history of the neon light and its many uses. Neon is his new feature length documentary. It premiered at MIFF in 2015, and hits cinemas for a limited release on June 2, 2016. Greg caught up with… Continue Reading »
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Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Naomi Kawase Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Kirin Kiki, Kyara Uchida. This gentle and delicate little drama from Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2016, and is now gaining a limited theatrical release. It is a deceptively charming little film that will win audiences over. The… Continue Reading »
THE SILENCES – interview with Margot Nash
Margot Nash delves into her family archives for her new “documentary essay” The Silences, a deeply personal film, which screens at the Nova Cinema from April 28th. She joined us on the program to talk about the film which had its premier at MIFF. Margot spoke with Terry Phibbs, our guest host for the night.… Continue Reading »
REMEMBERING THE MAN
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Directors: Nickolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe. Timothy Conigrave’s memoir Holding The Man, published posthumously in 1994, is one of the touchstones of queer culture here in Australia. Widely regarded as a seminal novel about being gay, love and life in the time of AIDS, the novel was a poignant story… Continue Reading »
PAWNO – interview with director Paul Ireland
by GREG KING The new Australian film Pawno is set around a pawn shop in Footscray and depicts 24 hours in the lives of various people who hang around the shop. It was written by Damian Hill, and stars John Brumpton. The director is Paul Ireland, a former actor making his feature film debut with… Continue Reading »
ECCO HOMO – interview with Richard Lowenstein and Lynn-Maree Milburn
by GREG KING Provocateur, artist, performer: Peter Vanessa “Troy” Davies was a chameleon, and this documentary attempts to come to grips with this elusive figure using a wealth of archival footage and interviews. Ecco Homo screens at ACMI as part of Melbourne Queer Film Festival, on Sunday April 3 at 8.15pm . Greg spoke to… Continue Reading »