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A Film that made an impact in my youth

And then I found Mulholland Drive, directed by David Lynch. The cover was inky dark. Two beautiful, troubled women were pictured against a darkening Los Angeles skyline – palm trees and headlights illuminating a Mulholland Drive road sign. - Vanessa Gazy

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The Final Quarter, a new Australian documentary, covers the major incidents in the last three years of Adam Goodes’ career.

Madison Stephens (17) from Film in Revolt spoke with Fiona Crombie, Oscar nominee and winner of a BAFTA, for her work as the production designer for The Favourite. They spoke about her work on the film, her inspirations, and what led her into the film industry.

ABOUT FILM IN REVOLT

Film in Revolt is a platform for youth who want to talk film, make film and write for/about film. The revolution has arrived. Film in Revolt aims to Reshape the… Read More

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If you want to reshape the narrative about what you want from cinema, work alongside industry professionals & network with like minded peers, critique & write about film, interview Australian &… Read More

Interview with Kyle Goldfinch / Neuromance

Last week I sat down with Kyle Goldfinch, a filmmaker working largely in the queer screen space of Sydney, who has extensive knowledge of festivals as they have served on… Read More

Interview with producer, writer and director Sam Hayes / Pools / SXSW

Kennedy has one day to get her shit together or get kicked out of school for good. Instead of buckling down, she rallies a ragtag crew for a midnight pool-hopping… Read More

Postal interview with Sam Dixon and Adam C. Briggs / A GRAND MOCKERY / SXSW

A GRAND MOCKERY is the latest feature from filmmakers Sam Dixon and Adam C. Briggs. It follows Josie, played by Sam Dixon. A man who becomes lost in his… Read More

Interview with Alessandra Celesia / The Flats

The Flats explores the inhabitants of New Lodge, a housing estate in west Belfast. Through a series of self directed reenactments the residents uncover their ongoing trauma from the… Read More

Interview with Kate Vinen and Jayden Rathsam Hüa / Resonance

Resonance follows the Artamidae Quartet preparing for a performance in the ANAM Quartethaus, a small wooden box outside the Melbourne Exhibition Centre. The space was designed for a listener to… Read More

Interview with Carson Lund / Eephus

Eephus follows two unprofessional baseball teams gathering for their final match, as their beloved field is about to give way to a construction project. A hangout film full of quirky… Read More

Audrey – MIFF review

Australian black-comedy, Audrey tells the rebellious teenager story, from the point of view of her fed up mother, Ronnie. Ronnie Lipsick (Jackie van Beek) tries desperately to mould her seventeen… Read More

Memoir of a Snail : MIFF review

“Our flames are cellophane, our smoke is cotton wool, and our tears are lube,” Adam Elliot said of his latest stop motion animation feature, Memoir of a Snail, to a… Read More

Left Write Hook – MIFF review

In this groundbreaking documentary about the power of female community, coach Donna Lyon brings us into the ring of her program Left Write Hook, a Victorian based support group for… Read More

Grand Tour review / SFF

Grand Tour feels like when a family member or friend returns from a holiday and sits you down to for the presentation on their good time. While there’s certainly more… Read More

Cuckoo Review / SFF

Cuckoo harkens back to a simpler time for horror movies, a time when villains would laugh maniacally, when blood looked suspiciously like tomato sauce and when Mum and Dad were… Read More

With Love, From Hilde opens German Film Festival

For the Opening Night of the 2024 German Film Festival in Sydney, Palace Norton Street welcomed German director Andreas Dresen to screen his latest film With Love, From Hilde,… Read More

Alreadymade / Antenna

Was one of the most influential artworks of the 20th century plagiarised? In Alreadymade this question looms over ‘Fountain,’ a groundbreaking 1917 artwork attributed to Marcel Duchamp. With the help… Read More

Review: Old Narcissus / MGFF

Old Narcissus, directed and written by Tsuyoshi Shôji, begins with the apathetic but beautiful Leo (Mizuishi Atomu) spanking the 74-year-old Yamazaki (Tamura Taijiro), accompanied with playful tango music. Drenched in… Read More

Film is Not a Film without an Audience

“This exhibition seeks to explore the importance of the audience in art. The gallery will hold a diverse and eclectic compilation of artworks, thoughtfully curated by Shea Donohoe. Each artist… Read More

Film Series: Louise Bourgeois goes to the movies

The Art Gallery of New South Wales have announced their latest film program to run aside the Louise Bourgeois exhibition. This is a free film series, so jump on in.… Read More

Goodbye, Pink Flamingo 🦩 A Static Vision Festival

A three-day, single-screen celebration of queer, DIY, punk and underground film, running November 17-19th at the iconic Pink Flamingo Cinema!! More info/tix (cheap as, at $15 or less per film)… Read More

First Films at Golden Age Cinema

First Films is a film festival dedicated to introducing Sydney audiences to daring debut works from emerging directors. Celebrating its second edition with four Australian premieres and one Sydney premiere,… Read More

Coming of Age series, Series One

Matilda / Jesue Valle

I didn’t discover my appetite for fiction until, when I turned 7, my family and I moved to New Zealand from the Philippines. I grew up with books but they… Read More

Coming of Age series, Series One

Atonement / Greta Nash

My mum got into the habit of dragging me along to the movies as soon as I was old enough to appreciate all the films my Dad probably had no… Read More

Coming of Age series, Series One

10 Things I Hate About You / Alice Foulcher

If there is one single film that both shaped and defined my youth, it has to be 10 Things I Hate About You. There’s so many more than 10 reasons… Read More

Coming of Age series, Series One, Sydney Film Festival

The Year My Voice Broke / Vanessa Berry

As a teenager in the 1990s I had about a dozen VHS video cassettes of movies and TV shows I’d taped off the television. I put them together carefully, pausing to… Read More

Coming of Age series, Series One

Mulholland Drive / Vanessa Gazy

I was eighteen I suppose, because I remember where I was and it was where I was when I was eighteen: my small white bedroom at the Sydney Uni Village,… Read More

Coming of Age series, Series One

Almost Famous / Ryan Cassata

I first saw Almost Famous in my Senior English class which was focused around film. I was the only 9th grader among about thirty 12th graders. I was extremely ambitious… Read More