Mark Hartley lecture today

Join Mark Hartley, director of the 2008 documentary ‘Not Quite Hollywood’ as he discusses his film and television career at La Trobe University this morning at 11.

Knight and Day: Review

Knight and Day won’t win any points for originality but it has its entertaining moments. Sarah Green reviews.

Like a Dream: Review

Clara Law’s ‘Like a Dream’, which is screening at the Melbourne International Film Festival, has stunning shots of Shanghai and a moving soundtrack. But, Sarah Green wonders, is it enough to make up for its irritating narrative?

Inception: Review

Movies with depth and complexity are all too rare these days. But Inception is an exception, according to Matt De Neef.

The Family Jams: Review

As the Melbourne International Film Festival nears, James Madden checks out one of the films on offer, Kevin Barker’s The Family Jams, which chronicles the joint tour of a group of budding musicians.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Braving the cold for yet another midnight opening session of The Twilight Saga, Michael Calle wonders how the latest installment, Eclipse, only managed to get worse.

Angie Black to pitch at ACMI

Come and cheer on La Trobe’s Angie Black on as she pitches her original screen idea to a panel of industry experts on July 7 at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image.

Animal Kingdom: Review

Hoping to restore faith in the Australian film industry, Animal Kingdom’s highly developed plot and multifaceted characters make for compelling viewing, writes James Madden

100 articles – ‘Outfoxed’

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News has a well-known right-wing bias and Glen Greenwald’s film Outfoxed is seen as evidence of the mogul’s ‘war on journalism’. Selected by Jean Kemshal-Bell, Outfoxed is part of our 100 articles project.

Nightmare on Elm Street

Horror movie remakes are amongst the most criticised of all films. But what is it about them that goes so terribly wrong? Corina Thorose went to see the new Nightmare on Elm Street to find out.

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