Sydney Film Festival has unveiled a surprising program this year, with a notable focus on Asian cinema and lesser known directors.
Melbourne International Film Festival 2015 Wrap-Up
We wrap up our extensive coverage of the 2015 Melbourne International Film Festival with some awards and a handy indexed list of our interviews and reviews.
The Look of Silence – An Interview with Director Joshua Oppenheimer
We caught up with Joshua Oppenheimer for our second major interview for 4:3, dissecting THE LOOK OF SILENCE and investing the manifestations of influence in the filmmakers career.
The Look of Silence
THE LOOK OF SILENCE is a companion piece that stands alone as one of the most important documentaries of the last decade, tracing a collage of pain and fear with a stark intimacy throughout.
Melbourne International Film Festival Reveals First Films for 2015
Melbourne International Film Festival reveals a first glance at the 2015 programs, featuring impressive Australian premieres, Festival hits and an impressive line-up of American independent films.
Staff Picks – Sydney Film Festival 2015
This year’s Sydney Film Festival is packed with interesting films, both international hits and hidden gems. In this Staff Picks piece, our writing team goes through the festival program and picks out some of the films they are most excited to see this June.
You Have To See… W.R. Mysteries of the Organism (dir. Dušan Makavejev, 1971)
This week on You Have to See… we look at Dušan Makavejev’s W.R. Mysteries of the Organism, a defining piece of Eastern Europe’s Black Wave era of cinema.
SFF 2015 – Teaser Films Announced
Sydney Film Festival announced its teaser line-up this morning, with an eclectic array of international festival hits and the reveal of a new festival venue.
Stroszeggs – Werner Herzog vs. The Chicken
Werner Herzog’s filmography is as eclectic as they come, yet one curious throughline through many of his interviews is his disdain for the lowly chicken. In this essay, Isobel Yeap attempts to find out why.
New Sight & Sound Poll Proclaims The Best 100 Documentaries of All Time
Sight and Sound’s latest wide-ranging poll of critics and filmmakers turns its eye to documentary cinema and has caused a whole heap of debate.