In our third Free Noir entry we look at three films: Ida Lupino’s The Hitch-Hiker, an underwhelming San Francisco-set procedural and a prison film all about the cruel ironies of love.
Anthology Series 007: Tales from the Golden Age (2009)
In this instalment of The Anthology Series we look at the Romanian film Tales from the Golden Age from 2009, which gathers together six “urban legends” from the era of Romanian communism under Ceausescu.
Free Noir: Issue #2 – The Fix Is In, Amnesiac Murder and Johnny Cash Robs a Bank
This week on FREE NOIR we look at a Johnny Cash-led heist film, a strange match-fixing story about basketball, and an underwhelming story of a murderer who kills in his dreams.
Staff Picks – Melbourne International Film Festival 2015
This year’s Melbourne International Film Festival is packed with Cannes hits, lesser-known rarities, and an extensive and broad retrospective selection. 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 at the festival.
Free Noir: Issue #1 – Kansas Sans Kansas, Huston’s Self-Parody and The Birth of Dragnet
We launch our new short-run series FREE NOIR, a column which looks at film noirs that have fallen into the public domain.
Anthology Series 006: Dead of Night (1945)
In this instalment of The Anthology Series we look at one of the most influential horror portmanteaus in cinema, the British supernatural anthology DEAD OF NIGHT.
Sydney Film Festival 2015 Wrap-Up
We wrap up our extensive coverage of the 2015 Sydney Film Festival with some awards and a handy indexed list of our interviews and reviews.
Sydney Film Festival Roundtable: Official Competition (2015)
Three of our editors discuss the Sydney Film Festival’s official competition entries in the wake of ARABIAN NIGHTS’ victory.
Anthology Series 005: The Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
In this weeks Anthology Series we look at the 1983 update of THE TWILIGHT ZONE, a film of extreme highs and embarrassing lows in an overall pretty fascinating project.
Anthology Series 004: Boccaccio ’70 (1962)
In out latest Anthology Series, Jake and Brad look at BOCCACCIO ’70, a look at love and sex in 1960’s Italy by four of the country’s most revered directors