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.
Anthology Series 003: The Animatrix (2003)
For our third roundtable on anthology films we move into the world of anime with the 2003 spinoff film THE ANIMATRIX.
Anthology Series 002: The ABCs of Death (2012)
For our second look at anthology films, three of our writers endure the 26-director horror The ABCs of Death, perhaps one of the worst anthology films in recent memory.
4 Fast 3 Furious – We Look Back at the Fast and the Furious Franchise
In anticipation of the release of FURIOUS 7 this week, in this roundtable three of our writers talk about the Fast and the Furious franchise as a whole, expectations for the seventh film and rank all the films so far.
Staff Picks – Netflix Australia & New Zealand
Netflix has finally come to Australia and New Zealand, and our writing staff have selected over 25 films of the best films to watch right now on the service.
Anthology Series 001: Tokyo! (dir. Michel Gondry/Leos Carax/Bong Joon-ho, 2008)
Our new roundtable series on anthology films launches with a discussion of the strange and (mostly) delightful TOKYO!, from directors Michel Gondry, Leos Carax and Bong Joon-ho.
Staff Picks: The Post-Sundance Wishlist
Our staff selects the films from the Sundance line-up they most want to see make it to a theatrical or festival release here in Australia.
2014 in Review: Underseen Films
We look at some of the films that year that didn’t get the audience they deserved, a series of underseen gems that managed to get a run in Australian cinemas.
2014 in Review: Our End of Year Theatrical Poll
Our end of year poll sees 11 of our writers vote on the best films released theatrically in Australia in 2014, as well as a whole host of other categories ranging from acting to editing and production design.
2014 in Review: The Best Festival Films
In continuing 2014 in Review, we look back at some of the best film festivals and festival features that were on show this year.