The Limits Of Political Common Sense
In Margarethe von Trotta’s film, recently released in Australia, Hannah Arendt is portrayed as a…More
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'They Forget We Are Human'
John Pilger's latest documentary, Utopia, which details the abuse and discrimination Aboriginal people still experience,…More
A Year Of New And Changing Audiences
One of my favourite moving images is the slow motion footage of a fridge exploding…More
The Cinema Is Dead, Long Live Aussie Film!
When was the last time you saw an Australian film? Where did you see it?…More
Our Film Industry Needs To Adapt
Earlier this month Screen Australia announced development funding for 10 feature projects as well as…More
Red Dog Whitewashes The Pilbara
The Australian film industry’s new champion seems to have arrived — the undeniably appealing Red…More
Someone Will Get Robbed At The Oscars
Remember when Crash, a relatively "small" American film scored the Best Picture award in 2006?…More
Splitting Hairs And Stifling Yawns
Unless you’re a science buff, you’ve probably never heard of Professor Sidney Perkowitz and that’s…More
Bran Nue Audiences For Indigenous Film
I was pretty unfair recently. I judged a young bloke, a film graduate, for not…More
Avatar: More Fun Than Killing Each Other
Are we alone in the universe and is the human race doomed to destroy itself?…More