CinefestOz 2021 Report: NITRAM & HERE OUT WEST

Alex Lines is here with his report from this year’s CinefestOz Film Festival.

Venice Film Festival 2021: TRUE THINGS
Venice Film Festival 2021: TRUE THINGS

Rafaela Sales Ross’ coverage of the 2021 Venice Film Festival commences with a look at Harry Wootliff’s True Things.

AMERICAN SAUSAGE STANDOFF: Satire That Never Comes Together
AMERICAN SAUSAGE STANDOFF: Satire That Never Comes Together

American Sausage Standoff is a with a memorable visual style and strong performances, but the humor never takes centerstage.

WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING: Cringe Worthy Gore Goes Deeper
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING: Cringe Worthy Gore Goes Deeper

We Need to Do Something is a cringeworthy experience providing audiences a graphic examination of abuse coupled with the intricate craftsmanship of horror.

Fantasia Film Festival 2021: RAGING FIRE
Fantasia Film Festival 2021: RAGING FIRE

With career performances, Raging Fire hits all the right notes in this orchestral masterpiece of Hong Kong action cinema.

ANNE AT 13,000 FT: Woman on the Verge
ANNE AT 13,000 FT: Woman on the Verge

A lo-fi narrative film that often feels like a documentary with its rambling dialogue and roving camera, Anne at 13,000 Ft soars.

NADIA, BUTTERFLY: Contending With The End Of An Era
NADIA, BUTTERFLY: Contending With The End Of An Era

Nadia, Butterfly showcases a humanism that hits at the quiet and unsensational moments of an athlete’s life and career coming to a halt.

YAKUZA PRINCESS: A Blunted Sword
YAKUZA PRINCESS: A Blunted Sword

When one looks beyond the immediate novelty of the film’s title, one is taken aback by how dull and derivative Yakuza Princess actually is.

FAVOLACCE: Waiting for...Something
FAVOLACCE: Waiting for…Something

The D’Innocenzo Brothers’ latest film, Favolacce, is a suburban apocalypse that is bleak and confounding, for better and for worse.

CinefestOz 2021: THE DROVER'S WIFE: THE LEGEND OF MOLLY JOHNSON
CinefestOz 2021: THE DROVER’S WIFE: THE LEGEND OF MOLLY JOHNSON

Despite a familiarity with Johnson’s isolated world, Leah Purcell’s passion for The Drover’s Wife ultimately does her directing debut a massive disservice.

Fantasia Film Festival 2021: BEYOND THE INFINITE TWO MINUTES
Fantasia Film Festival 2021: BEYOND THE INFINITE TWO MINUTES

Energetic and creative, no matter how you quantify it, Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes is a whole lot of fun.

Fantasia Film Festival: Interview with the writing/directing family John Adams, Zelda Adams & Toby Poser, creators of HELLBENDER
Fantasia Film Festival 2021: HELLBENDER

Hellbender create its own stamp on the subgenre with a twisting, trippy and complex mother/daughter relationship that is certain to leave a lasting mark.

Melbourne International Film Festival 2021: Keeping The Dream Alive
Melbourne International Film Festival 2021: Keeping The Dream Alive

Reporting back from MIFF 2021, Sean Fallon reviews Come Back Anytime, Set!, Stray, Ablaze and The Witches of the Orient!

DANNY. LEDGEND. GOD.: Politician. Crimelord. Blowhard.
DANNY. LEGEND. GOD.: Politician. Crimelord. Blowhard.

Rough around the edges, yet an extremely engrossing character study, Danny. Legend. God. acts as a relevant cautionary tale of an unchecked ego.

TED BUNDY: AMERICAN BOOGEYMAN: There Are Scarier Monsters Than This
TED BUNDY: AMERICAN BOOGEYMAN: There Are Scarier Monsters Than This

While the notoriety of Ted Bundy may live on in infamy, Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman will not.