James Walsh talks to the director of ‘A Hundred Years of Happiness’ about blending in as a documentary filmmaker, and using an observational approach to allow his young Vietnamese female subject to speak for herself.
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James Walsh talks to the director of ‘A Hundred Years of Happiness’ about blending in as a documentary filmmaker, and using an observational approach to allow his young Vietnamese female subject to speak for herself.
Read moreMarta Pulk documents a teen’s shifting sense of self, as she is tasked with watching 224 plays in 365 days.
Read moreNays Baghai crafts an empathetic portrait of ice freediver Kiki Bosch, exploring how the traumas of her past led her to the extreme sport.
Read moreIt’s hard not to fall for the community spirit and gentle charms of Ros Horin’s sophomore documentary feature.
Read moreSet in the aftermath of the Kosovo war, Antoneta Kastrati explores the stigmatisation of female psychology in her unflinching narrative debut.
Read moreWatery characterisation and borrowed genre tropes leave this thriller down among the dead men.
Read moreAlthough ‘GNT’ and ‘The Quiet’ are animated, they’re far from two-dimensional.
Read more‘Her Own Music’, ‘Mukbang’, and ‘Idol’ tell their stories of adolescence and social media madness sensitively – and quickly.
Read moreMichelle Wang speaks with the director of ‘Descent’ about the physical and psychological journey of filming an underwater exploration of the soul.
Read moreAhead of ‘Idol’’s Australian premiere at the Sydney Film Festival, Alex Wu talks about his short film, the one-take structure, and being influenced by Lee Chang-Dong and Asghar Farhadi.
Read moreIn her documentary, Kathy Drayton affectingly examines the climate crisis in Australia and its influence on her relationship with her daughter.
Read moreJakeb Anhvu’s observational documentary can feel more like an exercise in aesthetics than the fascinating cultural study it promises.
Read moreAndré Shannon talks to Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki about his new film Saturday Afternoon in the aftermath of Holey Artisan Bakery, censorship, and how to move forward after calamity.
Read moreFaraaz Rahman examines truth and accountability in two documentaries charting the rise of populism.
Read moreAt the Sydney Film Festival, André Shannon talks to actress Vicky Knight and director Sacha Polak about tattoos, electronica, and making survivor films.
Read moreThis chaotically evocative thriller is a sensory, obscure look at a unit of child soldiers set on a faraway Columbian mountaintop.
Read moreElle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn deftly navigate conflict and compassion between two Indigenous women with unparalleled care and intimacy.
Read moreJapanese director Hiroshi Okuyama’s debut looks at a religious experience through a child’s eyes.
Read moreAt the Sydney Film Festival, Ivana Brehas talks to writer-director Amanda Kramer about writing, weirdness, and womanhood.
Read moreLarry Fessenden’s human tale of broken bodies updates the Frankenstein story for the 21st century.
Read moreAhead of Standing Up For Sunny’s premiere at the Sydney Film Festival, Ivana Brehas spoke with RJ Mitte about mental health, the Australian film industry, and kung-fu movies.
Read moreAhead of Slam’s premiere at the Sydney Film Festival, Claire Cao talks to director Partho Sen-Gupta about racial microaggressions, the rousing power of Bankstown Poetry Slam, and the strength of mothers all over the world.
Read moreAt the Sydney Film Festival, Tansy Gardam talks to director Imogen Thomas about her debut feature, community collaboration, and filming in remote Australia.
Read moreElisabeth Moss is a riot (grrrl) in a dizzying and exhausting portrait of punk infamy.
Read moreAnimals plays out like a memory: within the wine-fueled haze of love won, love lost, and uncertainty, you might just find yourself.
Read moreNanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang transform the political to personal as they lay bare the effects of China’s one child policy.
Read moreKiwi filmmaker Rebacca Tansley offers an empathetic look at the conflict between different cultural and artistic perspectives during the production of a ballet in New Zealand.
Read moreAt the Sydney Film Festival, Michael Sun talks to first-time Aussie filmmakers Imogen McCluskey and Béatrice Barbeau-Scurla about Australian suburbia on film, queer narratives, and… James Charles.
Read moreA documentary on Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s beloved children’s classic thoughtfully breaks down language barriers.
Read moreVeteran documentarian Frederick Wiseman stitches together a covertly political portrait of a conservative town in rural America.
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