Posted Thousands visit set of THE REEF to News
In what was billed as a world first, Australian shark thriller The Reef opened up its set to the world this week with a compelling live stream that gave audiences a chance to see what happens on a film set. Over...
November 6, 2009 10:00 PM
Posted Superhero movie underway in Sydney to News
With Kick-Ass and Scott Pilgrim vs The World already generating buzz, it appears that 2010 will be the year of the unorthodox superhero. Now you can add another one to the gang, with news that an indie superhero movie Griff...
November 6, 2009 4:25 AM
Posted THE REEF to broadcast live from set to News
With directors now blogging, snapping pics on their iPhone and twittering from set, it's increasingly easy for film fans to get closer than ever to the filmmaking process. Now Australian shark thriller The Reef is taking things a step further,...
November 3, 2009 10:20 AM
Posted Snap up an ANTICHRIST poster to News
A few weeks ago Australian key art designer Jeremy Saunders almost one-upped Lars von Trier when he released his poster for the Danish director's Antichrist, featuring a grotesque play on the film's infamous climactic scene. After creating a small internet...
November 3, 2009 1:50 AM
Posted THE HORSEMAN smashes into UK cinemas to News
Steven Kastrissios' brutal vengeance movie The Horseman will be released in 30 cinemas across the United Kingdom this Halloween, after scoring rave reviews from a hefty run of recent festivals including Frightfest, Stiges and Montreal's Fantasia. The release marks the...
October 28, 2009 4:30 AM
Posted New Aussie horror fest brings Paranormal Activity to Interviews
When you find out about a horror film festival named after the opening lines of a famous Simon and Garfunkel song, you know you're onto something special. And so it is with Hello Darkness, the latest genre filmfest on the...
October 25, 2009 9:55 PM
Posted VAN DIEMEN director to tackle outlaw biopic to News
Jonathan auf der Heide, the director of colonial cannibal movie Van Diemen's Land, is currently developing an Australian western, chronicling the life and times of one of the country's most notorious bushrangers, Ben Hall.Immortalised and romanticised in folklore, bushrangers are...
October 20, 2009 11:01 PM
Posted KINGS shoot wraps in Greece to News
Greek-Australian comedy The Kings of Mykonos has wrapped production in Greece, with the movie's writer and star ecstatic with the mostly offshore shoot in the paradise location. "It's gone much better than I expected. I feel like we have something...
October 18, 2009 8:56 PM
Posted Real sharks draw blood in THE REEF to News
After breaking out as a new genre voice with 2007 low-budget croc thriller Black Water, Australian director Andrew Traucki is once again preparing to step behind the lens when principal filming starts on his latest creature feature The Reef in...
October 8, 2009 6:46 PM
Posted WOUNDED bursts out of the forest to News
As someone who follows the Down Under film scene pretty closely it's always cool when new talent springs outta the shadows and grabs you by the balls/throat/vital organ. That's how it felt earlier today when someone sent me the trailer...
October 4, 2009 5:37 AM
Posted Australia pushing SAMSON for Oscar to News
It's pretty rare for an Australian film to meet the Oscar eligibility criteria for Best Foreign Language Film, so when it happens and a film is pushed forward by the filmmaking authorities, everyone gets a bit breathless. Given eligible films...
October 3, 2009 2:28 AM
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