Category: film

March 2017: all the events to make your month soar

Melbourne never fails to amuse. March is no exception, with its naked bicycle rides, its festivals with whacky names (Hot Dub Wine Machine), and its crazy-awesome food festivals. Margaritas? Food and film? Donuts and…beer? We have it all in Melbs this…

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2017 Alliance Française French Film Festival – The Plus Ones’ Guide

French cinema is always vibrant. Experimental, shocking, sensuous and artful, French filmmakers are always seeking to give their audiences a cinematic experience. The 2017 Alliance Française French Film Festival is a great opportunity to take a break from Hollywood’s franchise-based…

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The Music of A.R. Rahman: Concert Review

The 2008 Oscar award winning movie Slumdog Millionaire is what put A.R. Rahman into the spotlight in the western world, but for many years he had been a musical stalwart in the Indian movie industry. Traversing across the diverse Indian…

Moonlight Cinema is back in Melbourne for the summer

You can’t have a summer in Melbourne without spending an evening at Moonlight Cinema. The outdoor cinema in the Melbourne Botanical Gardens is an essential ingredient to the perfect summer, and it has just launched for the season! For those…

‘Museum Alive: 3D’ with David Attenborough at Melbourne IMAX

As an 80’s kid with a father that loved documentaries, I literally grew up with David Attenborough’s distinctive voice always playing in the lounge room, describing the various mating habits present in the animal kingdom. As a 10 year old,…

Film Review: ‘Ruin,’ the independent Aussie film

Amiel Courtin-Wilson, one of the directorial duo responsible for Ruin, wants to make films that hit you right in the gut. He said in a Q&A after the film’s screening at ACMI that he’s interested in the visceral quality of…

Australian Fashion Film Awards honour independent filmmakers

The Australian Fashion Film Awards were an elegant, modern Venetian Carnival-themed affair. Now in its second year, the AFFA was created to establish the profile of the fashion film industry in Australia in order to nurture and promote creatives within…

QV Outdoor Cinema at QV Melbourne

QV Melbourne certainly know how to welcome the summer, opening this season’s QV Outdoor Cinema with Carrie Bradshaw and her crew. Sex and the City was the launching film, and guests arrived in style amongst a pristine red carpet, live entertainment,…