Opinion
Courting controversy by casting against 'type'
Another Hollywood casting announcement has sparked another wave of controversy. Is it justified?
- by Karl Quinn
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Acute Misfortune wins The Age Critics Award at MIFF
The adaptation of Erik Jensen's book about artist Adam Cullen has been judged the best Australian feature at this year's film festival.
- by Karl Quinn
Violence against women, rape on the screen: Can it ever be justified?
Two bold new movies tackle the challenging - and topical - question of whether such disturbing scenes can ever be liberated from the male gaze.
- by Karl Quinn
Susanna Fogel, The Spy Who Dumped Me, and Hollywood's New Power Generation
The Mila Kunis-Kate McKinnon action comedy is as violent as any male-dominated film, and that's just how its female director wanted it.
- by Karl Quinn
One of the world's most magnificent hikes is on our doorstep
- by Karl Quinn
Review
Exquisite story of love in the margins
Full of aching, ecstasy and anger, Cold War is a remarkable and beautiful film about a love that is possible only when it borders on the impossible.
- by Karl Quinn
Is Dead Lucky the most SBS show ever?
This four-part crime series never met a hot-button issue it didn't like.
- by Karl Quinn
It's a love story, says director of new Wayne Gardner documentary
Last Cab to Darwin director Jeremy Sims has turned his hand to documentary, and surprised himself with the results.
- by Karl Quinn
The truth is out there in MIFF documentaries - but which truth is it?
The idea of 'truth' has never been more contested than in this era of fake news, and it's a theme that resonates in a number of films at MIFF this year.
- by Karl Quinn
Portrait of toxic masculinity
Based on the book about the relationship between writer Erik Jensen and painter Adam Cullen, this is ultimately a grim portrait.
- by Karl Quinn
The mystery of Juanita Nielsen's murder is retold - 1344 times
A major new artwork at ACMI probes the life and presumed death of journalist and activist Juanita Nielsen in Sydney's Kings Cross in 1975.
- by Karl Quinn