University executives need serious help to escape from the Cult of Efficiency. At what point do we dispense with the idea that the value of education and knowledge can be measured in business terms. This is truly insane. insidestory.org.au/the-jewel-in...

What’s that? You want MORE @melbfilmfest.bsky.social suggestions? You got ‘em bit.ly/4546LYg

The pace of The Fantastic Four is a little slow, and I'm not sold on its take on protagonist Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), but I swear Marvel fans need to see Galactus on the biggest cinema screen that they can find. fictionmachine.com/2025/07/22/r...

I’ve taken a bit of flack for enjoying the I Know What You Did Last Summer requel, but the horror genre has room for trashy fun imho🪝 bit.ly/3GUeIHl

cursed with knowledge wish I didn’t know the film adaptation of a Rey/Kylo Ren fanfic with the serial numbers filed off just cast Daisy Ridley’s husband but now you do too

New video. Two extremely obscure English science fiction movies. youtu.be/Yjz8y_Udkc8

MELBOURNE! Tickets to our women in horror secret screening at MIFF are selling super fast, you do not want to miss these 💜

My review of Christopher Landon's first date thriller Drop (2025) has, um, dropped. fictionmachine.com/2025/07/19/r...

James Gunn's Superman is exactly the sort of bright, ridiculous, over-the-top joy that I want from a superhero movie. fictionmachine.com/2025/07/17/r...

From ghost-blocking pups to giant sharks chomping WWII soldiers and on to very Excel-ent kids, here are some more choice options from this year's @melbfilmfest.bsky.social program bit.ly/4m0e7D0

I’m a huge fan of Julia Holter so this was particularly exciting for me.

Maja Ajmia Yde Zellama’s Têtes Brûlées is a coming of age story set in Brussels in a Muslim community. It’s wonderful, rich, funny and melancholy. I spoke to Maja about her film playing @melbfilmfest.bsky.social www.thecurb.com.au/maja-ajmia-y...

1960s epic Taras Bulba boasts a great performance by Yul Brynner, but also a terrible one by Tony Curtis. fictionmachine.com/2025/07/06/r...

Australian readers: here's seven excellent docos to stream, celebrating the culture and history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Overseas readers: hopefully some of these are available where you live too

I wholeheartedly believe the words in this headline. Perhaps I can convince you too...

And part one of my chat with It Was Just an Accident filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who won the top prize ab.co/3SJxtQ5

Songs Inside just won the Documentary Australia Award @sydfilmfest.bsky.social Here’s my chat with the film team ab.co/3G57Ar4

Thank you to all the new and renewing member applications. The committee is working through applications now and will be in touch with those who applied shortly.

Thanks to the lovely folks at the Rondos for posting my acceptance speech to YouTube. An honour to receive the 2024 award for Writer of the Year, and even more important was the ability to dedicate it to the late and dearly missed Australian horror icon Lee Gambin. You finally got your Rondo darlst!

Love a people power story, so was a treat to chat to Catalan director Marcel Barrena about Spanish Film Festival highlight El 47 ab.co/442j8U0

For a long time, serial killer and shark movies were separate forms of cinema; never the twain did meet. In Dangerous Animals they’ve been blended into one foul fishy stew. My review

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New Episode! S&A ranks the Mission Impossible Movies. The Team. @hibachijustice.bsky.social @andrewmgorham.bsky.social @mattbled87.bsky.social Mark Wanner & @tjmackey432.bsky.social Tom Run Tom. Light the Fuse. Schlock & Awe episodes can be found in the profile

Golden Job, a 2018 film reuniting much of the cast of Young & Dangerous, is a nostalgic trip for those that want to take one. fictionmachine.com/2025/06/09/r...

Some quick thoughts on Nishtha Jain’s FARMING THE REVOLUTION, playing at @sydfilmfest.bsky.social. Another from India’s golden age of documentary. And a relevant story of orgsnised protest against politicians working for corporations instead of its citizens. redocumented.ghost.io/sydney-film-...

I literally wrote the (first) book about found footage horror movies, and let me tell you, MAN FINDS TAPE proves the subgenre is alive and thriving. Put it on your radar! My review at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists @awfjorg.bsky.social awfj.org/blog/2025/06...

New video. Movie hauls and my Pride Month movie book suggestion. youtu.be/0cQdM1jVIjs

At reDocumented, I look at Iván Castiñeiras' GODS OF STONE (Deuses de pedra), which was shot over 15 years on 16mm around the same area of the Spain and Portugal border. It has one more @sydfilmfest.bsky.social screening this Thursday. redocumented.ghost.io/sydney-film-...

At @sydfilmfest.bsky.social, Geeta Gandbhir’s THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR has one additional screening this afternoon at the Event George Street. At reDocumented, I am praising it quite productively. redocumented.ghost.io/sydney-film-...

new pod out now!! open.spotify.com/episode/2oGf...

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Celebrating 1000 followers on this lil app with the launch of my new documentary focused review site, reDocumented. A personal project to not just share my love for docs, but also to re-spark my love and enjoyment of writing without the focus on clicks or money. redocumented.ghost.io/coming-soon/

Musical theatre lovers must catch Blue Moon bit.ly/3FNKNj2

Def go see Lesbian Space Princess! bit.ly/4icspi0

If you ever wanted to get four challenging films *and* a host of extras including a 100 page book containing essays - one by me - on the New French Extremity, this will be your jam. shop.umbrellaent.com.au/products/new...

Moribund John Wick spin-off Ballerina limps into theatres today. It is a house of stereotypes built on a foundation of cliches. fictionmachine.com/2025/06/04/r...

Wes Anderson’s latest film, The Phoenician Scheme, continues his longstanding fascination with men caught between legacy and regret. Like The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore and The Grand Budapest Hotel, it follows a protagonist reckoning with the debris of his own myth-making.

Sydney! Get to @sydfilmfest.bsky.social on 7 + 13 June for Alexandre O Philippe's Venice award-winning CHAIN REACTIONS, 50th anniversary love letter to Tobe Hoopers TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE. Features Stephen King, Takashi Miike, Karyn Kusama, Patton Oswalt...and me! www.sff.org.au/program/even...

Alison Brie is stuck on real-life beau Dave Franco in Sydney Film Festival opener Together. My review bit.ly/45FGIs4

Jafar Panahi made a surprise appearance at the opening night of the Sydney Film Festival. Read his exclusive interview with @thecurb.com.au:

This is good stuff from the German Film Festival. filmshapes.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...

#BringHerBack is a harrowing tale of parental abuse and systemic neglect. While not quite as narratively satisfying as TALK TO ME, there is plenty here for horror fans to chew on. Read my full review here: bit.ly/MonoReportBHB

Jog through Danny and Michael Philippou’s set at your own peril 😈 🔥 bit.ly/4kfeCIE

Dooo iiiit!

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Misery needs company in Bring Her Back. Nadine on why you should see this horror flick here: