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A Groundbreaking Profiler Chases Serial Killers In Through The Darkness

05/10/2022

We are fascinated with serial murderers, whether they’re fictional fiends or real world pattern killers. We’ll show up for a documentary on Jeffrey Dahmer or a sequel about Hannibal Lecter, a gritty true crime...

Great Wall of China: The Making of China Takes Us on an Epic Journey into the Past

Travis Johnson

01/02/2022

Stretching some 21,196 kilometres across the sweep of Northern China and delineating the edge of the Mongolian Steppe, the Great Wall of China is a staggering feat of engineering and ingenuity – a vast system ...

French Series UFOs reimagines The X-Files as a Workplace Comedy – Sort Of

Travis Johnson

17/01/2022

“It ain’t rocket science” or so the old saying goes, but rocket science is exactly what French engineer Didier Mathure (Melvil Poupaud, Summer of 85) is engaged in when his career unexpectedly crashes and...

Colonial Combat Lays the Smackdown on 19th Century New Zealand

Travis Johnson

17/01/2022

Imagine if Deadwood, with all its brutality, corruption and colourful characters, was regularly interrupted by WWE Raw Monday night highlights and you’re in the ballpark with Kiwi comedy series Colon...

Supernatural thriller Paraiso is Strangers Things’ Spanish cousin

Travis Johnson

17/01/2022

Spain, 1992: A pall hangs over the sleepy seaside town of Almanzora de la Vega following the disappearance of three teenage girls at a nightclub called Paradise – “Paraiso” in Spanish. While Civil Guard agent ...

Sci-fi Anthology Series SF8 is a South Korean Spin on Black Mirror

Travis Johnson

17/01/2022

Science fiction tends to work best in a short format. On the page, the short story is the natural form of speculative fiction, allowing the writer to explore a single idea to the fullest extent. On the screen,...

French Crime Series The Promise Grapples with the Ghosts of the Past

Travis Johnson

17/01/2022

When The Promise hit French screens in January 2021, over a third of the country’s viewing population tuned in. The first episode alone captured 7.5 million viewers – the biggest French television de...

The Death of Bruce Lee Reinvestigates the Tragic End of Martial Arts Cinema’s Greatest Hero

Travis Johnson

17/01/2022

Bruce Lee was on the cusp of superstardom when he died on Friday, 20 July 1973. You could argue – and with no small amount of justification – that he was already a legend at that stage, but the premiere of his...

Spending Christmas Solo? SBS VICELAND Has You Sorted with the Alone Marathon

Travis Johnson

17/01/2022

Christmas is a time for reconnecting with family and friends, or so the received wisdom goes. But some prefer solitude, and others have solitude thrust upon them. In that spirit – and for others who don’t cele...

Saving The Delorean Time Machine: The Resurrection of the Back to the Future Star Car

Travis Johnson

17/01/2022

Films may last forever, but props generally don’t – even ones that have made an indelible mark on popular culture. Props are made to look good on the screen, not for longevity, and after the director calls cut...

Wildling (2018)

Say “Bonjour” To The 2023 Alliance Francaise French Film Festival

Four Horror Anthology Shows to Watch After Cabinet of Curiosities

Sissy, Carnifex, and the Latest Great Australian Horror Renaissance

For its first annual event, the Adelaide Film Festival delivers an absolute triumph

The Cook, The Rat, Babette And Two Brothers: 8 Mouth-Watering Films About Food

A Groundbreaking Profiler Chases Serial Killers In Through The Darkness

The Periodic Table of Awesome - Friday Fast and Furious Fun Times

What to Watch at ScreenWave 2022

Early Monday Morning, on the Pre-Gym Coffee

New Podcast Downlow.d Looks at Ain’t It Cool News and the Dawn of Internet Criticism

Richard Donner, father of the modern superhero film

I Lived in a Murder House

You may live in Australia, but you’ve never been to Straya

Interview: Emerald Fennell on Promising Young Woman

The Power Of Crowe Compels Us As He Tells Flicks About The Pope’s Exorcist

Review: Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness (2022)

James Wan Talks us Through his Latest Audacious Horror Effort, Malignant

Director Jennifer Reeder Talks Shudder’s New Anthology Film, V/H/S/94

Yoson An shines as a Complex Character in Historical Drama New Gold Mountain

Creator Peter Cox Explains the Mystery and History of New Gold Mountain

Review: X (2022)

Review: John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

Review: Avatar: the Way of Water (2022)

Review: The Wandering Earth 2 (2023)

Review: You Can Go Now (2023)

Review: Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023)

A Groundbreaking Profiler Chases Serial Killers In Through The Darkness

Great Wall of China: The Making of China Takes Us on an Epic Journey into the Past

French Series UFOs reimagines The X-Files as a Workplace Comedy – Sort Of

Colonial Combat Lays the Smackdown on 19th Century New Zealand

Supernatural thriller Paraiso is Strangers Things’ Spanish cousin

Sci-fi Anthology Series SF8 is a South Korean Spin on Black Mirror

French Crime Series The Promise Grapples with the Ghosts of the Past

The Death of Bruce Lee Reinvestigates the Tragic End of Martial Arts Cinema’s Greatest Hero

Spending Christmas Solo? SBS VICELAND Has You Sorted with the Alone Marathon

Saving The Delorean Time Machine: The Resurrection of the Back to the Future Star Car

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