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Kokuho is a familiar tale of art and ambition, but its patient pace, simply lavish craft and cultural specificity surrounding kabuki theatre transforms the familiar into a sweeping epic. It’s beautiful, captivating and magnificently intimate in its emotional sense. Yoshizawa is utterly transfixing.

Paul Feig on The Housemaid + Kokuho + Aftersun - ABC listen Hollywood favourite Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters) on The Housemaid, a thriller that redefines sex and suspense with his signature wit and precision. Japan's submission for Best International ...

KOKUHŌ opens across Australia today. go see it! and here's a great interview with director Lee Sang-Il with
ABC RN's Jason Di Rosso, on The Screen Show www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

coming to Aus cinemas: Japan's record-breaking box office hit KOKUHŌ. watch the brand new trailer here:

Honouring David Stratton AM, 1939 – 2025 – Sydney Film Festival Sydney Film Festival celebrates the incredible life and legacy of David Stratton AM, as we honour his passing announced today by his family.

what an icon. what a loss. www.sff.org.au/blog/honouri...

Historical Imagination: An Interview with Pascal Bonitzer Philippa Hawker speaks with the prolific critic, screenwriter, and director about his latest art world-set feature, the intuitive turns in his career, and collaborating with auteurs including Jacqu…

On the site today, Philippa Hawker interviews the prolific screenwriter, director, and Cahiers du Cinéma critic Pascal Bonitzer about his new art world-set feature THE STOLEN PAINTING.

Now in Australian cinemas courtesy of Palace Films 🖼️

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excellent new film alert – with previews across Aus this weekend. thestolenpainting.com.au

This French drama is one of the best films I’ve seen this year You will care deeply about what happens to an asylum seeker preparing for a crucial interview in this very human story.

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THE STORY OF SOULEYMANE is an exhilarating and deeply empathetic film about an asylum seeker navigating the streets of Paris over 48 hours as he prepares for a vital interview. Sits between the social realism of the Dardenne brothers and the nerve wracking tension of recent Safdie brothers films.

The Story of Souleymane was really good, way up there among movies I’ve seen this year

This first-time actor won a French Oscar, then went back to fixing trucks Abou Sangare won a Cesar award for his debut performance in The Story of Souleymane, but he’d prefer to stick to his dream job.

go see SOULEYMANE! previews this weekend across Aus, opens Thur 26 June. www.theage.com.au/culture/movi...

A pencil drawing with dozens of cartoon cats of different shapes and sizes.

To quiet her mind before trying to go to sleep, my 10-year-old has been drawing a pile of cats--adding one new cat every night. ❤️🐈‍⬛️🐈

what did the kids think of Straya?

dang you missed a democracy sausage by one week. come back soon!

hey to Dougie

for real life? welcome! enjoy the sun and the coffee. there’s a lot of both.

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‘The Count of Monte Cristo: An atmospheric take on the revenge novel’ by Philippa Hawker mberto Eco said of Alexandre Dumas’s novel The Count of Monte Cristo (1846) that ‘it is one of the most exciting novels ever written and on the other hand, it is one of the most badly written novels o...

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO opens across Aus on Thursday. Here's a great 4 star review from Philippa Hawker in the ABR. www.australianbookreview.com.au/arts-update/...

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@sydfilmfest.bsky.social have dropped their first announcements for the 2025 event and we're stoked to confirm STRANGER EYES and THE BLUE TRAIL will receive their Aus premieres there. get your Flexis sorted and see u there! www.sff.org.au/program/a-z/

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first announcements!

Out Of Season - Official Site Guillaume Canet and Alba Rohrwacher are electric together in award-winning writer/director Stéphane Brizé's achingly tender new romance about two former lovers who unexpectedly cross paths in a sleepy...

if you're in Aus and looking for a great film for grownups, look no further than OUT OF SEASON. sneaks this weekend, opens Thu 5 Dec. outofseason.com.au

do you expect much, if any, differentiation between the Golden Globe nominations and the Oscars this year, under the new structure? ie. lower or higher chances of 'outside' / unexpected international nominees beyond the US circuit / bubble?