Art and Film

Luisa Mitchell on the blistering success of the Uni Goonies Film Festival

Jay AndersonNovember 26, 2018

At the beginning of the year, six students from Curtin University came together to create an event to showcase the work of young filmmakers in Western Australia...

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We’re calling it: ‘Suspiria’ is the best horror film of 2018

Luisa MitchellNovember 10, 2018

Witches, witches, witches—they’ve been the stars of some recent horror film and television successes. Sabrina the Witch has just come out to mixed reception on ...

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‘Boy Erased’ delivers a message of Biblical importance

Jay AndersonNovember 8, 2018

This year we’ve received a slew of queer films. From Rafiki, the defiant lesbian romance, to Love, Simon, the feel-good adolescent dramedy, queer storytelling i...

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‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’: A middlebrow reboot of the beloved series

Daniel PattersonNovember 7, 2018

It was only a matter of time until Sony brought anti-heroine Lisbeth Salander back to the big screen, only this time it wouldn’t be helmed by the legendary Davi...

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‘A Star is Born’: The rebirth of two stars

Darren HalstedNovember 1, 2018

I am sitting at the very back row of seats. The lights dim, and applauding crowd crescendos. My pulse races as the classic Warner Bros Pictures sequence signals...

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‘Halloween’: An unfocused slasher which hits fun legacy sequel beats

Daniel PattersonOctober 30, 2018

After October 31, 1978 Haddonfield, Illinois and Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) would never be the same. John Carpenter’s 1978 indie hit Halloween was a ga...

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‘Bohemian Rhapsody’: A shallow and formulaic biopic for a completely unformulaic band

Daniel PattersonOctober 29, 2018

Queen are legends. And if you didn’t know that already, well, they’re going to reiterate it to you throughout Bohemian Rhapsody, don’t you worry! Directed by...

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Giving Medusa back her head

Tabitha DowdingOctober 29, 2018

I am Medusa. I am she who turns men to stone. I am she who was beheaded. She who has gone unheeded, unheard, unwept. I am ignored, the unseen, the forgotten. ...

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‘1%’: When toxic masculinity erupts

Naomi WorthyOctober 24, 2018

1% is an Australian action-drama directed by Australian Film, Television and Radio School graduate Stephan McCallum. The film follows the vice-president of the ...

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‘Bad Times at the El Royale’: No amount of passion can fix this overlong sophomore slump

Daniel PattersonOctober 17, 2018

Trapping a bunch of diverse strangers in a shady motel in 1969 sounds like the perfect set-up for a great thriller. But, despite the endless character revelatio...

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Luisa Mitchell on the blistering success of the Uni Goonies Film Festival

We’re calling it: ‘Suspiria’ is the best horror film of 2018

‘Boy Erased’ delivers a message of Biblical importance

‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’: A middlebrow reboot of the beloved series

‘A Star is Born’: The rebirth of two stars

‘Halloween’: An unfocused slasher which hits fun legacy sequel beats

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’: A shallow and formulaic biopic for a completely unformulaic band

Giving Medusa back her head

‘1%’: When toxic masculinity erupts

‘Bad Times at the El Royale’: No amount of passion can fix this overlong sophomore slump

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