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Send us Fan Mail AACTA Award Winning actor/writer/director Hunter Page-Lochard brings 25 years of experience including feature film debut Brand Nue Dae, lead role in Cleverman and Lizard in the upcoming Kid Snow. Kid Snow, a washed-up Irish fighter in a raucous travelling tent-boxing show, is offered a rematch against the man he fought ten years ago. Kid Snow is in select Australian cinemas SEPTEM...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's Reference Max we review  UnPrisoned S2, Blink Twice, Reasonable Doubt S2 and Kneecap. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail Rich Peppiatt wrote and directed his first narrative feature film Kneecap, about the rise of the Belfast-based hip-hop group Kneecap. A true-life fable about man's intrinsic urge for identity, the allure of drugs and a passion for life, KNEECAP is a thrilling ride pulsating with hip-hop beats. Kneecap will be in select Australian cinemas on 29 August. This interview is audio...

Send us Fan Mail Channel rage, fear and representation into South London where nobody never took my food. Activate powers: just add trauma with Supacell this week. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail It’s another week of KT & Friends, where we review films referenced in the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef. This week we Pop Out with Countryboi ( One Mic: Black History ) Previous KT & Friends (Pop Out) episodes include - Juice with Oti  - The Wiz with Jordan & Cameron (White People Won't Save You) - The Boogey Man with Brent (Home Video Hustle) - Pet Sematary with...

Send us Fan Mail Live in peace and let the dead rest in peace beyond the barrier that must not be crossed. CORRAL THE BABY with Pet Sematary this week. It's another episode of KT & Friends, where we Pop Out with Dregeaux to review the 1989 film, Pet Sematary. Check out the podcast feed for A-side: The Pop Out (chat about the rap beef). Line reference… It's a K with all these nines, h...

Send us Fan Mail It's another week of KT & Friends, where we review films referenced in the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef.  This week we Pop Out with Andre ( Dregeaux ) to review the 1989 film, Pet Sematary. Enjoy A-side: The Pop Out (chat about the rap beef).  B-side: Pet Sematary (film review) will be dropping later this week.  Previous KT & Friends (Pop Out) episodes include - Juic...

Send us Fan Mail Grapple with the man in the mirror and evade the kiss of death and childhood trauma. Assume the role of gaslighting husband with The Boogey Man this week. It's another episode of KT & Friends, where we Pop Out with Brent ( Home Video Hustle ) to review the 1980 film, The Boogey Man. Check out the podcast feed for A-side: The Pop Out (chat about the rap beef). Website | Ro...

Send us Fan Mail It’s another week of KT & Friends, where we review films referenced in the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef.  This week we Pop Out with Brent ( Home Video Hustle ) to review the 1980 film, The Boogey Man.  Enjoy A-side: The Pop Out (chat about the rap beef).  B-side: The Boogey Man (film review) will be dropping later this week. Previous KT & Friends (Pop Out) episodes includ...

Send us Fan Mail From film school, to interning and directing the first stop-motion short film through Pixar's Sparkshorts and most recently named in 2024 Variety’s Top 10 Animators to Watch List, Searit Huluf brings lived experience and visual texture to the screen. Africa Film Festival will be running from 19 - 21 July and Searit’s Self will be screening as a part of AFROFUTURES ANIMATION o...

Send us Fan Mail Jack Clark and Jim Weir make their feature directorial debut with Birdeater. A nervous bride-to-be is invited to her own fiancé’s bucks party, but when uncomfortable details about their relationship are exposed, the night takes a feral turn. Birdeater is in select Australian cinemas on July 18. This interview is audio only. For other video interviews check out our youtube playlist...

Send us Fan Mail Lubricate the mind down the yellow brick road with the heart, brains and courage of friendship. Stay heavy on the gratitude department with The Wiz this week. It's another episode of KT & Friends, where we Pop Out with Jordan & Cameron ( White People Won't Save You ) to review the 1978 film, The Wiz. Check out the podcast feed for A-side: The Pop Out (chat about...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a new format, KT & Friends, where we review films referenced in the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef. This week we Pop Out with Jordan & Cameron ( White People Won't Save You ) to review the 1978 film, The Wiz. Enjoy A-side: The Pop Out (chat about the rap beef). B-side: The Wiz (film review) will be dropping later this week. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktr...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a new format, KT & Friends, where we review films referenced in the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef. We kick off with KT’s number one friend and lover, Oti to review the 1992 film, Juice. A-side: The Pop Out (chat about the rap beef). B-side: Juice (film review). Line reference… The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice We get that you like to put gin in your juice...

Send us Fan Mail Rachel House is a filmmaker, actor, writer and beyond that has performed across stage and screen centering humour, heart and mana. The credits speak for themselves, Whalerider, Boy, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Moana, Thor series, Heartbreak High to name a few. Her directorial debut, The Mountain, is colourful drama about three children discovering friendship's healing power th...

Send us Fan Mail Filmmakers Anupama Srinivasan and Anirban Dutta will be screening two films at Sydney Film Festival this year about nature, people & triumph. Flickering Lights & Nocturnes. Flickering Lights portrays life before and after electricity in a small village in today’s India. Winner from Amsterdam’s International Documentary Film Festival. Nocturnes follows a scientist in the hi...

Send us Fan Mail Ray Yeung is a Hong Kong filmmaker, renowned for directing Cantonese language queer cinema. This year’s Berlinale Teddy Award winner and Hong Kong FF opener, All Shall Be Well is an affecting and poignant drama about love, loss and legacy. Check sff.org.au for screening details. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail Sisi’uno Helu is a Tongan academic, film producer, and performing artist that co-founded the Nuku’alofa Film Festival. The Nuku'alofa Film Festival (NFF) is on the 21st to 26th of October. Submissions will open June 1st on Film Freeway . Further information (including fundraising campaign) and updates will be on NFF Facebook , NFF Instagram and website . Website | Rotten Toma...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s Reference Max, we review In the Land of Saints and Sinners, Boy Kills World & Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s Reference Max, we review Mars Express, The Last Stop in Yuma County & Mami Wata as a part of Fantastic Film Festival Australia (FFFA) .  Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail This week we review Perfect Days, Robot Dreams, Late night with the devil (including a layered discussion about the use of AI in the film industry) and Good One: A Show About Jokes. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail Moritz Mohr is a German writer/director making his feature directorial debut with Boy Kills World. A dystopian fever dream action film that follows Boy, a deaf mute with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.  Boy Kills World will be in Australian cinemas May 2....

Send us Fan Mail This week we review Bad Ancestors, Force of Nature: The Dry 2, The Second Best Hospital In The Galaxy, Zone of Interest & How to Have Sex. You can watch Bad Ancestors through Purple Carrot Instagram page .  Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail Grapple the juicy mangoes of community as we deliver a one two punch of love and justice. Enter the ring with Monkey Man this week.   Check out the video version of our Dev Patel interview . Trigger warning: Monkey Man addresses sexual assault, violence of women and this review mentions the Nirbhaya case and domestive violence including the practice known as Bride Burning. Resourc...

Send us Fan Mail  Melbourne Writer-director duo Colin and Cameron Cairnes continue to bring fresh and exciting stories to film. The nightmarish ode to the talk shows of the 70s is, at its core, a tale about the cult of personality and the price of fame...with plenty of supernatural thrills along the way. LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL is in Australian cinemas April 11. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linkt...