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Send us Fan Mail From a multi award winning short film to an honourable mention at the Oscars and over 20 years of experience in the industry, Ulysses Oliver makes his feature directorial debut with Love Road that screened as a part of 2023 Sydney Film Festival. Video interview:  https://youtu.be/qp21eBaXP6E Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail Embedded in the screen industry for years, Wodi Wodi woman Gillian Moody keeps compelling focus on First Nation stories. Co-directing together with Wonnarua man Adrian Russell Wills, Kindred will be making it's world premiere as a part of Sydney Film Festival. Video interview: https://youtu.be/zE8dIpgxD7k Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail Australian/American filmmaker and director, Nathaniel Schmidt's award winning work explores extreme weather and lived experiences. A poignant documentary co-directed by and featuring Wiradjuri woman Brenda Matthews on a journey to find her white family – and uncover the truth about her abduction. The Last Daughter has a national release on June 15 and is also a part of the 20...

Send us Fan Mail Mālō e lelei & Tālofa to two amazing creatives that embody the well-deserved attention and excitement for Pasifika storytelling in Aotearoa and world cinema. Damon Fepulea'i is an Aotearoa-born director of Samoan and European heritage with work spanning an award-winning short film as well as directing in television. Aoteroa-born Tongan, JP Foliaki, brings the mafana in th...

Send us Fan Mail Congregate around the collection plate of Tongan mana and ingenuity. Get in formation for the triumphant Red, White & Brass this week.  Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Reference Max where we review Appetite, 100 Years of Warner Bros, The Swarm, A Boy called Piano & Mad Heidi . If you are in Sydney and available on Sunday 11 June at 6pm, we will be hosting the intro and Q&A session for the screening of Red, White & Brass as a part of Sydney Film Festival. We’d love to see you there! Book tickets for Sunday session Website |...

Send us Fan Mail Set the romantic boat scene with heartfelt vocals, lovable misfits and daddy approval. Succumb to exposition tentacles with 2023 The Little Mermaid this week. Quid Pro Mo by Popcorn Podcast . Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail Vroom vroom from the streets to out of this world with family, heists and top tier anime. Take a pit stop in our hearts with the Fast & Furious franchise this week.  Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Reference Max where we review films from South African Film Festival (Music is My Life, Honeymoon, Call me Miles & The Fragile King) as well as Bama Rush and Influencer. The online portion of the South African Film festival is running until 31 May and passes can bought within AUS & NZ. Influencer will be available on Shudder US & Shudder AUS from 26 May. Web...

Send us Fan Mail Known locally and internationally on the big screen and weekly viewing, Ivan Sen draws out the visual beauty of this country to the expansive Indigenous storytelling in his work. A legacy of a distinct lens and pen. Limbo will be in Australian cinemas May 18, 2023. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Reference Max where we review Infinity Pool, Limbo, Bupkis, Slip & The Other Two. Infinity Pool is out now in Australian cinemas. Check out our interview with Writer-Director Brandon Cronenberg about Infinity Pool. Limbo will be released in Australian cinemas on May 18. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail  Brandon Cronenberg is a writer-director that ignites all levels of film discourse. His first feature, Antiviral, premiered in the official selection at Cannes, winning awards, and his second feature, Possessor, premiered in competition at Sundance.  His third feature, Infinity Pool, will be in Australian cinemas on May 11. Aesthetically - primal, sensual and evocative. Video inte...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Reference Max where we reviews shorts and films watched through SWANAFF and FFFA: Rest in Piece, The Fall, Yeh, Baba!, Baghdad in my shadow, Quantum Cowboys, Kissing You On The Honey - T'embrasser sur le miel and Miguel's war. SWANA (South West Asian & North African) Film Festival FFFA (Fantastic Film Festival Australia) Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktre...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Reference Max where we review Mafia Mamma, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Totally Completely Fine, Mrs Davis, Fired On Mars, Love & Death and Evil Dead Rise. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail Reverse out of personal responsibility and shift into conditional loving. Check your blood pressure with BEEF this week. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail Position the spotlight on the dirty dance with the devil of VIP clubs, immigrant expectations and the American dream. Make it rain on the raining mens with Welcome to Chippendales this week. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail  Welcome to Reference Max where we review AIR, The Pope’s Exorcist, Allelujah & Dreamland. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail Browse the Joke book of moral quandary in a world that is falling apart. Endure and survive with The Last of Us this week. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail Assume the fighting stance for Round 1 of wick notebook sketches, chonky boi action and shadow noodle slurping. Take a seat at the high table with John Wick: Chapter 4 this week. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Reference Max where we cover Succession S04E01, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Gotham Knights S01E01, Superman & Lois S03E01, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Better S01E01 & Life of Pi. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail Answer the call of systemic pain, sustained paper pushing and tragedy. Open the dialogue with Breaking this week. BREAKING IS AVAILABLE TO RENT AND OWN FROM 27 MARCH (AUS) Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail Trace the ancestral lines where love envelops pain. Gather strength in community with Till this week. Quid Pro Mo for One Mic Black History podcast. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Reference Max where we review The Son, Marc Maron: From Bleak to Dark, Missing, Rain Dogs & Creed III. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram 

Send us Fan Mail We have had a wild year of the podcast from our first interview to getting invited to screenings to becoming award nominated to becoming a Tomatometer-approved publication(!!!) It has always been us, we did this fam. Grab a snack and beverage for the Fourth Annual Splooshies Awards which was naturally a beautiful display of you, Oti and I loving on each other since February 2019....

Send us Fan Mail Breathe in humanity and breathe out retaliation. Deliver the wicked punch of First Love this week. Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram