Day: 20 June 2014

Exclusive Single Premiere: Berlin Bar Hounds "Le Rambles" (2014)

Channeling The National’s Matt Berninger, Sydney artist Berlin Bar Hounds – aka Jacob Borg, the drummer from Jinja Safari – has delivered his debut single “Le Rambles”. It’s a beautiful track and we’re excited to bring you the exclusive Australian premiere today. Listen to it now:

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Live Video Premiere: High Highs "Cascades" – Live on Sofar Sounds.

Our friends at Sofar Sounds have sent the AU a special live video featuring our favourite Sydney-born, Brooklyn-based duo High Highs. In the video, filmed at Sofar NYC last year, they perform the track “Cascades”. We’re excited to be premiering it for you today.

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More Than Just a View: Hilton Hotel and Suites Niagara Falls (Canada)

Making my way from Toronto for a day trip to Niagara Falls, ahead of a long… long flight home to Australia, I knew I had to have a comfortable night’s rest. But I also wanted to make sure I had the best view possible of the falls – and as it happened, at the Hilton…

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Sydney Film Festival Review: Love Eternal (Ireland, 2014)

Director Brendan Muldowney has crafted something both beguiling and disturbing with film Love Eternal; he has done so in a way that adds a layer of beauty on top of something which would unnerve a lot of viewers. Muldowney loosely based this film on the novel Loving the Dead by Japanese author Kei Oishi, who…

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The Iris Interview: Locke co-producer Guy Heeley at Sydney Film Festival

As glowing reviews continue to pour in for Locke – and in particular, Tom Hardy’s stunning performance – The Iris caught up with the film’s co-producer Guy Heeley for some more insight into the unique process from which this film was made. The entire thing took a little over a week to shoot, a set…

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The Capitol releases a series of teaser posters for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

Publicity for the upcoming sequel The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 is starting to heat up, and the first lot of teaser posters are quite incredible. Lionsgate really don’t need to put this much effort in to promote Mockingjay Part 1. Each Hunger Games movie so far has been a mammoth hit and audiences around…

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Robert Downey Jr and Robert Duvall shine in first trailer for The Judge

It’s been five years since we last saw Robert Downey Jr in an entirely dramatic role, when he appeared in the critically panned The Soloist. While he is now best known for the role of Tony Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it is easy to forget that Downey Jr is one of the most…

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Exclusive Interview: Tender Director Lynette Wallworth and Producer Kath Shelper at Sydney Film Festival.

The Iris meets the Director and Producer of the Sydney Film Festival 2014 premiere Australian Documentary Tender – Lynette Wallworth and Kath Shelper, respectively. We discuss the film, its future screening on ABC TV, the subject matter (the community of Port Kembla coming together to set up a non-profit funeral business) and the music of…

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