Sydney Film Festival and Lexus Australia have announced today 21 filmmakers which have been shortlisted by the producers at The Weinstein Company to compete in the largest cash fellowship for short film in Australia. Taking part in the selection process, Australian actress Judy Davis will take the role of Jury Chair. Other jury members include Sydney…
It has been announced that actor Elijah Wood will be joining the cast of the upcoming BBC America Comedy, Dirk Gently. The series, set to be written and directed by Max Landis, will see Wood play the title detective assistant Todd. AMC Studios, Ideate Media and IDW Entertainment are co-producing the series, based on the Dirk Gently’s…
On Tuesday, MTV announced the first round of presenters for this year’s MTV Movie Awards. The presenters announced for the first round are Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth and Jessica Chastain from The Huntsmen: Winter’s War, Seth Rogen and Zac Efron from Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, Olivia Munn from X-Men: Apocalypse and supermodel Gigi Hadid. In case you missed it, this year the MTV…
This year, Madman will showcase their Madman Anime Festival for two days, celebrating anime and Japanese Culture at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. The festival has been organised by Madman Entertainment and AnimeLab. The festival will be held on September 3rd and 4th and will presenting all sorts of activities and presentations in hand….
The Iris found themselves locked in a room with screenwriter Paul Rust last week to talk about his role in bringing Pee-Wee to new audiences without losing the sentiments of the Tim Burton original. Congratulations on the film, it seems like you’re doing so much on Netflix right now, do you find it affords you…
You are never too old for some good fun on the big screen! Relive one of Pixar’s biggest hits in history at the In The House screening of Toy Story (1995). To infinity and beyond! This film was historic as it changed animation forever, it was the first computer animated film of all time. Join…
Joe Manganiello recently sat down with The Iris’s Larry Heath to talk about the reprisal of his childhood icon in Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday. When you got offered this role and you knew that essentially, it was kind of for you how was it feeling you were going to be playing a version of yourself? Well, when…
Following the teased release of two works earlier this month; Perth’s Blue Room Theatre has now released the complete line-up for their April – July season. Comprised of seven shows the season aims to make audiences contemplate survival in all it’s forms; and hopes to prompt and embolden theatregoers to be self reflexive, to look…
Love will tear us apart. This song lyric by the late Ian Curtis of Joy Division seems an appropriate way to sum up the gothic romance tale, Wuthering Heights. Queensland’s shake & stir theatre co. have produced a rather faithful and intense adaptation of Emily Brontë’s story, but it also manages to add a few…
After the 2015 release of her award-winning chart-topping Decca album, Greta Bradman is ready to bring My Hero tour to audiences across Australia! The tour will begin late next month and will encompass both capital cities and regional centres. We caught up with Greta before the tour to discuss the recording process of My Hero, the…
It’s currently encroaching on Wednesday evening and I find myself seated at the desk in my hotel room, coming in and out of blank stares out the window and an email inbox count that is slowly eating away at my soul. It’s my first day back in Australia in two weeks and I’m struggling to stay awake,…
Y’all remember Sticky Fingers, right? Sydney’s favourite sons have been off around the world, continuing to win hearts, smash out incredible shows and bring more STI FI fans into what’s become a fiercely loyal music family. The boys are coming home for an Australian tour (that hasn’t needed much promotion at all to sell out…
David isn’t here any more and we’re still processing that… but after some weeks of grief I now feel incredible fortunate to work with him. – Jonathan Barnbrook On Saturday – the final day of the SXSW Music Conference in Austin, Texas – The Blackstar visual piece “UNBOUND: A★INSTAMINISERIES” was shown in full for the first time, accompanied…
As the stars of Queensland’s vibrant music scene rocked the red carpet, the Brisbane Powerhouse foyer fills with industry workers, friends and supporters all waiting to find out who will take out this year’s Queensland Music Awards. Gloriously, the whole night is very much devoid of the usual pretension that can overtake these kinds of…
Matt Cornell is an singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and one fifth of Adam Brand and the Outlaws. Having just released his new single “Feels Like Yesterday”, off his 2014 self-titled album, I spoke to Matt about Texas, tattoos, musical influences, growing up in a showbiz family, and the future of the Outlaws.
Another year at SXSW is behind us once more. From March 15th through until March 20th, we’ve seen Australian bands take their international profiles up another notch with impressive showcase performances. We’ve fallen in love with new artists and bands, and old favourites even more. We’ve participated in the classic SXSW traditions of waiting stupidly long in…
After a worrying spat of cancelled festivals – Soulfest, Echo Fest and Westfest – it would have been understandable for the majority to approach the inaugural Auckland City Limits with caution. The reputation of Austin City Limits, one of the biggest and most loved music festivals in the history of music festivals, may have been…
Over the last few years the horror community have been fortunate enough to have select titles presented to them that prove their genre is still alive and well. Like The Babadook and It Follows before it, The Witch is a chill-inducing creeper of a film that is likely to stay with you long after you’ve left…
We’re coming up fast on Universal’s ‘clash of the fairytales’ blockbuster The Huntsman: Winter’s War and a new trailer for the film has been released. Heavily emphasizing the ‘winter’part of the title, the trailer introduces us to both Chris Hemsworth and Jessica Chastain’s characters as well as the special-effects heavy queens they’ll do battle against…
Theatre chain Hoyts have become the exclusive cinema sponsor and partner of the League of Legends Oceanic Pro League. They have also become the official viewing party partner for many other LoL events in Australia and New Zealand. What does this mean? Wanna watch the LoL OPL finals on the big screen with a room full of…
Telltale Games’ popular series of episodic adventure games based on The Walking Dead will get a third season later this year. The news comes a new interview with Telltale CEO Kevin Bruner over at Mashable.
Nintendo will bring production on its struggling Wii U console to a stop sometime this year. That’s according to new report in Japan’s Nikkei overnight.
BBC’s filmmaker and social commentator Louis Theroux is bringing his weird brand of embedded journalism to Australian audience this September. Hosted by Australia’s own Julia Zemiro, Louis Theroux Live On Stage is an intimate and behind the scenes look at some of Louis’ most popular films and documentaries. With his own unique wit and candour,…
Shane Black‘s crime comedy The Nice Guys got a fresh new trailer this morning. Starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe and set in 70s Los Angeles, the trailer makes the film looks like a lot of fun. The highlights here have to be the banter between Crowe and Gosling’s characters. Check it out below: The…
ABC TV has announced today that filming has commenced on the third season of Upper Middle Bogan. The 8-Part comedy series written and produced by Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope will again be shot around Melbourne and its surrounding suburbs Series Creator/Producer, Robyn Butler said, “We’re so excited to unleash the wild, loud and sometimes…
The first teaser has surfaced (that’s two puns now) for The Shallows, a new thriller that is aiming to be the new Jaws. Nancy (Blake Lively) is surfing alone on a secluded beach when she is attacked by a great white shark and stranded just a short distance from shore. Though she is only 200 yards…
New in films that unexpectedly leave you completely satisfied and slightly breathless: Victoria, a two-hour, one-shot, action-drama from Director Sebastian Schipper. It’s a film that takes you all over the late-night streets of Berlin as the sun slowly creeps up and the fallout from a chance encounter continues to get more and more intense until…
Directed by Luca Guadagnino, A Bigger Splash is an erotic thriller that sees rockstar-on-leave Marianne Lane (Tilda Swinton) idyllic life with her boyfriend (Matthias Schoenaerts) on an isolated Italian island threaten to implode when Lane’s former-producer (Ralph Fiennes) and his daughter (Dakota Johnson) make an unexpected visit. The story here is actually based on an older Italian-French…
Or, as I like to call it, Special-K. Terrence Malick and his editors have modeled their film on the time and space bending properties of a psychoactive trip. One second you’re in a swanky Los Angeles apartment, the next on the ruins of a burnt-down gas station. Sometimes it’s Rick’s (Christian Bale) voice whispering contemplative…
April 23rd marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. To commemorate the occasion the State Library of NSW is staging a major Shakespeare celebration; headlined by acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly. The celebration will see Kelly launch his new Shakespeare inspired album, Seven Sonnets & A Song, in the atmospheric Mitchell Reading…
