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While walking the red carpet at SXSW, Lost River Executive Producer Gary Michael Walters talks exclusively to The Iris about his love of Australia, Ryan Gosling as a ‘singular visionary’, and more. Having worked with Ryan Gosling twice before, Walters wanted to support his new venture and fully financed the film. As a studio head, Walters says,…
Whilst at the SXSW premiere of Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut Lost River, Larry Heath caught up with actor Rob Zabrecky who talks about working on the film, how he got involved, and more. Having been friends with Gosling for five years, Zabrecky talks about how it made sense for them to work together, “it’s always…
Bringing us the story of a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel and a recluse, The Breakfast Club has been hailed “an iconic comedy that defined a generation”. In celebration of the film’s 30th anniversary, SXSW 2015 hosted the world premiere of the newly restored version of The Breakfast Club. 1,300 fans watched the beloved John Hughes’ classic…
The Iris’ Larry Heath briefly caught up with Aussie actor Ben Mendelsohn while on the Red Carpet at the North American premiere of his new film Lost River, directed by Ryan Gosling. Ben talks about getting to know Ryan on The Place Beyond The Pines, leading to him being a part of this project, the experiences of…
Ahead of its Home Entertainment release on Australia this Thursday, we caught up with actress Sarah Gadon to talk about playing Mirena in last year’s Dracula Untold. She discusses her thoughts on the film, working with director Gary Shore and the history of Dracula. She also reflects on working with the great David Cronenberg over the years and…
Before we start there’s something you should know, I’ve been watching The Sound of Music since I was 5, I can recite every line, sing every song and for a large portion of my childhood I wanted to be a nun. With all this in mind I went to the Sing-A-Long-A Sound of Music at…
The official trailer for Love & Mercy has just been released and it’s sure to pull some heartstrings! Set against The Beach Boys’ iconic catalogue of music, the story follows the life of singer, songwriter and music legend Brian Wilson from successful highs in the band to devastating lows in his personal life. Wilson’s character…
As if they weren’t already busy enough, South African rap-rave group Die Antwoord have managed to squeeze time in between touring Europe and preparing for Future Music Festival to make an appearance in Sony’s upcoming release Chappie. The movie is based in a time where crime is patrolled by an oppressive mechanised police force and…
What a year in film 2014 has been; we’ve seen some highly creative, innovative cinematic achievements come our way, some really big actor comebacks, powerful soundtracks, innovative designs, and more. Going into the 87th Academy Awards, people who fancied themselves able to predict winners, found their hobby cut out of them; there hasn’t been a…
The police droid that is destined to become Chappie, the robot given consciousness by way of artificial intelligence, is involved in a gunfire-fuelled raid in this new clip. The anticipated film is released in Australian cinemas on March 12th and is directed by Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium). The film stars Hugh Jackman, Sharlto Copley,…
With the fourth season of Game of Thrones released of DVD and Blu-Ray in Australia yesterday, we’re bringing you a series of interview with the cast of the show, as they reflect on the latest series of the big budget, highly acclaimed production. Next up we have Bran Stark – played by Isaac Hempstead-Wright – who was in…
With the fourth season of Game of Thrones releasing of DVD and Blu-Ray in Australia today, we’re bringing you a series of interview with the cast of the show, as they reflect on the latest series of the big budget, highly acclaimed production. Next up we have Davos Seaworth – played by Liam Cunningham – who was…
With the fourth season of Game of Thrones releasing of DVD and Blu-Ray in Australia today, we’re bringing you a series of interview with the cast of the show, as they reflect on the latest series of the big budget, highly acclaimed production. Next up we have Davos Seaworth – played by Liam Cunningham – who was…
OK, so I’m going to keep this as spoiler free for you as possible. I won’t mention any of the (many) character deaths. I won’t talk about the massive, game changing ending. I won’t talk about eyeballs. OK maybe I’ll mention eyeballs a couple of times. What I will talk about though is just how…
As quintessentially Australian as meat pies or Blinky Bill, Men At Work’s, “Down Under” (dubbed the countries unofficial anthem) still maintains to this day, a powerful resonation with the people of Australia. The hit song, released in 1983 is held dear, however, some 35 years after the band’s success, ABC program, Spicks and Specks brought…
With the fourth season of Game of Thrones releasing of DVD and Blu-Ray in Australia tomorrow, we’re bringing you a series of interview with the cast of the show, as they reflect on the latest series of the big budget, highly acclaimed production. We kick things off with The Red Woman (Melisandre) herself, Carice Van Houten….
Cinema goers around Australia hit the the cinemas hard on Thursday for the opening of Fifty Shades of Grey, with the film grossing $2,506,663 dollars at the box office. This gives the film the biggest February opening day of all time and the biggest ever opening day for an MA15+ rated film in Australia, surpassing the…
Nominees representing more than 30 Australian subscription television channels have been shortlisted as finalists in the 2015 ASTRA Awards. An AFL reality program, a documentary series traversing the Australian coastline and a crowd-funded chat show are among the finalists for this year’s awards. Major drama productions Wentworth and Devil’s Playground have each received multiple nominations, between…
With the return of franchises like Star Wars, Terminator, Bond, Jurassic Park and Mad Max, not one but TWO Pixar films (a first for the studio), the next Avengers, the end of the Hunger Games saga, that Fifty Shades of Grey adaptation and more sequels than you can possibly imagine (some of which are totally unnecessary……
We look back at the 14 TV shows that we couldn’t get enough of in 2014… 14. Banshee This little known series produced by one the more low brow networks in the US (Cinemax), has a plenty of thrills and was one of the more underrated shows of the past couple of years. This series…
Ben & Jerry’s Openair Cinemas are back with a bang this summer, bringing music by day and movies by night to Sydney’s Bondi Beach. As part of a nationwide series of events, which are enjoyed by more than 150,000 people across Australia, the Sydney leg of the tour will take place on the lawn by…
The British Academy Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) have now announced the long list of nominees for the 2015 award ceremony, which will be taking place on Sunday February 8th. Ahead of the pack is Wed Anderson and his exceptional The Grand Budapest Hotel with 11 award nominations, beating both Birdman and The Theory of…
Following the first 15 films in our countdown yesterday, we now bring you our favourite 15 films of 2014… 15. Fury Fury is quite unlike any war film you have ever seen before, and is quite simply one of the most emotionally shaking films of the past decade. It gives audiences a taste of what…
It’s that time again when we look back at the year of film. Here now are the first 15 films that make up our 30 favourite films of 2014. Films eligble for this list were ones released in Australian Cinemas between 1st January and 31st December, 2014: 30. The Mule A strong script, excellent performances,…
This weekend on SBS 2, the cult TV comedy Danger 5 is returning to our screens for the first time in almost three years. First, we’ll be able to relive the pulp magazine inspired original series with all 7 episodes in a marathon tomorrow (3rd January 2015). Then, Sunday night at 9.30pm on SBS 2…
Kat Czornij counts down her five favourite motion picture soundtracks of 2014. To avoid any confusion, this list only takes into account the original soundtracks – the ones that feature the film scores and original compositions – rather than the soundtracks inspired by a motion picture. You know, the one that has 14 tracks that…
“Earth is all that live here.” The magic of Japanese cinema is its vibrant, often startling diversity; perhaps most favoured for samurai action flicks, or dream-like anime films, Japanese filmmakers have become synonymous with movie masterpieces. More prominently, however, dramas have similarly come to the fore; following the 2012 film Bread of Happiness, Yukiko Mishima’s…
Those loveable folk at Disney have announced the return of their immensely popular Toy Story series with a fourth installment, planned to be released on June 16th 2017. The news has understandably sent waves of giddish joy throughout the world today. In addition, John Lasseter, who helmed the first two Toy Story films, will return…
Comedian and musician Reggie Watts is a pretty big Doctor Who fan. He even sung a song with Amanda Palmer about the show. So when he was in Australia recently for Just For Laughs, and so as pretty big Doctor Who fans ourselves, we’re thought we’d find out what he thought about the latest Doctor,…
It’s looking like The Walking Dead crew have found a nice little formula where occasionally they’ll venture away from Rick and catch up with with the plights of peripheral characters every now and then. We got two episodes focusing on The Governor last season, and while they had their faults, the show established that it…
