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Sydney is set to host the inaugural Alliance Française Classic Film Festival from 3 to 6 September, 2015. Proudly presented by the Alliance Française de Sydney in association with StudioCanal, Event Cinemas George Street and Hayden Orpheum Cremorne, this celebration of vintage cinema will focus upon a talent, actor or director who has made an indelible contribution…
Well, today’s the day. The new installment in the Terminator series has arrived. And to get you all excited about what to expect in Genisys, we at The Iris are excited to show off a few new video featurettes: In the first clip, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, Jason Clarke and J.K. Simmons talk about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s return…
From July 24 to 26, the inaugural Queensland Film Festival will present Brisbane with a stimulating series of movie masterpieces and thoughtful discussion panels. The festival will take place across three Brisbane venues: New Farm Cinemas, the Institute of Modern Art, and the University of Queensland Art Museum. This past week, the entire program was revealed.
President Barack Obama interviews Sir David Attenborough at the White House in an extraordinary program, which will screen as a special Foreign Correspondent on Tuesday June 30 at 8pm on ABC.
For those playing at home, the third season of Veep is without question the best of the hilarious HBO series so far. The arc of the 10 episode third season takes us through the Vice President’s campaign towards becoming President in the next election, while she continues her often mundane tasks as Veep. It all…
When The Wachowskis make a new film, we take notice. There is this endless desire we have as film fanatics that we’ll see them pull out something as impressive as their classic sci-fi film The Matrix. Time and time again fans and critics are disappointed, as proven by fairly low Rotten Tomatoes scores, poor word…
Arcadia are releasing the enchanting French film PERFUMES on July 1. Emmanuelle Devos and Gregory Montel shine in this sweet French drama described by VARIETY as “a feel-good tale of friendship with a fragrant and very French backdrop”. Anne Walberg (Emmanuelle Devos) was once the star of her industry – a perfumer whose ability to…
The final weekend of the Sydney Film Festival was jam packed with major events around the city. Here are some photos from the premieres of the iPhone film Tangerine, the new documentary Brand: A Second Coming – both who had the filmmakers in attendance – as well as the nominees at the Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films….
Note: This article contains major spoilers about the film. Earlier this week, we reviewed Nasty Baby, the new film from Writer/Director Sebastián Silva, which is divisive in its very intent. Following yesterday’s screening, one of the stars of the film Tunde Adebimpe – in town with his band TV on the Radio to play the Sydney…
By Popular Demand, Sydney Film Festival (SFF) are thrilled to release a third round of screenings at Palace Cinemas for 10 films fast approaching second screening capacity. Eight features and two documentaries make up the selection at the Palace Verona and Norton Street cinemas. This extended partnership beyond the end of the festival is a…
With Jurassic World returning us to the iconic cinematic series next Thursday, June 11th, and The Good Dinosaur releasing in November through the masters at Pixar, the prehistoric creatures are getting some pretty high exposure on the big screen this year. But dinosaurs have been a feature of cinema since the days of silent cinema…
With the release of Academy award-winning The Theory of Everything on Blu-ray and DVD from June 11th, we wanted to revisit what we loved about the critically-acclaimed film, and discover what to expect from the DVD and Blu-ray features. Here, we interview award-winning director James Marsh who provides an insight into making the film, including discussing some…
Magic Mike XXL picks up three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game. The sequel finds the remaining Kings of Tampa likewise ready to throw in the towel. But they want to do it their way: burning down the house in one last blow-out performance in Myrtle Beach, and…
Set within the heady, dangerous world of global cybercrime, Blackhat – the explosive new thriller from revered director, Michael Mann (Heat, Ali, The Insider, Collateral)– follows furloughed convict and top notch computer hacker, Nick Hathaway (Chris Hemsworth), and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles…
With the second season of Nashville released on DVD last month, we’re looking back at the 22 episodes with some of our favourite moments, and reasons why we think you should watch. Everything from an insight into the music business, the challenges of sexuality, transitioning from country to pop music but more than anything else,…
If you attended Blade Runner tonight at Event Cinemas on George Street in Sydney, you may have spotted our question pop up on the screen! It was: What year did Philip K Dick set his original novel and how did that change that in the film? The answer was: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was…
Out today on Blu-Ray and DVD in Australia, Director/Writer/Producer Christopher Nolan, Writer Jonathan Nolan and Producer Emma Thomas sat down to talk about their epic space film Interstellar, following our chat last week with the cast. Interstellar is a big space adventure, but a substantive portion of the film is a very intimate family drama,…
With a short film premiere at Cannes already under her belt for Happy Melancholy, Melbourne filmmaker Diorella Mirasol talks what’s next for her career. Is Happy Melancholy your first short film? I was always off with the fairies at a young age and had an extremely imaginative mind. Writing became a therapeutic medium for me…
The 10th Indonesian Film Festival (IFF) will be held from 9th to 18th April at ACMI in Melbourne. The team from Hello Asia showcases the ten (plus one educational) Indonesian films that will be showing at IFF 2015. Opening Night Film – 3 Nafas Likas (Likas’ 3 Breaths) 7pm – Thursday 9th April, 2015 Set…
Thanks to a post today on the official House of Cards Twitter Feed, we now know for certain that the acclaimed, award winning series House of Cards will return for a fourth season in 2016. No further details are available at this time. Seasons 1 to 3 are currently streaming in full on Netflix Australia, which…
In Austin for the North American Premiere of the film about his own life, The Iris’ Johnny Au meets the final NASA Astronaut to step foot on the moon, Astronaut Eugene Cernan, to talk about the Documentary The Last Man on the Moon. Eugene talks about having his life documented in conversation with Johnny, the…
Ahead of its release on DVD and Blu-Ray next week (April 8th), Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain sat down to talk about working on Christopher Nolan’s epic Insterstellar – from the space suit to the film’s strong female characters – plus Matthew’s Academy Award and space exploration. Read on: What were the challenges of…
Earlier today, a certain cat won the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award for “Aussie/Kiwi’s Favourite Animal”. Before he won, we asked the infamous Tardar Sauce aka Grumpy Cat a few questions about things that are pretty unimpressive like movies, awards, and living in a world of celebrities. Yes, that’s right… we had the chance to do…
“Family is what you make of it”. This sentiment, by Twinsters co-director Ryan Miyamoto, is somewhat of a mantra for reunited twins Anias Bordier and Samantha Futerman. The two women were both born in South Korea and adopted to two different families on two different continents. They found each other over social media, and have…
“It was a real eclectic mix from people all over the world,” treasured actress Rose Byrne says of the upcoming movie Spy. Larry Heath was on hand at the SXSW premiere and caught up with Rose, who talks about working with the likes of Jason Statham, Curtis Jackson AKA 50 Cent, Jude Law, and more……
While at SXSW for the debut of ‘Spy’, The Iris’ Larry Heath spoke to veteran action star Jason Statham about the style of the film, his role, and more. On working with Melissa McCarthy, Statham says: “She’s just an exceptional talent at whatever she puts her hand to” and as for comedy: “I tried not…
Paul Feig, famed director and the man behind new action-comedy Spy catches up with The Iris’ Larry Heath at the film’s SXSW premiere to talk about tone, Melissa McCarthy, and his favourite James Bond. On what he wants people to take away from the film, Paul says: “I just want people to have a really good…
Larry Heath caught up with Geoff Barrow (of Portishead) and Ben Salisbury to talk about the music they have composed for Alex Garland’s sci-fi thriller ‘Ex Machina’. Both musicians discuss in depth about how this project originated. their creative process, and more. Ex Machina is out now in cinemas. ———- This content has recently been…
Earlier we brought you Part One of our interview with Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury from SXSW. In Part Two, the composers for sci-fi thriller ‘Ex Machina’ discuss how they matched music with film in detail, future projects, and lots more. Check out the full interview below. Ex Machina is out now in cinemas. ———-…
With Get Hard currently being released in cinemas, Larry Heath caught up with Director Etan Cohen about the dynamic between writing and directing. He also catches up with actor-comedian Kevin Hart, who discusses his friendship with co-star Will Ferrell. Get Hard is scheduled for release in Australia on March 26, 2015. You can also check out our exclusive…
