On this, the 13th episode of Film Spiel, Anders and Dave tackle PIRATES OF CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (even though Dave only saw it in 2D) before a major brawl breaks out as the pair discuss SNOWTOWN and there’s pretty much, and rather fittingly, blood on the walls. Then Dave nips [...]

I had high expectations today as I planned to see three films in Official Competition. The day started nice and early with the screening of Pedro Almodovar’s latest La piel que habito (The Skin I Live In). I excitedly walked into the Grand Theatre Lumiere for the first time… and it was amazing. Absolutely huge. I sat up high in the balcony and it ended up filling out just about [...]

Better start today – I got up on time! In doing so, I amusingly discovered a room-mate still hadn’t come home from the night before (a Parisian scriptwriter hoping to find a director for her film – what a party animal!). For me, today was the Day of Shorts. First up was the press screening of all the short films in competition; I got there early, like I you have [...]

Last night ended up being a trip back in time. First, I was led around in circles before heading to the screening of Cannes classic Le Sauvage [1975], but felt privileged as soon as Catherine Deneuve – the film’s star, now pushing 70 – gracefully walked through the door. It was her everyone wanted to see, past fellow heavyweights Costa-Gavras and director Jean-Paul Rappeneau. One girl bravely stopped her in [...]

Alongside modern heavyweight Woody Allen and the premiere of  Midnight In Paris, French magician and filmmaker Georges Méliès has also wowed audiences at this year’s Cannes Film Festival — despite having been dead for over 70 years. Méliès’ century-old classic, A Trip to the Moon [Le voyage dans la lune], was shown for the first time in colour on opening night at Cannes, thought to have been lost for decades [...]

In a packed Film Spiel this week – Episode 12 – Anders and Dave discuss INSIDIOUS, Anders takes on YOUR HIGHNESS, Dave tackles WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, both ponder BURKE & HARE, Dave praises THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER, and Anders, as he finally got around to seeing it, attempts to make some sense [...]

After twelve incredible feature films, the movies of Pixar are beloved the world over for their dazzling animation, heart-warming stories and their perseverant heroes; not once, however, has Pixar told a story with a female lead character or called upon the talents of a female director to call the shots…until now. Upon the release of promotional screenshots, all eyes have been captured by Pixar once again, this [...]

While the summer days and festivals may be over, Shorts Film Festival aims to act as a worthy rollover into the cooler months. 60 of Australia and Asia Pacific’s best short films over the past year are shown over the course of a week in unconventional surrounds, along with a selection of shorts from London’s Rushes Soho Shorts Festival in 2010. It’s a long way from their start in 2003 [...]