Film Chloe Atkinson Film Chloe Atkinson

Building Morticia

Unlike Vampira and Elvira, Morticia is a wife and mother, but it goes without saying that she represents much more than that. She wants it all, and refreshingly, she never asks why she shouldn’t have it.

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Film, ISSUE 09 Harry Gay Film, ISSUE 09 Harry Gay

Twinning

Talk to any twin long enough and you find shared experiences emerge — the same plot points and canon events that carry across people and shape who they are.

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Film Nathan Phillis Film Nathan Phillis

SFF 2023 REVIEW: Sunflower

Set in the outer suburbs of Melbourne, this film acts as an enticing representation and characterisation of coming out in a society where homophobia has become socialised.

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Film Imogen Sabey Film Imogen Sabey

SFF 2023 REVIEW: Blue Jean

Oakley’s directing is subtle and effective, with clever use of sound and lighting to contrast the two major settings at Jean’s school and the nightclub, which are the symbolic fronts of the heteronormative and queer environments that she arbitrates between.

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Film Kate Saap Film Kate Saap

SFF 2023 REVIEW: Scrapper

I knew two things about the film going in: a) Harris Dickinson was in it and b) it was going to make me cry. Those two things turned out to be true.

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Film Mae Milne Film Mae Milne

SFF 2023 REVIEW: L’immensità

Set in circumstances of perpetual domestic conflict: Rape, betrayal, and family violence continually oscillate between each other, creating a profound sense of unease.

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