Anatomising the N64
Anatomising the N64 isn’t hard when you can peer into the bottle green motherboard, the nucleus of hypnotic rotating graphics, and the labyrinth that allows you to fire off that blue shell.
From Guangdong to Goulburn
There is perhaps one thing that unites every Australian town — an institution that has been embedded in our national story since the 18th century: the Australian-Chinese restaurant.
Heavenly bodies descending
Many things change across time; many things remain stagnant. Our angels do both.
Friendship, nostalgia, and isolation: SUDS 'Play On' Review
Play On, written and directed by Gemma Hudson, is an ambitious and exciting cross of And Then There Were None with Heathers.
Long Live the Drag Kings and Queens.
This series of photographs places drag artists in the everyday realm – from convenience stores to adult shops – capturing their glamour even through the most mundane of activities.
I have a parasocial relationship with a man from the 16th century
You talk to me as if I exist. I am not real. I am not Cosimo. I am oil paint on a panel.
Artificial stupidity
Humans are smart. Unfortunately, humans are also annoying, trite, boring, unimaginative, clichéd, derivative, etc, etc, etc. AI seemingly thrives off all of these worst aspects.
SFF 2023 REVIEW: Joonam (جونم)
Urich’s soulful connection with the documentary as well as the subject matter is one that is felt palpably.
BroadSlay: sashay away
In investigating BroadSlay’s tragic death, I discovered the event’s spirit.
SFF 2023 REVIEW: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
I felt cheated by an experience that capitalised on Murakami’s name and a trailer that hinted at his many stories, but had very little to do with the collection itself.
Coffee to cure your architectural in(digest)ion
Coffee to the architect is what sexual frustration is to the engineer. A point of conversation, a particular quirk, one’s whole personality.
About a basin
As hard as I try to remember, from no part of my being can I summon a reason for me being here.
I played Papa’s Freezeria and all I got was exploited
There’s nothing cool about violating labour law.
Albos old and new
With his knack of changing character to fit the times, I’m confident it will be a while before we see his last.
SFF 2023 REVIEW: Subtraction (تفریق)
Haghighi, all-round artist of acting, writing, and directing origins, leads Subtraction with direction reminiscent of Iranian greats.
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.
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.
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.