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Watch Dogs Film Fest

Kicking off the countdown for the launch of its newest installment in the blockbuster Watch_Dogs® franchise, Ubisoft announced today its first Watch Dogs® 2 worldwide film festival running from October 15th to November 15th 2016. Ubisoft wants participants to unleash their creative vision around their unique interpretation on the “hacking heroes” theme, the Watch Dogs…

Gender Equality in Medal Events at GC2018

There will be an equal number of medal events for men and women, as seven additional women’s events and categories across Weightlifting, Boxing and Cycling are confirmed on to the sports programme for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. “GC2018 will host the largest ever para-sport program, gender-equal medal events across the sport program. We…

Goldie Hawn Fundraising Luncheon

Goldie Hawn has announced that she will add an exclusive fundraiser luncheon to her itinerary during her trip to Melbourne in November. The lunch will be held on 14 November, 2016. Presented by Events to the Stars, Ms Hawn will be touching down in Melbourne for the first time this November to host a leadership…

Palace Electric Roman Polanski Film Season

From 5 November, Palace Cinemas, in association with Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), will present a touring film season dedicated to director Roman Polanski. Starting in Melbourne’s 5 November (at ACMI), the season will travel to Palace Electric Canberra, Chauvel Cinema Sydney, and Palace Centro Brisbane, screening through to 7 December. “Lauded by…

Japanese Film Festival Interview

Japanese Film Festival Program Coordinator Margarett Cortez took some time to answer some questions about the upcoming Japanese Film Festival What can people expect from the Japanese Film Festival? 2016 is a big year for the Japanese film industry with a lot of comeback films by veteran directors like Yoji Yamada, new works by award-winning…

Japanese Film Festival 20th Anniversary

The Japanese Film Festival (JFF) is now twenty years old and is embarking a huge national tour of Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, shining a spotlight on the best of Japanese culture from October 14th to December 4th. JFF Program Coordinator, Margarett Cortez explained that with each city’s program carefully curated by The…

FemFlix August 10 to September 3 at SCA

90s feminism that saw the rise of cyberfeminists, zine counter culture and high-octane post-punk gestures on screen will be revisited in a new exhibition FemFlix at Sydney College of the Arts (SCA), the University of Sydney, from 10 August to 3 September 2016. Femflix features the work of Australian filmmakers who led a new wave…

Batman : The Killing Joke

Director Sam Liu Staring Mark Hamill, Kevin Conroy, Tara Strong Rated MA Score 4/6 As Batman hunts for the escaped Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime attacks the Gordon family to prove a diabolical point mirroring his own fall into madness. A little bit of research might of been a good idea for me going…