Director Alfred Pek Score 6/6 Freedom Street is the harrowing story of Joniad, Ashfaq and Azizah, three refugees who have been stuck in Makassar, Indonesia for several years as a result of Australia’s border policy. Since 2013, there are currently just under 14000 refugees in Indonesia and every day their hopes for resettlement are diminishing.…
I’m not the type of person who makes movie lists that often, so I suppose that’s why I have been procrastinating on making this list. But considering I have been posting reviews for documentaries that have been featured in the 2022 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, its time to make a list of my picks for…
Director Randall Miller Starring Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman & Chris Pine Rated M Score 5/6 The story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as “Judgment of Paris”. I sat down to watch Bottle Shock, certain that I…
Director Sarah Jayne Score 5/6 Celebrating Malta’s stray cats and the people who – through volunteering, art and folklore – show the cats unconditional love and support. A documentary about Cats, it would surprise me if this wasn’t one of the more popular documentaries that is going to be screened at the Melbourne Documentary Film…
The 13th Engineer Regiment (13 ER) has been raised in Western Australia, making it the newest unit on the Australian Army order of battle. An Establishment Ceremony was held at Irwin Barracks, home of 13th Brigade, on Tuesday 5 July 2022 to celebrate the raising. The Ceremony also honoured the strong heritage of military engineers…
Netflix has announced the new Swedish Netflix comedy film One More Time, directed by the Student Academy Award-winning Jonatan Etzler. Hedda Stiernstedt (Beforeigners, The Restaurant) is starring as the lead, alongside Miriam Ingrid (Beartown), Elinor Silfversparre Fahlén and Maxwell Cunningham. The Swedish language comedy is written by Tove Forsman and Sofie Forsman (Young Royals, The…
Director Renée Brack Score 6/6 After losing her artist-father to Alzheimer’s, journalist Renée Brack confronts her own fears by undergoing medical experiments as a human lab rat, risking her career & dignity to find out if she too has early signs of the disease. While on this precarious journey with devastating revelations, she discovers wonderful…
One of the last Australian-made Holden Commodore police vehicles has come to its final stop, with a ceremony held at the Australian Federal Police Museum. For 44 years Australian-made Holden Commodores have been used by police officers in the ACT, but the silver 2018 SSV Redline was the last in operation before it was retired…
A development proposal for nine supported housing units in Ainslie to accommodate vulnerable women has been signed off by ACT Minister for Planning and Land Management Mick Gentleman under ‘call-in’ powers. Minister Gentleman said the planning system is an area of government that can and should be used to facilitate housing options for vulnerable members…
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), in partnership with Airservices Australia, Cairns Airport and the Australian Federal Police (AFP), have detected an increased number of drones being operated in controlled airspace near Cairns Airport. AFP Protection Operations Response Team, Sergeant Benjamin MacKlin says as we near the school holidays both locals and visitors need to…