“The Yellow Handkerchief” is what you are afraid of when you go to see an independent movie.
Big studios follow overused patterns and saturate us with ads, teasers and trailers, but we always know what we are going to see when we buy a ticket for a movie. Famous stars and Oscar-winning directors are familiar brands [...]

It is very rare that a teaser trailer of just over a minute’s length can project a real sense of dread and terror. Portrait of a Zombie, however, is a perfect example of a sonic soundscape matched with bizarre aesthetics which permeates such sensations in bucketloads (the trailer is viewable here). The film centres around the [...]

Diary Of A Bad Lad is a no holds barred, unflinching look at the British underground crime scene told through the eyes of a cinephile documentarian who finds him self in too deep with the  subjects of his latest project. Having a limited five day release on the dailymotion.com website last year, Diary Of A Bad Lad [...]

When Cory McAbee’s American Astronaut debuted at Sundance in 2001 critics where all tripping over themselves to attribute superlatives to the genre-bending film whilst struggling to describe exactly what they had just seen. Having made numerous appearances at Sundance for the better part of two decades, McAbee returned earlier this year with Stingray Sam. The [...]

There is a famous quote in Woody Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters in which Max Von Sydow’s character Frederick ponders aloud:
“You see the whole culture. Nazis, deodorant salesmen, wrestlers, beauty contests, a talk show. Can you imagine the level of a mind that watches wrestling?”
   To Frederick it is baffling anyone would waste their time [...]

 
The Mighty Boosh is the epitome of a polarising comedy. Those who loves the series are insatiable for the adventures of Howard Moon, Vince Noir and the eccentric supporting cast that includes a tiny shaman and a talking gorilla. The camp who avoid the show are those left cold by the idea of a wild [...]

Possession(s), a new Australian short, featured one of the most notable launches in recent memory. To coincide with the film’s release a famous Peter Booth artwork, Painting (Man With Bandaged Head), was sold off in The Deutscher and Hackett Important Fine Art Auction.
    The tie-in between the film and the auction comes in the shape of actor Laurence [...]