All the horror I watched this October, minus the entire series of Ash Vs Evil Dead (which was bloody marvellous)…
Favourite First-Time Watches of 2020
The year was awful in most ways, but it did give me a chance to watch a lot of stuff…
31 Days of Australian Film (January 2021)
I’ve taken this January as an opportunity to immerse myself in Australian cinema. With the odd exception, these are all…
The Post-Smithee Orphanarium
Since “Alan Smithee” was retired as the official pseudonym of the Director’s Guild of America, it’s been harder to keep…
Stuck on a Shelf/Locked in a Vault/Buried in a Landfill
Movies that have never gotten proper distribution to date. Some are tied up in legal and financial limbo, while others…
The Vanityville Horror
A collection of self-created star vehicles from people who would otherwise have no business being in front of, or behind…
Lockdown Shockdown 2021
The annual October horror binge. I’m attempting to get through a buttload of unwatched titles in my movie collection, but…
31 Days of Australian Film 2022
Another January of homegrown cinema. Old and new, feature-length and shorts. Cornerstone classics to YouTube-dwelling obscurities.
The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry by David Stratton
Every film listed in David Stratton’s 1991 book about the 1980s Australian moviemaking boom under the controversial 10BA tax concession.…
The Great Unwatched
The ever growing, very occasionally shrinking pile of movies I own, but haven’t watched.