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Anthony O'Connor is bewiltertained by Umbrella's blu-ray release, NINJA WARS
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Ninja Wars - FilmInk
... will thrill the small group of hardcore fans who already love it and leave everyone else profoundly bewildertained.
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
meta much Film and music critic Mark Demetrius reviews THE LAST CRITIC, screening at First Films on 30 October
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The Last Critic - FilmInk
… these sorts of docos actually tend to work best when their format is formulaic and unadventurous, and that’s the case here.
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Check out the teaser for feature-length documentary THE ODDFATHER, exploring the cultural impact of Australian trading card phenomenon Oddbodz, which has entered post-production in Melbourne
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Feature documentary THE ODDFATHER on cult Australian trading card phenomenon “Oddbodz” enters production in Melbourne - FilmInk
A feature-length documentary exploring the cultural impact of Australian trading card phenomenon Oddbodz has officially entered post-production in Melbourne, with the film’s release scheduled in 2027.
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The AACTA Reg Grundy Award returns for its seventh year, offering a $50,000 prize to the individual or team with the best pitch for an original unscripted television format.
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The Reg Grundy Award is back! - FilmInk
HAVE AN IDEA FOR AUSTRALIA’S NEXT GREAT ENTERTAINMENT OR FACTUAL TV SHOW? THE AACTA REG GRUNDY AWARD IS YOUR CHANCE TO WIN $50,000 TO BRING IT TO LIFE.
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ahead of the world premiere of her feature debut Föa – Once Upon a Future at Busan, Italian filmmaker Margherita Ferrari speaks exclusively about the 2001 G8 protests in Genoa, a pregnant teenager at the centre of the story, memory, political disillusionment & personal images that shaped her film
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My Heart Will Go On: Margherita Ferrari on her feature debut, Föa – Once Upon a Future - FilmInk
Ahead of the world premiere of her feature debut Föa – Once Upon a Future at the Busan International Film Festival, Italian filmmaker Margherita Ferrari speaks exclusively to FilmInk about the 2001 G8...
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Borat has been recruited to explain why Ali G’s non-fiction (it’s a documentary, right?) big screen debut (remember Ali G Indahouse?) is going to be the funniest film of the year, hopefully offending every thin-skinned useful idiot in the universe
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Another Trailer: Ali G Who Iz I? - FilmInk
Borat has been recruited to explain why Ali G's non-fiction (it's a documentary, right?) big screen debut (remember Ali G Indahouse?) is going to be the funniest film of the year, hopefully offending ...
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Looks like Mike Flanagan's streak (well, at least in horror) will continue with The Exorcist: Martyrs, an expansion of the William Peter Blatty universe. [as an aside, was The Pope’s Exorcist also part of the WPB Universe?]
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Trailer - The Exorcist: Martyrs - FilmInk
Remember The Exorcist: Believer? David Gordon Green was all set to continue helming the expansion of the franchise, but, you know, it wasn't very good. In steps Mike Flanagan, who recently reimagined ...
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
From 30 October to 1 November, Monster Fest unleashes killer sheep, bloodthirsty puppets, vampire influencers, murderous homecomings, sinister cults and werewolves battling zombies on Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and Sydney
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MONSTER FEST 2026 TAKES POSSESSION OF EVENT CINEMAS THIS HALLOWEEN - FilmInk
30 October – 1 November | Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and Sydney From 30 October to 1 November, Monster Fest unleashes killer sheep, bloodthirsty puppets, vampire influencers, murderous homecomings, sin...
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Award-winning series 'TIL YOU MAKE IT adds another international selection to a growing festival run
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Australian Web Series 'Til You Make It Selected for NYC Web Fest, the Only Australian Production in the Lineup - FilmInk
Award-winning series adds another international selection to a growing festival run
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Swann Arlaud stars in Emmanuel Marre's Cannes-winning biographical drama A Man of His Time (Notre Salut), reviewed by Nataliia Serebriakova A Man of His Time is screening at JIFF
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A Man of His Time (Notre Salut) - FilmInk
Marre constructs the film out of light, almost weightless moments that repeatedly collide with the dead end of history.
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Silent Hill: Townfall is only "Silent Hill: Townfall" according to Anthony O'Connor's review of the latest game in the popular franchise
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Silent Hill: Townfall - FilmInk
… fitfully entertaining …
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So, that's where the Byron Kennedy Award has gone Tropfest comes home to The Domain on a new Saturday night, along with other news about the 2027 plans for 'the world's largest short film festival'
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TROPFEST COMES HOME TO THE DOMAIN - FilmInk
TROPFEST COMES HOME TO THE DOMAIN WITH A NEW SATURDAY NIGHT DATE WORLD’S LARGEST SHORT FILM FESTIVAL UNVEILS 2027 PLANS PRESENTED BY COMMBANK. WATCH IT ON YOUTUBE.
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Premiering at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, Radu 'Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn' Jude goes full Luis Bunuel with his new film, DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID, his first in mostly French language Reviewed by Nataliia Serebriakova 👇
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Diary of a Chambermaid - FilmInk
… ironic, politically alert and suspicious of every supposedly progressive position.
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This week's salute to the work of creatives who have never truly received the credit that they deserve: American director Martin Bell, who helmed Streetwise, American Heart, Tiny: The Life Of Erin Blackwell and more
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Unsung Auteurs: Martin Bell - FilmInk
Unsung Auteurs: Martin Bell - Features
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Alyla Browne, Elsa Pataky, Michael Caton, Stephen Peacocke, Martin Sacks + Aswan Reid lead cast of Australian family film CHIQUITA, which has commenced production in Byron Bay, written & directed by Kiah Roache-Turner, based on story by Mark Morrissey
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ALYLA BROWNE, ELSA PATAKY, MICHAEL CATON, STEPHEN PEACOCKE, MARTIN SACKS & ASWAN REID LEAD AUSTRALIAN FAMILY FEATURE ‘CHIQUITA’ - FilmInk
Alyla Browne, Elsa Pataky, Michael Caton, Stephen Peacocke, Martin Sacks and Aswan Reid lead the cast of Australian feature CHIQUITA, which has commenced production in Byron Bay, Australia. Umbrella w...
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Australian financing and distribution company Eternal Entertainment is developing its next feature film, My Vertical Neighbourhood, an adaptation of Lynda MacGibbon’s award-winning memoir about faith, friendship and finding community among strangers
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Following Festival Success of The Charitable Sisterhood, Eternal Entertainment Develops My Vertical Neighbourhood for Sydney Production - FilmInk
New feature based on Lynda MacGibbon’s award-winning memoir about faith, friendship and finding community among strangers
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Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 08/10/2026
Why does Netflix even bother having the letters NZ in the name of their ANZ Content Team? Adding insult to injury.
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Set Up, the TV venture from Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories + Alison Hurbert-Burns, announces a collaboration with acclaimed Australian journalist, writer and author Lisa Wilkinsonfor the television adaptation of her number one bestselling historical non-fiction THE TITANIC STORY OF EVELYN
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The Set Up announces first project with television adaptation of Lisa Wilkinson’s THE TITANIC STORY OF EVELYN - FilmInk
The Set Up, the new television venture from Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories and Alison Hurbert-Burns, announced today an exciting collaboration with acclaimed Australian journalist, writer and autho...
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
With Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company exhibition currently on at GOMA in Queensland, we look back on the long and winding career of actor, puppeteer, voice performer and filmmaker Frank Oz, one of Jim Henson’s most important, inspirational and long-serving collaborators
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Cult Icons: The Magic Of Frank Oz - FilmInk
With Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company exhibition currently on at GOMA in Queensland, we look back on the long and winding career of actor, puppeteer, voice performer and film...
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
James Demitri's THREE CHAPTERS is "… a fascinating cinematic experiment as much about the flexibility of spoken language as it is about the nuances of film language" according to Cain Noble-Davies' review. Three Chapters is screening at the SF3 on 31 October
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Three Chapters - FilmInk
… a fascinating cinematic experiment as much about the flexibility of spoken language as it is about the nuances of film language.
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Rising Aussie actresses Ana Thu Nguyen, Kya Stewart and Tiana Hogben stage a triple-pronged charm offensive in writer/director Joy Hopwood’s latest comedy drama Her Last Laugh.
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Ana Thu Nguyen, Kya Stewart & Tiana Hogben Stage Her Last Laugh - FilmInk
Rising Aussie actresses Ana Thu Nguyen, Kya Stewart and Tiana Hogben stage a triple-pronged charm offensive in writer/director Joy Hopwood’s latest comedy drama Her Last Laugh.
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Eight national finalists pitched original Australian stories to Netflix ANZ’s Content Team
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EIGHT EMERGING AUSTRALIAN WRITERS TAKE CENTRE STAGE FOR NETFLIX ‘THE NEXT BRILLIANT CAREER’ PITCH DAY IN SYDNEY - FilmInk
Eight national finalists pitched original Australian stories to Netflix ANZ’s Content Team
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
British Film Festival announces full program
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THE VERY BEST OF BRITISH LANDS IN CINEMAS FOR THE 2026 RUSSELL HOBBS BRITISH FILM FESTIVAL - FilmInk
Announced today is the spectacular programme of thirty-six films, including five retrospectives featuring in the 2026 Russell Hobbs British Film Festival. This year's unmissable line up will screen fr...
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Social Reckoning is amiable enough according to Anthony O'Connor's review. The Social Reckoning is in cinemas now
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The Social Reckoning - FilmInk
… amiable enough …
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Silent Auction for the Motion Picture Industry Benevolent Society (MPIBS) returns, and any movie fan can score some seriously cool money can't buy items.
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The MPIBS Silent Auction is back - FilmInk
Bid big. Give back.
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This week's forgotten made-for-TV movie: 1989 epic western mini-series Lonesome Dove, starring Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Lane, Danny Glover, Robert Urich, Anjelica Huston, Chris Cooper and Rick Schroder
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Vintage Telemovie Of The Week: Lonesome Dove (1989) - FilmInk
Vintage Telemovie Of The Week: Lonesome Dove (1989) - Features
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
First look at ABC's 6 part comedy series Separated at Birth, starring Nazeem Hussain and Urzila Carlson
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Divorce in the delivery suite? That's just the beginning of the chaos in ABC's new comedy Separated at Birth - FilmInk
Comedy besties Nazeem Hussain and Urzila Carlson lead the cast of new ABC comedy Separated at Birth, premiering Wednesday 11 November at 8.30pm on ABC TV, with all six episodes available to stream on ...
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Australia’s own Simon Stone directs this true story of actor Ian Charleson (Chariots of Fire)
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Trailer: Elsinore - FilmInk
Australia's own Simon Stone directs this true story of actor Ian Charleson (Chariots of Fire). Based on the trailer alone, we reckon that lead actor Andrew Scott is an Academy Award frontrunner. Olivi...
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
So, you want to get into VFX work? Here's a first person account of how one talented and passionate person did it in true Anzac style, navigating between New Zealand and Australia
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From New Zealand to Australia: Building a Career in VFX - FilmInk
So, you want to get into VFX work? Here's a first person account of how one talented and passionate person did it, navigating in true Anzac style between New Zealand and Australia.
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Super Nature is "… nostalgic, hopeful and occasionally unsettling …" according to Jamie Henry's review. Super Nature is the opening film at First Films on 27 October at Golden Age Cinemas
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Super Nature - FilmInk
… nostalgic, hopeful and occasionally unsettling …
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Butcher does not like The Social Reckoning star Mikey Madison one bit, as he tells you in his latest slice and dice, Sean Baker's Oscar winner, Anora
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The Butcher…Carves Up…Anora!!! - FilmInk
The Butcher…Carves Up…Anora!!! - Features
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
THE SONGS OF JOHN FARNHAM: A LIVING LEGEND – THE CELEBRATION CONCERT will return to cinemas for an encore season from Thursday 22 October
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THE SONGS OF JOHN FARNHAM: A LIVING LEGEND – THE CELEBRATION CONCERT RETURNS TO HOYTS, WITH TICKETS ON SALE THIS THURSDAY - FilmInk
Following a huge response from audiences across Australia, THE SONGS OF JOHN FARNHAM: A LIVING LEGEND – THE CELEBRATION CONCERT will return to cinemas for an encore season from Thursday 22 October. Th...
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"... drawing on the essay-film traditions of Chris Marker and Adam Curtis, while the movement of images and sound sometimes recalls the sensory cinema of Godfrey Reggio." Post Truth reviewed by Shahran Morshed Post Truth is in select cinemas from tomorrow, 8 October
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Post Truth - FilmInk
Its images can be beautiful, uncanny or disturbing, but that beauty often feels slightly suspicious.
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
96 Pounds of Dynamite is "... an enjoyably relatable portrait of a man thriving on his own terms" according to Cain Noble-Davies' review. 96 Pounds of Dynamite is streaming now on various platforms
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96 Pounds of Dynamite - FilmInk
... an enjoyably relatable portrait of a man thriving on his own terms.
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Communism themed Lean Liberty by Alan Seymour is today's Forgotten Australian Television Play, a play commissioned by the ABC, who found it too hot!
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Forgotten Australian Television Plays: Lean Liberty by Alan Seymour - FilmInk
A play commissioned by the ABC, who found it too hot!
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Soda Jerk and Back Room Cinema are part of Superposition: a festival conceived for the Blue Mountains
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BLUE MOUNTAINS TO HOST FOUR DAYS OF ART, MUSIC AND EXPERIENCES AS SUPERPOSITION REVEALS FULL LINEUP - FilmInk
BRINGING TOGETHER LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS ACROSS THE GREATER BLUE MOUNTAINS & PENRITH REGION
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's 50 First Dates gender swapped and Thai style Henry's First Dates is in cinemas 22 October
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Trailer: Henry's First Dates - FilmInk
Trailer: Henry's First Dates - Trailer
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Introducing DUSTLANDS, a new 11-part Australian online drama series redefining the vertical format
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Introducing DUSTLANDS - FilmInk
A new 11-part Australian online drama series redefining the vertical format
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Remedy Games' Control Resonant is a trip according to Anthony O'Connor's review
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Control Resonant - FilmInk
… a striking, original and utterly compelling game …
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
ZOMBUCHA! Q&A screenings announced ahead of cinema release
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ZOMBUCHA! Q&A screenings around the country ahead of a national cinema release on November 19 - FilmInk
Get ready to fall brewly, madly, steeply in love with… ZOMBUCHA!Q&A screenings around the country ahead of a national cinema release on November 19
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Naza is "… even more horrifying than you might expect from its subject matter" according to Mark Demetrius' review. Naza is in cinemas 15 October
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Naza - FilmInk
… even more horrifying than you might expect from its subject matter.
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Former Netflix ANZ content chief Que Minh Luu will join senior commissioning executives at Screen Queensland’s In the Frame, as Queensland’s screen sector adjusts to a reduced funding environment
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Que Minh Luu brings Netflix experience to Screen Queensland’s In the Frame - FilmInk
Former Netflix ANZ content chief Que Minh Luu will join senior commissioning executives at Screen Queensland’s In the Frame, as Queensland’s screen sector adjusts to a reduced funding environment.
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We speak with writer/producer and actor Bethany Dewhurst, whose self-funded AI-themed short film Going Dark, also starring her brother Josh Dewhurst, recently premiered at the 29th ARPA International Film Festival at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre
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Going Dark Finds the Light - FilmInk
Writer/producer and actor Bethany Dewhurst self-funded the short film Going Dark, and hopes that it pays dividends as it recently premiered at the29th ARPA International Film Festival at Hollywood’s T...
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Stefano Bertelli's 'lyrical miracle' paper stop motion animation feature SPACETIME CHRONICLES reviewed by Cain Noble-Davies
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Spacetime Chronicles - FilmInk
… technically polished to an impressive degree, but the specific words, delivery, and ultimate thesis meant to give substance to the style is disappointingly lacking …
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Tom Cruise and the Digger juggernaut crashed like a climate catastrophe. It's our weekend box office report
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Box Office Report: 1 - 4 October 2026 - FilmInk
Heard of Beware Boiuna? Nah, neither have we. It didn't stop 149 cinema screens playing the film nationally. God forbid that luxury could be afforded to an Australian film. But we digress. Welcome Ama...
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sand Roads is "... real, intimate and irreversible ..." according to Jamie Henry's review. An Australian/Italian co-pro, Sand Roads, about an attempt to break a Guinness World Record on quad bikes across Europe and Africa, is screening now at the Italian Film Festival
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Sand Roads - FilmInk
... real, intimate and irreversible.
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Ginger Snaps trilogy physical release, reviewed by Anthony O'Connor, just in time for Halloweird
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Ginger Snaps Trilogy - FilmInk
…a singularly odd trilogy that manages to resonate over two and a half decades later.
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Gill Pringle interviewed Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Tom Cruise and Sandra Hüller about DIGGER, and we had to edit almost half the chat to remove spoilers, which they were more than happy to discuss. Can you dig it? Digger is in cinemas now
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Can You Dig It? - FilmInk
Digger sees Tom Cruise’s Texan oil tycoon Digger Rockwell as a white cat stroking Dr. Evil-esque figure – the most powerful man in the world we are told – embarking on a frantic mission to prove that ...
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Jamie Foxx is set to film his next movie, Deadlocked, in Victoria.
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Jamie Foxx set for explosive new action film in Victoria - FilmInk
Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx is set to film his next movie, Deadlocked, in Victoria.
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FilmInk Magazine @filmink.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This week's salute to the work of creatives who have never truly received the credit that they deserve: American director Joan Freeman, who helmed Streetwalkin’ and Satisfaction
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Unsung Auteurs: Joan Freeman - FilmInk
Unsung Auteurs: Joan Freeman - Features
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