I finally watched Robert Bresson's Journal d'un curé de campagne and was marvelled by the editing and lighting. What I loved most was the use of sound from outside the screen. Combined with the editing, in particular scenes starting at ...Read More
It's a busy time in Melbourne when MIFF hits the calendar. From here onwards the rest of the year is jammed pack with the arts. Someone whose also busy is the Chinese Government when they demanded the banning of the ...Read More
When I think of Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go potently resonates like that rekindle of the smell of last night's dinner as you wash the dishes. It forms through senses that enraptures me back to the place that once ...Read More
Two legendary greats have join forces to create something simply remarkable. Combining original animation with a videotaped interview, Imaginary Forces created a short film of Paul Rand for his posthumous induction into The One Club's Hall of Fame. Read More
Today I'm excited about SXSW 2010. Largely it is to do with the simple fact that I have remembered this annual event and have marked it in my diary to prevent missing it for the gazillion time. Hooray! SXSWeek 2010 12-21 ...Read More
An insightful documentary, Stanley Kubrick's Boxes was on TV today. It evoked memories of seeing his archive exhibited at ACMI many moons ago. This funny snippet demonstrates his inquisitiveness and attention to perfection, which explains the quality or essences in ...Read More
Pirate Baby's Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006 Homegrown animator extraordinaire, Paul Robertson, pepped up my day with his hilarious homage to pop culture (Thanks, Alex!). In this video, my highlights were the ambivalent Channel 7's corporate zombies and babies exploding from ...Read More
When a boy and girl find an idol in the stomach of a rabbit great riches follow, but for how long? Rabbit by Run Wrake received the animation award at the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival. Bravo and well deserved. It is a ...Read More
Frank Miller's graphic novel 300 is a ferocious retelling of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae. The comic has been transferred into a feature film directed by Zack Snyder of Dawn of the Dead and it's bursting at the seams with ...Read More