A three-years-in-the-making and passion project for Melbourne-based director Peter Yacono and producer Anissha Vijayan, Our Power is a documentary feature exploring the impact of the Hazelwood Mine Fire, which occurred in the Latrobe Valley during February and March of 2014. The feature also strives to present the region’s history of power generation, spanning close to […]
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Not all that long ago, exploring a director’s early filmography would often be a short venture with a number of titles having not make the convenient leap to home video. In recent years the rise of many independent distributors have provided a great service to audiences by unearthing many cinematic obscurities. One such label and
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Embedded into our cultural fabric, seeping into almost every facet of popular media, from Mrs. Doubtfire to Gwen Stefani’s initial run as a solo artist, Fiddler on the Roof has an undeniably infectious quality. Based on the stories of Sholem Aleichem, the celebrated and record-breaking musical tells of a poor Jewish milkman named Tevye, living
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Often regarded by fans and critics as Alfred Hitchcock’s successor, Brian De Palma is a prolific filmmaker with a career spanning multiple decades and genres, sometimes with less than desired results. His demented 90’s thriller Raining Cain resurfaced on Blu-ray earlier this month from Cinema Cult, somewhat of an obscurity next to the more popular
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Due to popular demand, Umbrella Entertainment have answered the call from genre fans by releasing action sequels Death Wish 4: The Crackdown and Death Wish V: The Face of Death in a second Cannon Classics Double Feature on Blu-ray, echoing the monotone warning of our white-collar protagonist, “This ain’t ovah!”. Starring cinema’s most limited
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Criminal matriarch Mama Fratelli from The Goonies will forever be my favourite ‘screen mum’, due entirely to the un-apologetically abrasive performance of actress Anne Ramsey; but it’s her Oscar-nominated turn as the titular character in Throw Momma from the Train that deserves more love, especially on this Mother’s Day. Putting a darkly comedic spin on
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Between the raw unrelenting nature of The Hills Have Eyes and the huge commercial success from A Nightmare on Elm Street, director Wes Craven was in a transitional phase with Deadly Blessing, a rural slasher in which a widow grows paranoid over a neighbouring god-fearing community, who see her as an unholy intruder on their
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After producing a number of horror staples during the mid-to-late 80’s, Brian Yuzna made the leap to directing with the twisted Society, which offers a satirical and highly grotesque portrayal of the elite and their self-serving appetites. We discover this horrifying final rung on the social ladder through the ordinary eyes of Bill Whitney, a
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Just over a year has passed since Umbrella Entertainment’s first two rip-roaring volumes of Drive-In Delirium hit the shelves, resulting in a sensory deprivation tank equivalent to binge-watching on my part. Now with the release of the much anticipated Drive-In Delirium: The New Batch earlier this month, I decided to pace myself, saving it as
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Being partially unfamiliar with a noted director’s filmography can be adventitious for prospective viewers. Following the unexpected passing of Tobe Hooper last year, discussion of his twisted horror/slasher The Funhouse, a title I had never heard of, spiked significantly online among fans, and has since found its way Down Under via a modest Blu-ray release
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