Category Archives: Cinema Screenings

OzAsia Adelaide

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Deni

Sorry? How the hell did this almost slip by us? The OzAsia Festival, starting tomorrow in Adelaide and running until the 30th of September, has an amazing grab-bag of Asian cinema screening. Kore-eda’s I Wish! Pan-ek Ratanaruang’s Headshot! War of the Arrows, and that’s just to name a few. And I won’t even talk about the Moon Lantern Parade or the Tan Dun multimedia symphony, except to say JEALOUS! Guys. Why are you still sitting … (read more)

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Motorway (HK, 2012) in Cinemas

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Justin

Our own John Snadden dropped me a line to remind me that new Hong Kong getaway driver film Motorway has opened in cinemas across Australia, and it’s from perennial Heroic Cinema favourite directors Johnnie To and Soi Cheang. John writes:

A hearty recommendation for the new Johnnie To produced / Soi Cheang directed Motorway. Mind games and road games are the glue of this terrific little crime drama which opened last Thurday thru Hoyts around Australia. It also shows … (read more)

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Reel Anime returns!

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Deni

Great news! Just got word from the good people at Madman – Reel Anime 2012 is set  for September around the country. We don’t have any specific dates yet, but we do know that they’ll be screening Ghibli’s latest From Up On Poppy Hill; Summer Wars director Mamoru Hosoda’s Wolf Children; the first feature film in a new trilogy (!!) based on a bit of a fave of mine, Berserk, called Berserk – The Egg of the King; and … (read more)

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Japanese Cinema Week #2 (Sydney)

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Justin

Japanese Cinema Week is returning in the first week of July for round two, with another eight films screening for free at the Japan Foundation here in Sydney. Full schedule details are on the Japan Foundation site, but here’s a quick roundup of the films, with links to reviews where we’ve got ’em:… (read more)

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Asian cinema on the Gold Coast in April

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Deni

You should already know this, but I don’t mind restating the awesome – the Gold Coast is, this month, the place to be. Why? Well, if you’re an Asian cinephile living in our (usually) sunny state and you don’t have tickets to the Gold Coast Film Festival already in your inbox, you’re going to kick yourself, because you’ll be missing out on some seriously fantastic films.

The GCFF program is featuring a wide range of films for all tastes. For … (read more)

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Big films screening at the KCO for March (Sydney)

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Justin

Just a quick note for readers in Sydney — as part of their Cinema on the Park series, the Korean Cultural Office have dubbed this month’s programme ‘X-treme Korea’, and they’re showing a bunch of great stuff. Several of these screened at festivals last year, so if you missed out, now’s your chance to catch one for free!

I’m too late for March 1st’s film, which was The Man From Nowhere, but coming up on Thursday nights from tomorrow … (read more)

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Bleach on the Gold Coast

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Deni

Okay, so those of you well familiar with our sunny GC might think this post’s title to be an exercise in stating the obvious, but that’s not the kind of bleach I mean. I do of course mean Bleach, the long running anime TV series based on Kubo Tite’s manga, and more specifically I mean the 4th and most recent movie, Hell Verse.

What does it have to do with the Gold Coast, you might ask? Well, just … (read more)

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Extremely last minute Drawn to Screen giveaway for Brisneylanders!

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Deni

Update: The double passes have been claimed. Thanks for the quick responses! Our winners will be notified shortly.

The answer to our question was of course Moss, which was based on a popular webcomic that began in 2007. 

Been chatting with the lovely people over at GoMA’s Australian Cinémathèque in Brisbane today, who have offered us a couple of double passes to one of the films remaining in their Drawn to Screen: Graphic Novels, Comics and Serials programme.

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