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JUDI DENCH ‘LITTERBOX SHUFFLE’ INCLUDED ON CATS 4K DISC RELEASE
Director Tom Hooper has confirmed that ‘Litterbox Shuffle’, a dance number shot at a reported cost of $1.5million but cut from the final edit of his 2019 adaptation CATS, will be reinstated in...
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PREVIEW: 2021 IRANIAN FILM FESTIVAL
The 2021 Iranian Film Festival (IFFA) commences its nationwide rollout this week, with ten films in competition as part of this year’s celebration of Iranian film culture. Despite a 12 month period...
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SIX EARLYBIRD TITLES EARN SYDNEY SCIENCE FICTION FILM FEST PLACEMENT
Australian director Gerald Rascionato’s raptor romp CLAW and American indie voice Ben Tedesco’s lockdown timeloop drama NO TOMORROW are the latest feature films to be confirmed for the 2021 Sydney...
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REMEMBERING RICHARD DONNER
One of Hollywood’s most successful filmmakers, Richard Donner has passed away at the age of 91. He leaves behind a body of work that spans both the golden era of television and the ‘birth of the...
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THE BEAUTIFUL EYE OF HALYNA HUTCHINS
The death of Ukraine-born cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, on the set of the film Rust in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is tragic beyond measure. A young family, including her husband Matthew and their...
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THE BEST TELEVISION OF 2021
A funny thing happened at the Screen-Space office in 2021 - I watched a lot of television. More precisely, I was called upon to review a lot of television, mostly as one half of the Screen Watching...
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THE BEST FILMS OF 2021
For most of 2021, old Sydney town was COVID shuttered. Not since…last year, actually…has the cinema experience been such a truncated, compromised one. The US summer blockbusters earned perfunctory,...
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BRUCE, DIANA AND KAREN LEAD 2021 RAZZIE NOMINATIONS
A musical based on the people’s princess, a tone-deaf and toothless social satire and a former global superstar now just in it for the cash are in the critical crosshairs of the voters of 2021 Golden...
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STEWART IN, GAGA OUT IN ACTRESS RACE; DENIS DUDDED FOR DUNE; DOG’S DAY...
Jane Campion’s creepy, complex western The Power of the Dog nestled into the laps of Academy members, leading the 2022 Oscar nominations pack with 12 nods. Other contenders fell in line with award...
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PREVIEW: 2022 SWIFF
Screenwave International Film Festival (SWIFF) has unveiled its 2022 program, a mammoth undertaking that will bring over 130 sessions and exclusive events to the Coffs Harbour region over 16...
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HOW AMSTERDAM AND DON’T WORRY DARLING HEIGHTEN THEIR REALITIES TO DISSECT OURS
They are two of the fall award season’s most star-studded and discussed films. David O’Russell returns to directing for the first time since 2015 with Amsterdam, a massive production spanning two...
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THIS YEAR'S CINEMATIC BIN WATER: THE WORST FILMS OF 2022
Hollywood offered up its traditional sludge - a dire video-game adaptation (Uncharted), a terrible remake (Firestarter), a cash-grab franchise low (Jurassic World Dominion), and an MCU nadir (Doctor...
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WIN DOUBLE PASSES TO THE OSCAR-NOMINATED AFTERSUN
Courtesy of Kismet Films, SCREEN-SPACE has 6 in-season double passes to give away to see Paul Mescal in his Oscar-nominated performance in AFTERSUN, the universally acclaimed debut feature from...
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2023 OSCAR PREDICTIONS, PART 1: PICTURE, ACTORS, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, SONG...
We've got a lot to say about this year's Academy Award contenders. So much, in fact, we've split our annual predictions piece into two. Pick some fights with us on this page, then follow the link to...
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2023 OSCAR PREDICTIONS, PART 2: DIRECTOR, ACTRESSES, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY,...
In Part 2 of our Oscar Predictions piece, we make some big calls (yes, Ana de Armas should win for Blonde!) and hope you're along for the ride. Read 2023 OSCAR PREDICTIONS, PART 1: FILM, ACTORS,...
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CELEBRATING THE LATE JACQUES HAITKIN, D.O.P.
Cinematographer Jacques Haitkin passed away aged 72 on March 21 2023, leaving behind a legacy of images that helped shape a generation of film fans. Not cinephiles or academics (although they’ve come...
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SCREEN-SPACE'S SWIFF SIX-PASS
“It is the journey north that the Screen-Space team (i.e., me, with my +1) have undertaken six times. The pilgrimage to Coffs Harbour for the Screenwave International Film Festival, the ever-expanding...
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THE SCREEN-SPACE SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL FLEXIPASS TEN
There is a skill that comes with experience when you set out to pick your must-see Sydney Film Festival ten films. If I book this one, do I miss that one? If I miss that one, can I catch it at...
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THE SCREEN-SPACE FAVOURITE FILMS OF 2023
As I write this, we near the final week of 2023, and the industry question that all the trade papers are pondering is, “Is cinema back?” Variety notes that, unless Wonka and Aquaman and The Lost...
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STUPID OSCAR SNUBS: THE BEST OF 2023 NOT IN WITH A SHOT
When the arguments about who have been ‘snubbed’ arise each year in the wake of the Oscar nominations announcement, there is always a counter-argument about who should have missed out to make way....
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