by GREG KING The American Essentials Film Festival screens at Kino Cinemas from May 10 and runs through until May 20. The festival screens some of the latest and best films from America’s independent film scene, and the films are chosen straight from some of the US’s top film festivals like Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca.… Continue Reading »
AMERICAN ESSENTIALS FILM FESTIVAL 2017 – interview with artistic director Richard Sowada
by GREG KING The American Essentials Film Festival 2017 screens at Palace Cinemas around Australia in May. This specially curated program features a range of the latest and most vibrant new independent films from America, with some filmmakers in the early stages of their careers. There is also a Masters and Masterpieces sidebar that features… Continue Reading »
ESSENTIAL INDEPENDENTS: AMERICAN CINEMA NOW – interview with curator Richard Sowada
by GREG KING The inaugural Essential Independents: American Cinema Now festival is a two week long film festival that showcases the past, the present and the future of independent cinema from the US.Curated by Richard Sowada and screening at Palace Cinemas from May 17, the 32 films in the festival celebrate new narrative features, documentaries,… Continue Reading »
SAMURAI CINEMA – interview with ACMI’s Richard Sowada
by GREG KING Samurai films are among the most influential in cinema, earning a place in the film canon. They include some of the most important films ever produced by some of the masters of the cinema. ACMI are holding a series of special screenings under the banner heading of Samurai Cinema: The Way of… Continue Reading »
AUSTRALIAN NOIR RETROSPECTIVE – Interview with Richard Sowada, ACMI’s Head of Programming
AUSTRALIAN NOIR RETROSPECTIVE – Interview with Richard Sowada by GREG KING When you think of film noir, you typically think of those black and white crime melodramas of the ‘40’s and ‘50’s, the more traditional American kind of noir type in which good men were often corrupted by the wiles of a manipulative woman. Double… Continue Reading »
