Our companion piece to ABC’s The Straits continues with a film that took home 6 inaugural AACTA awards, including Best Director, Actor, Supporting Actress and Adapted Screenplay.

Last year, Film Blerg ran a Top 10 of 2010. It was fun but perhaps not the freshest idea. This year, a few “Favourite” categories supplement the top ten films, hopefully helping with the freshness factor.

James Madden. There is something about being in a film screening with at least 50 people. When I was younger, I preferred it when no one was in a cinema. I wanted it all to myself. Now that some years have passed, I much prefer a cinema to be as full as possible. The easiest way to guarantee such a [...]

Dear reader(s) / (no one actually reads this except for my future self) / (future self), Yes, it has been a long time between drinks. This, I will conveniently blame on my voyage back into academic life and the joys that come with feeding the university machine. Not all bad news though. I’ve been writing for Melbourne Uni’s Farrago magazine, [...]