Does that scenario sound familiar to you? When I first heard it my mind flashed with images of Schappelle Corby standing in a heated Bali courtroom hitting her forehead. I…
Following on from the earlier post … With the audience hyped after seeing the premier of the surfing movie Drift, the three stars Myles Pollard, Sam Worthington and Xavier Samuel walked…
Time to reminisce about living in a country town where the streets are wide, the traffic non-existent, and there isn’t a franchised coffee shop or restaurant logo in sight. Simpler…
This is the crucial question at the centre of The Company You Keep, and a very appropriate one, given the immense personal risk undertaken to bring you this post.The Company…
Ponder this … you’re a writer/director who’s won several awards for your short films, including a Best Short Film at the AFI Awards and Cannes Film Festival. You’ve secured funding for…
It’s always interesting to hear what goes on behind the scenes of seemingly effortless acting performances. NIDA graduate Damon Gameau was in Perth recently to launch his latest film Save…
Take a true Australian story, add a touch of The Hangover, a smidge of Eat, Prey, Love, two drops of Bollywood and a good dose of club cricket, the result…
After years of writing attempts and a mammoth rejection file, what would you do if … you stumbled across an old sachet in an antique store, inside it was a…
Last week I saw Arbitrage, a slick corporate suspense thriller about love, loyalty, power, greed and how one decision can change it all, or …? With a stellar cast of Richard…
Wisdom comes with age or so they say, but as I left the movie, I am Eleven, I pondered whether this saying needs a bit of re-gigging.I am Eleven is the first feature…
Before showing The King is Dead at Cinema Paradiso, director Rolf de Heer (Ten Canoes, The Tracker) was asked to explain the movies genre. He declined saying he’d prefer people watched…
Last night I went to see The King is Dead by Rolf de Heer, he of Bad Boy Bubby and Ten Canoes fame, hmmm. Ensconced in the back row I…
It takes something pretty special to get me out the door on a 38 degree day, and even in my youth I doubt I’d have gone to meet someone on…
There’s something magical about sitting outside watching movies under the summer sky, it’s guaranteed to make my heart sing. For me Movie Extra Tropfest, held annually at Fremantles Bohemia Outdoor…
The Women on the 6th Floor is the heart-warming upstairs downstairs comedy smash by director Philippe Le Guay. In Paris it screened for 6 months and received over 2.3 million admissions. If…
Two films recently featured on The Ponder Room will both be shown at the MyState Breath of Fresh Air (BOFA) Film Festival in Tasmania. This has me pondering … what would…
When it turns into a successful calling card for its director and photographers overseas. After opening in Australia this month, The Hunter, its director Daniel Nettheim, along with photographers Matt Nettheim and Jason Boland, continue to…
Some of you may recall a post about local father Lincoln Fenner who’s film More For Me, was entered into the New York City International Film Festival (NYCIFF) and being shown…
