What are you willing to take a risk for? (The Company You Keep)
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…
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Satisfaction secret exposed (Job satisfaction #7 Julius Avery, Son of a Gun)
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…
Filming in India: Save Your Legs Part 2 (Behind the Scenes Q&A with Damon Gameau)
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…
Ever dreamt of playing for your country (Save Your Legs: Part 1)
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…
The cost of ambition and success (THE WORDS movie)
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…
Two sure-fire signs a movie is worth recommending (Arbitrage)
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 … maybe (I am Eleven by Geneviene Bailey)
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…
The King Is Dead Q&A with Rolf de Heer
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…
Love thy neighbour or … (The King Is Dead by Rolf de Heer)
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…
Tomorrow 6pm at the car park rooftop be there
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…
Lightbulb moments at 2012 Tropfest smorgasbord
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…
What constitutes a family? (The Women on the 6th Floor movie)
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…
More 4 Me and The Hunter both get an airing at BOFA Tasmanian Festival 2011
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 is a movie not just a movie? (more news on The Hunter success)
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…
WA film More For Me wins Best Documentary at NYC International Film Festival
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…
The World Moves In Mysterious Ways (Red Dog Movie Part 2)
By now you’ll know Red Dog is a story about a charismatic kelpie that charmed the north west of Western Australia, however you may not know how the film came…
How to ensure celebrities perform (Louis de Bernieres at Byron Bay Writers Festival)
While Louis de Bernieres, writer of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Birds Without Wings, and most recently Red Dog, discussed his love of creating ‘possible worlds’, the massive audience spilling out of…
