Hard Times are Over: Saidin Salkic’s The Last Days of Loneliness Fiona Villella January 2022 Feature Articles Over the last couple of years, the pandemic has forced us to consider the impact of loneliness and to consider just how important others are in our lives. Whether it be the mundane interactions we have with str...
Some notes on My Blessings Fiona Villella July 2021 Australian Autofiction As this dossier shows, there is a rich and long history of personal filmmaking in Australian independent cinema. The films that belong to this tradition are disparate in many ways, but all are sincere in their ...
Matthew Victor Pastor – An Interview Fiona Villella January 2021 Interviews Melbourne-based, independent filmmaker Matthew Victor Pastor has been making films for over ten years. His prolific output so far includes four mini-features and four features. His latest film The Neon Across t...
World Poll 2020 – Introduction Fiona Villella January 2021 World Poll With over 100 entries from cinephiles, academics, critics, programmers, and filmmakers across the globe, this year’s Senses of Cinema World Poll is a handy barometer for viewing habits and attitudes in a time o...
Spirits Soaring: Pop music in Bande de filles (2014) Fiona Villella October 2020 Pop Music in Film Belonging to a tradition of French cinema, Bande de filles (Céline Sciamma, 2014) continues that tradition’s fine balance between documentary-like realism and narrative drama. In this case, teenager Marieme (Ka...
Film in the Age of COVID Fiona Villella July 2020 Cinema in the Age of COVID Occasionally throughout isolation, I’ve experienced that moment when two seemingly disparate films ‘talk’ to each other. Recently, I watched Midsommar (Ari Aster, 2019) and The Virgin Spring (Ingmar Bergman, 19...
Wild and Precious –A Film by Bill Mousoulis Fiona Villella December 2012 Feature Articles At the centre of Wild and Precious (2012) is the character of Giulio Figurelli, an impulsive, impassioned and energetic figure. His vivid, potent, occasionally incoherent soliloquy, which opens the film, is ele...
Seeing in the Night: A Nocturne Fiona Villella March 2008 Australian Cinema Independent writer-director Bill Mousoulis’ new feature ventures into the heart of darkness and Villella finds much to appreciate in its mesmeric æsthetics.
Interview with Leah Purcell Rose Capp and Fiona Villella October 2002 Australian Women Writer, actor, and now director Leah Purcell talks to the co-editors about life, politics, talking tough to Phil Noyce and her documentary Black Chicks Talking.
The 4th Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema – An Affair to Remember Fiona Villella May 2002 Festival Reports An overview on this unique festival that defied all the odds to continue its strong reputation.
Long Road Home: Phillip Noyce’s Rabbit-Proof Fence Fiona Villella March 2002 Australian Cinema and Culture After 10 years in Hollywood, Noyce returns home to tell a uniquely Australian story.
A Report on the 4th Cinesonic Conference Fiona Villella September 2001 Festival Reports The latest offering by the world's only conference devoted to film scores and sound design discussed.