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Drive My Car, a film by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
9 February 2022
Drive My Car (Doraibu mai kâ), trailer, is the latest feature from Japanese filmmaker Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, and tells the story of a recently widowed stage director coming to terms with his wife’s sudden death, and revelations about her life that surface after her passing. Drive My Car has been nominated in this year’s Oscars for Best Director, and in a first for a Japanese film, Best Picture.
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Nominations for the ninety-fourth Oscars/Academy Awards
9 February 2022
The nominations for the ninety-fourth Oscars were unveiled overnight, and almost seem more notable for their exclusions rather than their inclusions.
For instance Lady Gaga and Jared Leto were not recognised for their roles in House of Gucci, ditto Cate Blanchett and Bradley Cooper for Nightmare Alley, and then arguably the big one, Denis Villeneuve missing out on a Best Director nomination for Dune, though the film is in the running for Best Picture.
On the other hand Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog is in line for a dozen Oscar gongs, including Best Director and Best Picture, while Australian actors Nicole Kidman and Kodi Smit-McPhee, have also been nominated. The Oscars awards ceremony takes place on Sunday 27 March 2022.
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Flee, a film by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
7 February 2022
Flee, trailer, an animated documentary by Danish filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen, recounts the story of Amin, who left Afghanistan as a child, and settled in Denmark. As he prepares to marry his boyfriend, he confides in a friend, sharing a story about his past he has so far kept secret from everyone.
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Kimi, a film by Steven Soderbergh
26 January 2022
Kimi, trailer, by American filmmaker Steven Soderbergh, with Zoë Kravitz, and a virtual assistant named Kimi, in the lead roles, is a psychological thriller with some distinct shades of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window. How can we go passed Hitchcock?
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Kazuo Ishiguro writing screenplay for Living, based on Ikiru
26 January 2022
British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, author of Klara and the Sun, is writing the screenplay for South African film director Oliver Hermanus‘ new feature, Living, an English language adaptation of Ikiru, the 1952 film by renown late Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. Bill Nighy and Aimee Lou Wood are set to star in the lead roles.
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The Pink Cloud, a film by Iuli Gerbase
24 January 2022
Brazilian filmmaker Iuli Gerbase wrote the screenplay for her debut feature The Pink Cloud in 2017, and filming finished in 2019. If that seems kind of ho-hum, watch the trailer…
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Step into the River, a short film by Weijia Ma
19 January 2022
A trailer for Step into the River, a short film by Chicago based filmmaker Weijia Ma, about a young Chinese girl who was abandoned by her parents as a baby.
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The Northman, a film by Robert Eggers
14 January 2022
The Northman, trailer, the latest feature from American filmmaker Robert Eggers, is a dark, brooding affair, set in tenth century Iceland. There’s some star power here, the cast includes Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke, Alexander Skarsgård, Willem Dafoe, and Björk. Eggers has a penchant for horror themed stories, and while it doesn’t look like there’s too much bump in the night stuff, there’s gore aplenty.
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Gold, a film by Anthony Hayes
6 January 2022
Gold, trailer, by Australian actor and filmmaker Anthony Hayes, sees two men discover a giant nugget of gold in the middle of a blistering desert. So enormous is the find, they are unable to move it without heavy lifting equipment.
One of the men (Zac Efron) decides to remain behind in the searing heat, while his companion goes in search of the gear they need. But the billion dollar question, would you wait possibly days for that to happen?
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Flicker Fest 2022, showing at Bondi Beach
4 January 2022
Flicker Fest, the world’s favourite short film festival (if I may say so…) takes place this year at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, from Friday 21 January, to Sunday 30 January 2021. This year’s event seems to have a Great Gatsby feel… dig out your glad rags, and get ready to party hard.
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