Tuesday, 5 May 2026

On Australian Film History - Rod Bishop reviews THE LAST DAYS OF ZANE GREY by Vicki Hastrich, Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2025

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In the 1930s, Americans didn’t believe sharks ate people. Hollywood celebrity novelist Zane Grey knew they did, and came to Australia to big...
Sunday, 3 May 2026

AT CINEMA REBORN - Barrie Pattison's introduction to THE WATCHMAKER OF ST PAUL (repeat screening on Thursday)

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Philippe Noiret, The Watchmaker of St Paul Editor's Note: THE WATCHMAKER OF ST PAUL   drew a very good crowd at its screening at Cinema ...
Thursday, 23 April 2026

THE CINEMA REBORN 2026 CATALOGUE IS NOW ON SALE

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Here’s the splendid cover of the Cinema Reborn 2026 catalogue. Editor Anne Rutherford and designer David McLaine have assembled 88 pages of ...
Monday, 20 April 2026

The Current Cinema - another new Australian movie that might fall through the cracks - ALPHABET LANE (James Litchfield. Australia, 2025)

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Anna (Tilda Cobham-Hervey), Alphabet Lane   I'm warning you. Pay attention. Remember the first line of Alphabet Lane . Think about the l...
Sunday, 12 April 2026

Streaming on Netflix - Rod Bishop recommends - DETECTIVE HOLE aka Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole (Jo Nesbø, Norway, 2026)

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Any Norwegian serial killer, police-procedural that uses the German philosopher Martin Heidegger as a running joke, has got to be worth a lo...
Thursday, 9 April 2026

On Criterion 4K UHD and 2K Blu-ray - David Hare discovers "A perfect rescue of a perfect movie" - TROUBLE IN PARADISE (Ernst Lubitsch, USA, 1932)

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  Criterion's new 4K disc of Trouble in Paradise is a giant step up from the screening of a "new" restoration from Universal ...
Monday, 6 April 2026

CINEMA REBORN and PERSIAN FILM FESTIVAL AUSTRALIA Present Tributes to Bahram Beyzaie Iranian Filmmaker (1938-2025)

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  CINEMA REBORN and PERSIAN FILM FESTIVAL AUSTRALIA Present Tributes to Bahram Beyzaie Iranian Filmmaker (1938-2025) Cinema Reborn and the P...