Water is a bitterly striking film. It is a story that makes the viewer feel emotionally claustrophobic as we intuit the feelings experienced by the Indian widows, ostracised from their …

Of Chinese descent and born in the culturally diverse Kuala Lumpur, little Brian immigrated to Sydney in 1987 with his family to escape the volatile political climate of Malaysia at …

I must admit to having significant expectations from Brokeback Mountain. Friends and colleagues relayed reports of sobbing acquaintances discreetly hiding their shiny faces as they departed the theatre at the …

To put my perspective of this film into focus, I need to begin by narrating an encounter I once had in the distant past. I met a lady by the …

A rainy evening at the Palace Cinemas provided the solemnity to allow for Capote’s sobering messages to be absorbed readily. The film tells of Truman Capote’s pursuit of another literary …

I guess Baz Luhrmann was responsible for the new wave of the musical movie with Moulin Rouge in 2001. Since, a small handful of movies have pranced into this niche …

Exhumed from the annals of Australian celluloid by organisers of the queer film festival circuit, The Set is regarded as the first gay film made in Australia. Screened in 1970 …

A gem of the AFC standard, Priscilla is one of the higher budget queer films produced in Australia. The concept of two drag queens and a transsexual ex-Les Girls performer …

Director Amnon Buchbinder’s describes the making of Whole New Thing as a challenge ‘to spin the flax into gold’: a draft script in two weeks, five days of pre-production, fifteen …

As the top Australian film in 2004 reaping a measly $4.8 million from Australian cinema audiences, Strange Bedfellows presents not only an interesting shift in audience reception to gay themes, …