The Cove released on DVD December 2 through our good friends at Madman. Super Special Edition: now with even more Cove! http://bit.ly/3QAymv # A Good Man: touching, shocking & hilarious, and showing at the Rosebud Film Festival this weekend! http://bit.ly/3yRdn6 # A Good Man. Father. Husband. Carer. Pimp? Coming to a cinema near you. http://bit.ly/3HaPMM #
November 10, 2009
Community spirit and common sense has prevailed after an unnecessary and undoubtedly destructive limbo for community television when Melbourne’s iconic Channel 31 along with five other capital stations were this week granted the broadcast spectrum to go digital. Channel 31 originally approached the federal government for a digital licence 9 years ago when the digital TV [...]
November 9, 2009
In Search Of Beethoven opening tomorrow Nov 5 at Theatre Royal Castlemaine, Plaza Theatre Laurieton, Empire Cinema Bowral, & Schonell @UQ # How many docos never make it to the screen? Is the mortality rate higher or lower than feature films? How much genius has been thwarted? #
November 5, 2009
Scanning through the Gil Scrine Films back catalogue recently I was struck by the fact that most of our titles sit on one or other end of the scale of warning/fear for the future of our world, or hope for humanity. A selection from colum A (the dire): A Crude Awakening Manufacturing Consent Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky In [...]
November 2, 2009
How do you keep your brain healthy? Do crosswords? Meditate? What about playing music? Music Of The Brain investigates http://bit.ly/3VGlzB # Dennis Hopper cancels his Oz visit to focus on his fight against prostate cancer. Huge shame – get well soon Mad Dog. # Does everyone already subscribe to the Urban Cinfile weekly enews update? If not, [...]
October 26, 2009
What’s better than free stuff? Free stuff with lashings of heart. Rather than just draw 20 free double passes to the brilliant new documentary In Search Of Beethoven out of a hat, the good folk at Urban Cinefile shared the love by asking subscribers ‘If you were to write a love song, to whom would you dedicate [...]
October 26, 2009
In Search Of Beethoven opens TODAY in Eastern States. Check your local guides and GET CLASSICAL! # R.I.P. Don Lane. Not everyone's flavour of mustard, but a consumate entertainer and by all accounts a good bloke. # Phil Grabsky has been wowing audiences with his terrific Q & A screenings of In Search Of Beethoven. Hitting Adeliade [...]
October 19, 2009
Stop Press: Beethoven found in Melbourne. Appearing at the Cinema Nova 3pm today. In conversation with Phil Grabsky. Don't miss it. # Riveting four and a half star film? Stimulating Q & A? Why thank you. Phil Grabsky presents In Search Of Beethoven @ Avoca Beach 6:30 # ALSO! The Burning Season showing at Antipodean Film Festival [...]
October 12, 2009
New Zealand classical music fans!! Special 'In Search Of Beethoven' Q & A screening with director Phil Grabsky FRI night at Rialto Auckland # At Gil Scrine Films, we love the stories behind the screen and the culture of engaged film criticism. Check out http://www.sensesofcinema.com # "No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist…" Beethoven [...]
October 7, 2009
If you trawl around the papers and websites and blogs for quotes on even the least impressive film, eventually you’d find enough quotes to pull together a positive sounding press release or ad. Except maybe Gigli. I’m pretty sure no one wrote a single word about that disaster that could’ve been twisted into a positive… Anyway, I [...]
November 16, 2009
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