Turning the ‘Has Fallen’ franchise into a series was no easy task. We speak to the creator Howard Overman and producers Johnny Caps and Julian Murphy about one-take fights, villains with depth and casting the right leads.
It’s celebrated as a time of new beginnings, romantic potential, and a return to sun-filled days, but spring is also the inspiration for countless movies that are guaranteed to lift your mood. From comedies that celebrate budding romance, to coming-of-age tales full of nostalgia, dramas set against the backdrop of warm, blustery evenings and musicals…
The only thing that can come between two loving, committed sisters is a man. It’s a tale as old as time, and yet, when that tale is told right (with wholly fleshed-out, nuanced women characters), it can feel fresh, even hilarious. Playwright Matilda Curtis (daughter of Downton Abbey’s Elizabeth McGovern and producer-director Simon Curtis), and…
When it came time to consider the curation approach for this year’s Sydney Film Festival Selects collection, SFF Festival Director Nashen Moodley decided not to overthink it. In perusing the list of past SFF favourites that have since made their way to SBS On Demand, his “shortlist” was 60 films, before he stopped himself. “I…
For voracious readers, great book-to-screen adaptations are a godsend. There is so much emotional weight in that book you were immersed in – to the extent that the characters felt like an extension of your own self. When a director, screenwriter and cast can wring the truthfulness from the original book, it does the ultimate…
Pride This six-part documentary series chronicles the struggle for LGBTQ+ civil rights in America from the 1950s through the 2000s. Seven renowned LGBTQ+ directors explore heroic and heartbreaking stories that define America as a nation. The limited series spans the FBI surveillance during the 1950s Lavender Scare to the “Culture Wars” of the 1990s and…
— This article contains spoilers for season one of ‘Reyka’. If you haven’t watched that yet, we suggest heading straight to to dive into those episodes before reading on — There are a lot of investigators out there haunted by their grim past. South African criminal profiler Reyka Gama (Kim Engelbrecht) has a past more…
