The 74th Melbourne International Film Festival will feature more than 300 films, shorts, immersive experiences and special events. Film buffs Jake Maison and Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud have put together their selection of festival films that are sure to be of interest to Green Left readers.
Arts venue Divine Playhouse was told its lease would not be renewed after religious extremists waged a campaign against the LGBTIQ-friendly venue. Dalton Ball reports.
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance has called for urgent action to support the live performance industry after several major theatre productions were cancelled. Dalton Ball reports.
Earth’s Greatest Enemy, directed by radical journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin and ex-GI Mike Prysner, reveals a hidden truth behind the climate crisis, writes Jim McIlroy.
This year's Sydney Film Festival, running from June 3–14, features films about First Nations resistance, a Palestinian uprising and communities seeking justice, writes Ben Radford.
Try Me For Treason showcases recent testimony given in Russian courts by Russian and Ukrainian opponents of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, writes Dave Mitchelmore.
Filmmaker David Bradbury has left Australia to join the Nuestra América convoy to Cuba. Melissa Johns reports.
A special screening of award-winning documentary Women of Steel is being held in nipaluna/Hobart to celebrate International Women’s Day, reports Melissa Johns. The film documents a historic fight by women in Wollongong for jobs and justice.
The BBC was accused of censoring pro-Palestine content and ableism at the recent British film awards, reports Dom Williams.
Bill Nevins travelled to New Orleans for the Folk Alliance International Conference in January.
Mei-Ing Cheok reviews Kaouther Ben Hania’s award-winning docudrama, The Voice of Hind Rajab, which confronts us with the unbearable final hours of five-year-old Hind Rajab, one of the countless child victims of Israel’s war on Gaza.
The new documentary, Until the Sky Falls Quiet, is a devastating depiction of the health tragedy inflicted on the population by Israel’s genocidal war against Gaza, writes Jim McIlroy.
