Interview: Miranda July (The Future). By Simon Miraudo. Miranda July is a unique talent with many strings to her bow; she’s a performance artist, musician, novelist, screenwriter, director, actor, and, as I discovered when I sat down with her at the Sydney Film Festival, a generally charming human being. Her latest movie – The Future – is a romantic drama about crumbling couple […]
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Ready to start – Beginners review
January 3, 2012 
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Beginners – Starring Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer and Mélanie Laurent. Directed by Mike Mills. Rated M. Originally published August 1, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. One of the great cosmic practical jokes is humanity’s enduring inability to capture, well, humanity on screen, which is probably why we make so many films about fighting robots instead. It’s the great desire of an artist; to depict human […]
Continue readingPerth International Arts Festival – Interview: Miranda July (The Future)
December 13, 2011 0 Comments
Interview: Miranda July (The Future). By Simon Miraudo. Miranda July is a unique talent with many strings to her bow; she’s a performance artist, musician, novelist, screenwriter, director, actor, and, as I discovered when I sat down with her at the Sydney Film Festival, a generally charming human being. Her latest movie – The Future – is a […]
Continue readingPerth International Arts Festival – The Future review
December 12, 2011 0 Comments
The Future – Starring Miranda July and Hamish Linklater. Directed by Miranda July. Originally published June 10, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. This review was originally published during the Sydney Film Festival. The Future plays the Perth International Film Festival from December 12 – 24. Click here for more details. “Act naturally,” says a little girl to Miranda July as she digs a […]
Continue readingThe 10 best female performances of 2011
December 8, 2011 2 Comments
The 10 best female performances of 2011. By Simon Miraudo. Acting! It’s perhaps the most subjective craft in the entire moviemaking process. What better way to celebrate its unquantifiable nature than by ranking our favourite performances of the year? Look past the inherent ridiculousness of comparing a batch of boisterous bridesmaids with sisters awaiting the end […]
Continue readingA Separation, The Kid With A Bike selected as PIAF Lotterywest Festival Films
November 4, 2011 0 Comments
The slate of acclaimed international feature films headed to WA for the Perth International Arts Festival has been revealed, including such fest favourites as MIFF and SFF award winner A Separation , Errol Morris’ controversial doco Tabloid and the Dardenne brothers’ newie The Kid With A Bike. The Lotterywest Festival Film season runs from November to April. Check out […]
Continue readingReady to start – Beginners review
August 1, 2011 1 Comment
Beginners – Starring Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer and Mélanie Laurent. Directed by Mike Mills. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Beginners played the Melbourne International Film Festival. It arrives in Australian cinemas August 25, 2011. One of the great cosmic practical jokes is humanity’s enduring inability to capture, well, humanity on screen, which is probably why […]
Continue readingSydney Film Festival – Video Interview: Miranda July (The Future)
June 19, 2011 0 Comments
We spoke with Miranda July, writer, director and star of the new film The Future at the 2011 Sydney Film Festival. Check out our chat below! You can read the full transcript of our interview here. You can also read our review of The Future. Discuss: Did you catch The Future at SFF?
Continue readingSydney Film Festival – Day Seven
June 15, 2011 0 Comments
Sydney Film Festival – Day Seven. By Simon Miraudo. [The following conversation took place sometime between 10pm and 12am on the seventh day of the 2011 Sydney Film Festival, on a flight headed from Sydney to Perth. It is almost entirely verbatim]. ————————————————————— “Is that you personal computer?” “This? No, no, just an iPad.” “It’s so […]
Continue readingSydney Film Festival – Interview: Miranda July (The Future)
June 12, 2011 1 Comment
Interview: Miranda July (The Future). By Simon Miraudo. Performance artist, musician, novelist, screenwriter, director, actor and generally charming human being Miranda July is one of the guests of honour at the 2011 Sydney Film Festival. Her latest movie – The Future – is a romantic drama about crumbling couple Sophie (July) and Jason (Hamish Linklater), […]
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June 10, 2011 1 Comment
The Future – Starring Miranda July and Hamish Linklater. Directed by Miranda July. By Simon Miraudo. The Future makes its Australian debut at the Sydney Film Festival on Saturday June 11. It also screens Sunday June 12. “Act naturally,” says a little girl to Miranda July as she digs a backyard grave for herself. Although […]
Continue readingSydney Film Festival – Day Two
June 9, 2011 0 Comments
Sydney Film Festival – Day Two. By Simon Miraudo. I take no pleasure in telling you that I got lost on the way to a screening of Sykt Lykkelig’s Norwegian comedy Happy Happy. So lost, in fact, I actually missed out on seeing the film altogether. Set to begin 6pm at Event Cinemas, I left the […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Future
May 10, 2011 0 Comments
The trailer for Miranda July‘s new film The Future has debuted online. As you would expect from the writer/director of Me and You and Everyone We Know, The Future looks to be a unique, gorgeous and (overused indie descriptor alert!) quirky film experience. The Future stars July and Hamish Linklater as a couple of thirty-somethings […]
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