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French Film Festival 2024: "Diversity and humanity"
Film enthusiasts and lovers of French cinema will soon have the opportunity to engage with renowned French actress Catherine Deneuve,...
eclectic Stefan
Feb 26, 20245 min read


Blind Ambition:”The Olympic Games of wine”
Do you know your pinot grigio from your pinot noir, fortified blends from late harvest wines, malolactic fermentation from long chain...
eclectic Stefan
Mar 27, 20226 min read


The Power of the Dog:”I smell and I like it”
The Western genre is defined by stories about sprawling landscapes, land barons, Native Americans, water rights, revenge, gunslingers,...
eclectic Stefan
Nov 15, 20213 min read

The Dry:"Behind the scenes--real towns, real lives, real people"
Bear with me while I spin a yarn for you. Many years ago after driving 10 hours through searing summer heat and bushfires from Canberra...
eclectic Stefan
Oct 18, 20216 min read


The Dry:"When lying becomes second nature"
Australia experiences severe weather conditions. Floods, catastrophic bushfires and disastrous droughts cause environmental devastation...
eclectic Stefan
Oct 14, 20213 min read


Hunt for the Wilderpeople:”Majestical”
Being a teenager comes with many challenges. They can be rebellious, self-absorbed, resistant to authority while operating through a maze...
eclectic Stefan
Aug 30, 20215 min read


Sweet Country:"An Australian Western"
Celebrate NAIDOC Week NAIDOC Week is an Australian observance lasting from the first Sunday in July until the following Sunday. NAIDOC...
eclectic Stefan
Jul 8, 20213 min read


Samson and Delilah:"Enduring love & heartache"
Celebrate NAIDOC Week NAIDOC Week is an Australian observance lasting from the first Sunday in July until the following Sunday. NAIDOC...
eclectic Stefan
Jul 6, 20213 min read


The Proposition:"Sweat, brutality & death"
Celebrate NAIDOC Week NAIDOC Week is an Australian observance lasting from the first Sunday in July until the following Sunday. NAIDOC...
eclectic Stefan
Jul 5, 20213 min read


Satellite Boy:"The people are the land"
Celebrate NAIDOC Week NAIDOC Week is an Australian observance lasting from the first Sunday in July until the following Sunday. NAIDOC...
eclectic Stefan
Jul 4, 20214 min read


Last Cab To Darwin:"Heart, soul, love, life, death"
Confronting death in movies is difficult under any circumstances. In Last Cab To Darwin, Michael Caton, as Rex, a Broken Hill taxi driver...
eclectic Stefan
May 31, 20212 min read

June Again: "The fog of memory"
Australian cinema is renowned for low-key films, such as Malcolm, Proof, Spotswood, Dogs in Space, Paper Planes, Red Dog and Kenny, that...
eclectic Stefan
May 30, 20214 min read

Welcome to Screen Speak:”For the love of cinema”
Screen Speak is designed to share film reviews, of current films and historic films, provide sidebars about backgrounds to film...
eclectic Stefan
Mar 2, 20211 min read
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