Amateur Hour

9 Mar 2016

FILM PROFILE – “SPEAR”

Spear (M) Directed by Stephen Page Writer: Jessica Craig-Piper Director Stephen Page’s ambitious, unconventional debut feature Spear is an arresting synthesis of cinema and modern dance. A journey into impending manhood, the film approaches thematically familiar terrain with a fresh eye, and contemplates what it means to be a young Indigenous man coming of age in contemporary Australia. Visually spectacular, the project’s aesthetic finesse is as much a result of the superior technical team assembled by Page

24 Jun 2016

Film Profile – Mr Gaga

By Clemmie Wetherall

Mr Gaga (2015) Director: Tomer Heymann Review by Clem Wetherall Eight years in the making, Mr Gaga is director Tomer Heymann's opus and love-letter to world-renowned Israeli dancer, choreographer and artistic director Ohad Naharin. Far removed from what we sometimes think of as the 'spectacle' of dance, this documentary is not another Flash-dance, Fame or Footloose, but rather a deeply emotional and cinematically exquisite examination of Ohad Naharin’s life, from his time as a carefree