Sex and seriousness: Sydney Film Festival announces first 26 titles – The Sydney Morning Herald

It’s directed by Desiree Akhavan, who was a festival guest with her first film, Appropriate Behaviour, in 2014. “It’s a really inspiring film about sexuality and acceptance,” Moodley says. “And I very much hope she’ll join us at the festival again.” The line-up includes Israeli director Samuel Maoz’s Foxtrot, a Venice prizewinning drama about a…

First Sydney Film Festival titles and new venue announced – Inside Film

West of Sunshine. The Sydney Film Festival today announced the first batch of 26 titles which will premiere at this years event and an additional screening venue. Advertisement A selection of family films and Screenability, the platform for screen practitioners with disability,… Read the full article at: https://www.if.com.au/first-sydney-film-festival-titles-and-new-venue-announced/

Sex and seriousness: Sydney Film Festival announces first 26 titles – The Canberra Times

Films are screening more often on streaming services, digital channels and pay TV. But with fewer art-house films getting cinema release, Nashen Moodley believes festivals are becoming a more important forum for non-mainstream work. “A really inspiring film about sexuality and acceptance”: Chloe Grace Moretz in The Miseducation of Cameron Post. Photo: Supplied “Although there’s a proliferation…

Average debt of problem gamblers in Wisconsin exceeds $34000 – Appleton Post Crescent

Gambling addictions are leading to soaring debt and a bevy of other problems in Wisconsin.(Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto) APPLETON – They max-out credit cards, drain their savings and checking accounts, seek payday loans, borrow money from relatives and friends, steal from employers and write bad checks. On rare occasions, they even rob banks. On average, they…