Kriv Stenders

  • Kriv Stenders – Boxing Day (2007)

    Kriv Stenders2001-2010AustraliaDrama

    Kriv Stenders’ Boxing Day is a harrowing film, with moments of absolute release and relief.

    It is a low-budget work, filmed on digital video – with Stenders behind the camera – in a single location, with a cast of six. It takes place in real time, and it’s shot in long, sometimes relentless scenes that give the appearance of being a single, continuous take. It’s a film that puts its characters under pressure, and in some ways, its audience too. But it’s also a rewarding work to watch, a raw, vivid, risky movie that juggles intensity and excess, yet shows moments of restraint and grace.Read More »

  • Kriv Stenders – The Go-Betweens: Right Here (2017)

    2011-2020AustraliaDocumentaryKriv StendersMusical
    The Go Betweens Right Here (2017)
    The Go Betweens Right Here (2017)

    Legends of the indie Oz Rock scene, The Go-Betweens provided a soundtrack to a generation of music enthusiasts throughout the 80s, developing a unique and compelling combination of song writing, both angst ridden and sensitive, that eluded the mainstream and all the trappings of popular success.

    Four decades in the making, Right Here: Finding the Go-Betweens explores the quintessential Aussie band from formation in 1977 by Queensland University students Robert Forster and Grant McLennan, joined by Lindy Morrison on drums until the band broke up in late 1989, after six critically acclaimed albums. They reformed in 2000 for three more albums before McLennan died in 2006, aged 48.Read More »

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