FILMINK Magazine

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FILMINK
“August 2007: Issue 8.06, Number 110”
Editor Erin Free (Editor-In-Chief)
Categories Film
Frequency Monthly
First issue July 1997
Company FKP
Country Australia
Language English
Website Official site

FILMINK is an Australian film magazine published monthly by FKP International Exports since July 1997. It calls itself as "Australia’s Best Movie Magazine." It hosts the annual FILMINK Awards [1] in conjunction with Movie Extra at the historic State Theatre in downtown Sydney. The magazine is a competitor to the Australian version of Empire Magazine, a British publication, and Inside Film Magazine, which also hosts an annual awards presentation.

Contents

[edit] Regular features

FILMINK features content from Australia and abroad. It reviews mainstream films, local pictures and arthouse and independent fare.

Common elements include the extended "front of the book" section called "Keeping It Reel" with small features like "New Faces," "Dumb Ideas," "Hollywood Arseholes," "Talking Movies," "Director’s Cut," "Cameo," "Icon," "FILMINK Loves," "Backstory," "Role Model," "Premiere" and "quoteUNQUOTE."

[edit] On the Cover

Recent cover stories include Christina Ricci, Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Gael Garcia Bernal, David Wenham, Edward Norton, Hugh Jackman, Borat, Emily Barclay, Toni Collette, Jack Black, Johnny Depp, Brandon Routh, Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish and Geoffrey Rush, Audrey Tautou, Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving, Viggo Mortensen, Joaquin Phoenix, Mickey Rourke, Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst, Hilary Swank, Cate Blanchett, Sin City, Jessica Alba, Naomi Watts and many others.

[edit] DVD & Video

FILMINK also extensively covers all available cinematic and DVD releases, as well as a "Home" section focusing on DVD culture.

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