David Heslin

Editor, occasional writer and intermittent Twitter poster. If elected as prime minister will lift quarantine restrictions on capybara importation.

[David Heslin @Furbicide]

@BigMikedown @kevinbonham No he wouldn’t. Also, kicking a guy in handcuffs off a cliff and hitting women in the face because you’re worried that people will find out you’re having an affair are acts of a pea-hearted coward. Whatever a “real man” is, Ben Roberts-Smith couldn’t be further from it.

[David Heslin @Furbicide]

Their word of the year for 2024 was certainly apt: https://t.co/OnljIPJIfk

[David Heslin @Furbicide]

I can't be the only editor here to be frustrated that @MacqDictionary has both massively increased their subscription fees (to $100 p.a. for individuals), yet their website has become utterly useless in recent months. Can we go back to paying $40 a year for a site that works?

[David Heslin @Furbicide]

MIFF First Glance is live! Check out some early announcements from the festival in August:

https://t.co/nSDGefxJZZ

[Max Chandler-Mather @MChandlerMather]

I feel like the PM launching into another attack on someone who isn’t even in parliament, rather than celebrating a historic win proves my point, which is this is how the political class treats ppl who fight for renters & real change.

Compare this to his kind words for Dutton.

[David Heslin @Furbicide]

@kevinbonham Would also be interested to know if there's any indication on how Broadbent and Goodenough are likely to fare in their seats.

[David Heslin @Furbicide]

@kevinbonham Not sure if I'm missing something obvious, but reporting Calare as a safe Coalition seat seems odd given the incumbent and runner-up from last election are independents. Is Andrew Gee really on the wrong side of a 60–40 split, or is he being assigned as LNP?

[Melbourne Cinémathèque @MelbCteq]

Read our annotation by David Heslin on MES PETITES AMOUREUSES(1974) in @SensesofCinema:
https://t.co/IdOqDvUa0N

[David Heslin @Furbicide]

@Milan2Pinsk @graceboschetti @MIFFofficial Well said, Rochelle! :) Really thrilled that Grace was picked for this, and very much looking forward to reading her work in the coming weeks.

[Dr Rochelle Siemienowicz @Milan2Pinsk]

Congratulations to film critic @graceboschetti in this year's @MIFFofficial Critics Campus. If you know Grace, you know she's the real deal: passionate, sensitive, thorough and prepared to do the work of watching hundreds of films every year. #MIFF2024 https://t.co/uvEwSxqoCs

[Silvi Vann-Wall @SilviReports]

I really enjoyed PACO when I saw it at last year's SXSW Sydney – particularly loved the way it delves into the loneliness/solitude of sound recording. David Heslin writes beautifully about the film here: https://t.co/W03hqijxVi #PACO

[David Heslin @Furbicide]

I wrote this piece on Tim Carlier's excellent Adelaide-set comedy Paco for ScreenHub:

https://t.co/CZTF1w0Emr

[David Heslin @Furbicide]

Incredible news!

[Criterion Collection @Criterion]

NOT A PRETTY PICTURE (1975) • Entering the Criterion Collection in August! https://t.co/nTxcbKEFoj

Trailblazing filmmaker @Martha_Coolidge made her feature debut with this unflinchingly personal hybrid of documentary and fiction.

[David Heslin @Furbicide]

@graceboschetti I love what he says about Pasolini in particular

[Barry Hertz @HertzBarry]

"Ultimately what makes me saddest about ending this endeavour is the chance that the space will not exist for a certain kind of filmmaker's work to be treated with the intellect and respect they deserve in print." A depressing, and depressingly unsurprising, RIP to Cinema Scope.

[David Heslin @Furbicide]

@EloiseLoRoss Let me know if you'd like me to send you a copy of the film! It's certainly one of a kind.

[David Heslin @Furbicide]

@FilmsRadiance @cinephile85 Any rough estimate when? :)

[Metro and Screen Education @metrofilm]

In a new piece in Metro, Grace Boschetti discusses Kitty Green's The Royal Hotel – a troubling look at gendered power dynamics in an outback setting:

https://t.co/6MIGYNoVtw

[David Heslin @Furbicide]

@JoeBartone70516 @terryfrost @nadine_whitney Mate, tell me about it – the magazine I edit, @metrofilm, has been on life support for most of 2023. But we’ve never asked for or accepted cash for coverage because that would debase the entire project. If anyone chooses to go down that path, then they may as well shut up shop.

[David Heslin @Furbicide]

@JoeBartone70516 @terryfrost @nadine_whitney The biggest story here is the publications that asked you for an "administrative fee" in order to review your film. I'd be interested to hear the names of some of those mastheads, particularly the more well-known ones. Readers should know that they're engaged in these practices.