So. Many. Great. Films. 2018 has been a great year for Australian films which started with the release of Warwick Thornton’s outback Western, Sweet Country. Which film will join Love is Now, Holding the Man, The Legend of Ben Hall and Innuendo The Bad Twin as the winner of the Cinema Australia 2018 Audience Award? Voting for…
by David Morgan-Brown A breezy and not-too-dramatic road movie was not an unwelcome entry in the Australian New Wave near the end of the ‘70s, particularly given the number of searing and serious socio-political films that had been previously released in the decade such as Wake in Fright, The Last Wave, The Chant of Jimmie…
Written and Directed by Wayne Tunks Produced by Nicholas Price and Wayne Tunks Cinematography by Nicholas Price Editing by Paul Anthony Nelson Sound Design by Peter “PJ” Johnson Composing by Tony Ling Starring Tristan Clark, Prudence Holloway, Jasper Lee Lindsey, Robert Miniter, Jacinta Moses, Bronte Parkin, Nick Sinclair, Anton Smilek, Wayne Tunks and David Woodland…
Written, produced and directed by Taya Calder-Mason Starring: Matthew Clarke, Taya Calder-Mason, Paul Antony Rogers, Brenton Price and Caleb Havebond Fight Like a Woman follows young local boxer, Lanie Ray (Taya Calder-Mason) as she prepares to fight against popular male rival, Ricky Louis (Matthew Clarke). Article by Taya Calder-Mason The concept for Fight Like a…
Directed by Nic Barker Starring Honor Wolff, Isabelle Ford, Alex Cooper and Kaarin Fairfax. The Greta Fragments is a story about finding yourself, then having to do it all over again. Article by Nic Barker I’ve always been interested in the sort of filmmaking that allows for a lot of spontaneity and freedom on the day.…
Cinema Australia Original Content: Director Heath Davis has been a busy man having directed three Australian feature films over the last few years – Broke, Book Week and the upcoming Locusts. Written and produced by Angus Watts, Locusts is a modern western action-suspense feature filmed at Broken Hill and set for release late next year. Here,…
“Like with a few Australian films before it and quite a few more after it, 27A has the conviction to portray the roughness and the hopelessness of its scenario – this is a key identifiable aspect of this country’s films of this era.” Written by David Morgan-Brown The sounds of mental asylum chit-chat is heard over…
