Janine Hosking’s provocative Australian documentary The Eulogy will screen across the country over the next week as part of the Young at Heart film festival. The Eulogy is a stark exploration of the rise and fall of the extraordinary Australian pianist Geoffrey Tozer. His story is framed poignantly by Paul Keating’s re-enactment of the famous…
Directed by Dee McLachlan Written by James S. Abrams Produced by Veronica Sive Starring David Arquette, Jackson Gallagher, Kendal Rae, Belinda McClory, Christopher Kirby, Ben Steel, Victoria Liu, Edwina Royce, Matthew Connell, Eliza D’Souza, Anna Burgess, Matt Callan and Michael Shanahan The Wheel is an Australian sci-fi action movie directed by Dee McLachlan. Filmed primarily at Melbourne’s Dockland…
A release date, cinema locations and a new trailer have been revealed for director Luke Sullivan’s groundbreaking new Australian film, Reflections in the Dust, ahead of its March 7 release. An unspoken event has caused civilisation to crumble, leaving the survivors to cluster in the wilderness. Among them is a blind girl (Sarah Houbolt) who…
A limited theatrical release has been announced for new Australian psychological thriller Pimped. The transgressive thriller starring Ella Scott Lynch (Love Child) and Benedict Samuel (The Walking Dead) will be released via Playground Films in conjunction with Bonsai Films. Cinematic, elevated, and performance driven, the story unfolds through the unique perspective of an abused and conflicted women who…
After more than a decade as one of Australia’s musical theatre stars, WAAPA alumni Lucy Durack (Wicked, Legally Blonde, Sisters, The Letdown) is set to premiere her screenwriting debut Lift, a bite-size romantic comedy set entirely in an elevator on 10Peach this Valentine’s Day. When serial temp Olivia (Durack) steps into an elevator for her…
Australian schlock horror maestro David Black is at it again with production commencing on his new gorefest, Badass Bunyip. Directed by Gerardo Chierchia, Badass Bunyip follows a couple of “nongs” who inadvertently awaken the devastating wrath of an ancient bunyip when they desecrate a sacred Aboriginal site at Christmas time. Tritia DeViSha stars in the…
Directed by Nicholas Wrathall Written by Nicholas Wrathall and Stephanie King Produced by Nicholas Wrathall and Stephanie King, Albert Wiggan and Mark Jones Australia’s vast and unspoiled Kimberley region is under threat, with mining, pastoralism and irrigated agriculture driving an unprecedented land grab. Undermined – Tales from the Kimberley investigates the politics of an area now branded “the…
A brand new trailer has dropped for Ben Hackworth’s Celeste along with the announcement that the film will be released in cinemas on 25 April. Celeste is the second feature from director Hackworth and stars Radha Mitchell (The Romanoffs), Nadine Garner (The Blake Mysteries), Thomas Cocquerel (In Like Flynn) and Odessa Young (A Million Little Pieces). The…
A thrilling new trailer has arrived for Anthony Maras’ Hotel Mumbai ahead of its March 14 release in Australia Hotel Mumbai is based on the true story of the devastating terrorist attack on the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in 2008. The terrifying assault brings together the guests and staff of the luxurious hotel including wealthy new parents…
by Matthew Eeles Upcoming Australian film Unsound has started filming in Sydney. Directed by Ian Watson (Janet King) from a script by Ally Burnham (Nice Package), Unsound follows the journey of a disillusioned musician whose romantic spark is ignited by a young, trans man as they work together to save his community nightclub for the deaf. The…
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