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THEY’RE NOT PSYCHO KILLERS… THEY’RE JUST SMALL BUSINESS OPERATORS 100 Bloody Acres is the creepy yet hilarious story of brothers Reg and Lindsay Morgan’s struggling organic blood and bone fertiliser business. The use of dead car crash victims in the mix has been a huge boon to business but it’s been months since their last find and an…

Focus on 2014: Charlie’s Country

CHARLIE’S COUNTRY STARRING David Gulpilil, Luke Ford & Ritchie Singer DIRECTED BY Rolf de Heer WRITTEN BY Rolf de Heer CINEMATOGRAPHY Ian Jones RELEASE DATE Second Half of 2014 CINEMA AUSTRALIA SAY It’s master director Rolf de Heer and David Gulpilil’s third feature film together after The Tracker and Ten Canoes so how could you not be excited. The trailer is emotionally…

Q&As with Star

The Star Cinema in Bendigo will host two Q&A sessions in the coming days. Join Star for a special screening of Backyard Ashes on January 3 at 6.30. The session will be followed by a Q&A with cast and crew. On Sunday January 5 at 1pm you can catch filmmaker Luke Walker as he discusses his…

Focus on 2014: The Crossing

THE CROSSING STARRING Clark Carter and Chris Bray DIRECTED BY Julian Harvey RELEASE DATE 2014 CINEMA AUSTRALIA SAY A great example of our desire for adventure and our determination to succeed with things we put our mind to. This kind of documentary seems right up director Julian Harvey’s alley after serving time as producer/editor on channel 9’s Getaway series.…

Canopy trailer ‘drops’ in

Well received at the Toronto International Film Festival, Aaron Wilson’s Canopy has been described by film critics as “rich, complex and terrifying.” and having “gorgeous, almost unearthly cinematography.” Because there’s no word on Australian release dates yet for the film, here’s the trailer to tide you over.

Australian film Galore for Berlin

Two Australian feature films have been selected to screen in the Generation program of the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). Galore will have its international premiere, joined by 52 Tuesdays, which will have its European premiere after screening at the Sundance Film Festival in January. Writer/director Rhys Graham and producer Philippa Campey’s debut feature Galore is a moving, lyrical drama about a…

The Reckoning trailer drops

The Reckoning’s teaser trailer hit the web this morning. The team have done a great job putting the adrenaline fuelled trailer together. I admit I was a little skeptical in the lead up to the trailers release but the film looks pretty good and I’m quite excited for the films release next year. Filmed in…

Coming Soon: Tracks

When’s it out? March 6, 2014 Who’s in it? Mia Wasikowska, Adam Driver And the director? John Curran Cinema Australia say: We were mesmerised by Robyn Davidson’s story and couldn’t put her book of the same name down. Seeing the pages come to life in this trailer is breathtaking. Looks like they’ve stayed true to the original story. Transmission…

Next of Kin screening at horror film festival

The Stranger With My Face Horror Film Festival will be screening 1984 Australian horror film Next of Kin with actress Jackie Kerin in attendance for a Q&A. The screening will be held at 7.30pm on Monday, 2nd December at Cinema 1, ACMA, Flinders Street in Melbourne. Next of Kin stars Kerin as Linda, a young woman who…