Interview: Essie Davis

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. by MATTHEW EELES It’s only February, but 2020 has already been a big year for Essie Davis.  When I called the Cloudstreet and The Babadook actor she had just returned to Australia from London where she was…

Exclusive first look at the new In Corpore trailer!

Cinema Australia Original Content: Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. by MATTHEW EELES The first trailer has been revealed for new anthology feature film, In Corpore. In Corpore features four anthological stories about couples under strain, loyalties tested, and what happens when one partner’s desires deviate from…

Flickerfest brings its electrifying short films to Perth

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. PERTH – THURSDAY 27TH – SATURDAY 29TH FEBRUARY, 7.45 PM – CAMELOT OUTDOOR CINEMA Celebrating its 29th year in 2020 Flickerfest remains Australia’s leading Academy® Qualifying and BAFTA Recognised short film festival, ensuring that we continue to present A-list short film programmes…

Claire Murray’s untold story explored in Wild Butterfly

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Disturbing new information about the life of controversial Perth liver transplant recipient Claire Murray has been exposed nearly a decade after her tragic death. The documentary-drama Wild Butterfly uncovers for the first time details about Claire’s brutal rape at just 12 years of…

Retro Review: Idiot Box

Directed by David Caesar Written by David Caesar Starring Ben Mendelsohn, Jeremy Sims, John Polson and Graeme Blundell Written by Gavin Bond Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. While Aussie actors the likes of Margot Robbie and Chris Hemsworth have conquered Hollywood, it seems, virtually overnight, one…

Paul Hogan returns to the big screen in The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Transmission Films has announced The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee, starring Australian icon Paul Hogan, will be releasing in cinemas nationally on April 30, 2020. The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee sees Paul Hogan playing himself and on the brink of receiving a Knighthood…

Here’s where you can see Escape and Evasion

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Escape and Evasion will enjoy a wide release around Australia from March 5. Storm Ashwood’s psychological action thriller will screen at 28 locations around the country including Tasmania. Sadly, WA audiences will miss out on seeing the explosive film on the…

New trailer for Miranda Nation’s psychological thriller Undertow

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Miranda Nation’s Undertow will release nationally on March 5, a week after its original release date of February 27. A MIFF Premiere Fund film, written and directed by Nation and produced by Lyn Norfor (Hot Mess), Undertow stars Olivia DeJonge (Elvis, The Visit), Laura Gordon (The…

Melbourne TV screening for Last Breath

Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Australian execution drama Last Breath will have its television premiere when it screens on Melbourne’s Channel 31 tonight. Set in a grim waiting cell with just a chair, Last Breath is about the moment before each character is brought to the gallows…