Help us continue to cover more Australian films by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. Interview by Matthew Eeles More often than not, Australian actors who are household names are the ones who have been typecast – familiar faces like Asher Keddie, Claudia Karvan and Richard Roxburgh in familiar roles to appease the masses. Josh McConville may…
Help us continue to bring you more Australian film coverage by making a donation to Cinema Australia below. And you thought Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan was an intense war film. Wait until you see Escape and Evasion. To tease you until its release, the film’s first trailer dropped below which you can see below.…
The Gold Coast Film Festival is set to cement its growing reputation as Queensland’s destination film festival for the Australian screen industry with a 12-day blockbuster of premieres, workshops, gala ceremonies, panels and networking opportunities. The 2019 event, which officially launches its full program today, will screen 107 films – including three world and 10…
Storm Ashwood’s The School will be released in select cinemas from December 6. You can read our full review of the film here. A doctor, wife and grieving mother. Amy (Megan Drury) is falling. It has been two years and she still cannot manage to leave her comatose son, David’s side. Amy falls further into her own selfish…
The School Written and Directed by Storm Ashwood Starring Megan Drury, William Charles McDonald, Nicholas Hope, Texas Watterston, Milly Alcock and Jack Ruwald “The perfect blend of otherworldly fantasy and creepy horror.” by Matthew Eeles Contemporary Australian cinema isn’t exactly known for delivering Earth-shatteringly original content. It’s been a while since the local industry made waves…
A third trailer has dropped for Storm Ashwood’s The School. When a doctor looking for her missing child awakens to find herself in an abandoned school, she must survive the supernatural terror and face her own demons if she is to find the truth about where her son is. A supernatural thriller, The School is…
Adelaide will host the world premiere of new supernatural Australian horror film The School. Shot in Sydney at Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum, one of Australia’s original asylums, this claustrophobic and terrifying ghost tale is the feature-length debut of writer and director Ashwood. The School stars Nicholas Hope (Bad Boy Bubby), Megan Drury (Manny Lewis) and Will…
by Matthew Eeles It’s that time of year again when our inbox becomes flooded with emails questioning our decision to choose only nine Australian films we can’t wait to see in 2018. For new readers, it’s something we’ve done every year since launching Cinema Australia. Why nine? Why not ten? We couldn’t tell you. Looking…
In Episode 2 of the Cinema Australia Wrap, Matthew Eeles covers The Butterfly Tree, MOUNTAIN, Voyage of the Southern Sun, I Miss The War, JUNGLE, Descent into the Maelstrom – Radio Birdman Documentary film, Two People, Occupation, CinefestOZ, Capricorn Film Festival, Revelation Film Festival, The School, Hotel Coolgardie – The Film, Rabbit: film and Reaching…
The School’s out Written by Matthew Eeles Filming has wrapped on The School, a supernatural horror by first-time feature director, Storm Ashwood. A very relaxed Ashwood was deep in post production when we spoke to him recently from his Sydney home. “The editor is surprised how easily everything is coming together,” an excited Ashwood told…
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