SATELLITE BOY (M) could well be the STORM BOY of its time. Again a sublime sense of place in a beautiful part of country, this time the Kimberley, around Wyndham and the Bungle Bungles, and again with an eco message, …
Having just directed the comedy MURDER MOST FUNNY (still playing till this Sunday at Tap Gallery, by the way) with a very Danny Kaye-ish turn by Seaton Kay-Smith, it was a Zeitgeist moment for me when Danny Kaye was channelled,
THE SAPPHIRES (M) was a hugely successful stage show. The movie version never quite hits the heights of its live theatre origins, a fate that befell BRAN NUE DAY.
Of course, that did not stop BRAN NUE DAY from doing
The feature film debut of Peter Templeman, whose short film THE SAVIOUR was nominated for an Oscar five years back, NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN stars Ryan Kwanten and boasts a standout, breakout, calling card performance by Sarah Snook.
Kwanten plays
Rolf de Heer’s THE KING IS DEAD plays like a dark riff on The Castle and will resonate with anyone who has anything to do with being a resident and coping with nasty neighbours.
Max, science teacher, and Therese, tax
A beautiful irony – hopefully intentional- is the DVD/Blu- ray release of EYE OF THE STORM just in time for Mother’s Day.
Adapted from the Patrick White novel by Judy Morris, directed by Fred Schepisi and peopled with a sublime
BURNING MAN. the latest film from Jonathan Teplitzky (BETTER THAN SEX, GETTIN’ SQUARE) is a reckless, haunting, funny, life-affirming love story, all of which is reflected in the film’s opening short scenes: a lovely empty garden, a car crash, a
He was a legend of the Pilbara in Western Australia, with countless stories told about his gregariousness and charisma! He was held in such high regard in Dampier, one of the towns to which he often returned, that the local
Bruce Beresford’s adaptation of Li Cunxin’s memoirs ‘Mao’s Last Dancer’ has been one of the success stories for Australian cinema in 2009. The movie has done extremely well at the box office since its release at the beginning of October