Observance review – low-budget horror that manages to stand its ground
Made on a measly $11,000, Joseph Sims-Dennett’s twitchy psychological thriller is poised on a knife edge between excellence and a cabin-fever B movieFor 11 days in January 2013, director Joseph...
View Article'I will survive!': Australia's 10 best LGBT films
From The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert to 52 Tuesdays, the features and documentaries that put LGBT stories on the big screen• Book now for Guardian Australia’s screening of Remembering...
View ArticleNeighbours co-stars Kylie Minogue and Guy Pearce reunite for new film
The actors who played Ramsay Street’s Mike and Charlene are getting back together for a film by Priscilla director Stephan Elliott Neighbours stars Kylie Minogue and Guy Pearce are reuniting for a film...
View Article'I just sat there and cried': the making of Remembering the Man
A new documentary tells of the social injustices faced by the couple at the heart Holding the Man – but it almost didn’t see the light of day• Book now for Guardian Australia’s screening of Remembering...
View ArticleAnthony LaPaglia on American politics and ageism in Hollywood
LA-based Australian actor says Hollywood decision makers are mostly business graduates that ‘crunch numbers’ rather than make sound artistic choicesBook now for Guardian Australia’s screening of A...
View ArticleFormer PNG politician wins temporary block on Australian documentary film
Dame Carol Kidu objects to film about controversial plan to build five-star hotel and marina in Port MoresbyFormer Papua New Guinean politician Dame Carol Kidu has won an 11th-hour legal battle to...
View ArticleStraight to the pool room: top 10 films about the Australian dream
The housing market may not sound like the most stimulating territory for a story, but it has been the basis of some of Australia’s greatest filmsBook now for Guardian Australia’s screening of A Month...
View ArticleSherpa and beyond: ten of the best Australian documentaries
From ‘rats’ in politics to cane toads in Queensland via ice-bitten tragedies in Everest and Antarctica, we round up the best documentaries from AustraliaDocumentaries have been a part of Australian...
View ArticleEva Orner on Chasing Asylum: ‘Every whistleblower that I interviewed wept’
New film features shocking footage from within offshore detention centres. ‘I wanted to make a film that would shame Australia’, the film-maker saysAustralia’s current refugee policy has been informed...
View ArticleBen Mendelsohn: Alf from Home and Away has the best acting career in Australia
The Melbourne exile on those Star Wars rumours, his mutual love affair with Ryan Gosling and why Sydney’s finest actor might just be driving your cabOne time, a very long time ago, Ben Mendelsohn still...
View ArticleAnimal Kingdom – review
This study of a dysfunctional crime family on the verge of imploding is tense, violent and supremely watchableA kingdom of wounded and dying animals – that is, animals of the most vicious, dangerous...
View ArticleAnimal Kingdom: rewatching classic Australian films
Inspired by Melbourne’s Pettingills; a Scorsesian portrait of a dysfunctional criminal family whose clout is unravelingThe term "classic" tends to be generously applied when describing memorable...
View ArticleDavid Michôd on Animal Kingdom: I feared I was making a gigantic mess
The writer-director of his now-classic debut film on crippling self-doubt, navigating the industry and how Ben Mendelsohn ruined Air Supply forever• Book now for Guardian Australia’s screening of...
View ArticleShane Jacobson: 'I feel I’ve got to constantly prove myself'
The Kenny star on always looking for success, how laughter is the answer to hard times, and why family is everything“I was going to write one when I was four,” deadpans Shane Jacobson, “but I didn’t...
View ArticleKenny: Rewatching classic Australian films
A mockumentary about a plumber set a new benchmark for the genre – and gave Australian comedy an unlikely new heroWhen audiences first met Kenny in 2006 - a plumber at a portable toilet rental firm –...
View ArticleThe Animal Kingdom film club episode
Recorded live at Guardian Australia’s first Film Club, film critic Luke Buckmaster discusses debut films with Animal Kingdom producer Liz Watts, Kath Shelper of Ruben Guthrie and Tristan Roche-Turner...
View ArticleGuardian Australia film club: Storm Boy screening and panel debate, Adelaide
Margaret Pomeranz and Michael Loebenstein join Guardian Australia film critic Luke Buckmaster to talk about New Wave Australian films and whether 2015 is the biggest year in Australian film yetStorm...
View ArticleFive great Australian children's movies: from Babe to BMX Bandits
In an outstanding year for children’s films (Paper Planes, Oddball), we take a look back at a history of talking animals and cartoon capers • Storm Boy at Adelaide film festival – listen to our podcast...
View Article10 best Australian films made by first-time directors
From Gillian Armstrong to Warwick Thornton, Australian cinema is rife with debuts that made the directors’ names. Here are some highlights• Book now for Guardian Australia’s screening of The...
View ArticleThe Storm Boy film club episode
Recorded live at Guardian Australia’s Film Club, film critic Luke Buckmaster discusses what makes Australian films succeed or fail as well as examples of how misguided restoration can lead directors to...
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