Joe Cinque's Consolation review – a cynical exercise, but not without...
The poster declares this film as ‘based on the best-selling book by Helen Garner,’ but where Garner was self-reflective, Sotiris Dounoukos’s film is clinicalIs Joe Cinque’s Consolation an adaptation?...
View ArticleBoys in the Trees review – a coming-of-age film with Fright Night flourishes
At its best, Nicholas Verso’s tale of estranged teens feels like an attempt to reinvent The Babadook by way of Heartbreak HighBoys in the Trees is no walk in the park; more like a stroll home on a dark...
View ArticleHugo Weaving and Rachel Griffiths on Hacksaw Ridge: 'Mel Gibson's never made...
Gibson comes out firing through the fog, smoke and stink of war in the ‘extraordinary true story’ about war hero Desmond T DossMel Gibson isn’t the sort of film-maker who uses spoonfuls of sugar to...
View ArticleThe making of Wake in Fright: 'I wanted people to watch the film and be...
From actors downing 30 pints of beer a day to the quandary of filming a kangaroo shooting scene while vegan, veteran director Ted Kotcheff goes back behind the scenes of the Australian thrillerThere...
View ArticleJohn Polson: Tropfest lost its way and I take some responsibility
When he decided to ‘postpone’ the short film festival last year its founder didn’t believe it would come back. Now, he says, ‘We have to re-prove ourselves’When the Tropfest founder, John Polson, was...
View ArticleAacta awards 2016: Hacksaw Ridge and Rake win early screen honours
More than 30 category winners are announced in the lead-up to Wednesday night’s main Australian film and TV eventMel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge has already taken out four categories of Australia’s largest...
View ArticlePaul Hogan receives top Australian film honour at Aacta awards
‘I only play one character,’ Crocodile Dundee star jokes after Geoffrey Rush introduces him as winner of Longford Lyell award Paul Hogan has been awarded one of the highest honours in the Australian...
View ArticleMad Max: Fury Road in black and white: a fascinating re-evaluation of a...
While the monochrome redux loses some of the aesthetic grandness of the original, it throws a psychological spanner in the worksTed Kotcheff, the director of Wake in Fright, recently told me how he was...
View ArticleProtesters gatecrash Aacta awards red carpet, chanting 'end the sausage party'
Demonstration to highlight gender inequality in the film and television industries targets annual screen awards Protesters dressed as sausages have caused a stir at the Aactas, storming the red carpet...
View ArticleAacta awards 2016: Australian screen stars walk the red carpet – in pictures
Members of the Australian film, television and arts industries gather at Sydney’s Star event centre to celebrate the year’s best shows and performersProtesters gatecrash Aacta awards red carpet,...
View ArticleAactas 2016: Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge wins major awards
Gibson’s war film picks up best actor, direction, original screenplay and film at Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts awardsMel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge has swept the 2016 Australian Academy...
View ArticleAustralian TV to watch in 2017: big names, new talent and classic stories...
Claudia Karvan, Richard Roxburgh and Miranda Tapsell are among the favourite faces starring in new television series Television budgets might be tight, but Australian viewers are still set for a bumper...
View ArticleAquaman movie to be filmed on Gold Coast after cash boost from government
Film starring James Momoa also features Amber Heard in a return to QueenslandAquaman, a blockbuster movie about the DC Comics character, will be filmed on the Australia’s Gold Coast next year with...
View ArticleThe Australian film industry is a sausage party. Here’s what we can do about...
Between 2009 and 2014, only 15% of film directors in Australia were women – that is too extreme not to addressThe “sausage party” flash mob at the Aacta awards last week, protesting gender inequity in...
View ArticleJasper Jones trailer: Toni Collette and Hugo Weaving star in film adaptation...
In Rachel Perkins’ new adaptation of Craig Silvey’s award-winning novel, a girl goes missing in an isolated and racially divided Australian town. Expecting to be blamed for her murder, 14-year-old...
View ArticleMidsumma spurns Herald Sun advertising in row about LGBTI coverage | Weekly...
Melbourne’s gay pride festival distances itself from sponsor after Bill Leak’s cartoons and attacks on Safe Schools. Plus News gets in a twist over granny pants Last year the Herald Sun in Victoria...
View ArticleMatch the house to the classic Australian movie – quiz
Think of yourself of as a film buff? How many of these abodes do you recognise?Girl AsleepGoldstoneThe TurningThe BabadookWolf Creek 2Reckless KellyThe PackSnowtownChopperHe Died With A Felafel in His...
View ArticleThe 10 best Australian films of 2016
Guardian Australia’s film critic counts down this year’s best offerings from the silver screenIt looks as though Australians will receive a reasonable amount of attention on the international stage...
View ArticleOwner of house from film The Castle wants to demolish it
Melbourne home should be heritage protected, says local council, but owner wants to build two townhousesThe fate of the Melbourne house featured in the cult film The Castle could be decided in court in...
View ArticleA wide-ranging interview with Red Dog star Phoenix – video
Guardian Australia’s film critic, Luke Buckmaster, sits down for the interview of his career with Phoenix, the star of Red Dog: True Blue, and a very good boy.In the original film, the producer’s own...
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