Guy Pearce has recently wrapped production on “Inside,” an Australian crime thriller and coming of age drama film. The picture is the debut feature of Charles Williams, whose short film “All These Creatures” won the Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
The story sees after a young man transferred from juvenile to adult prison, where he is taken under the wing of both Australia’s most despised criminal, and a soon-to-be-a-paroled inmate. A paternal triangle grows between them, suggesting that even the worst of men may have a little bit of good inside them — that will be their eventual undoing.
The cast is headed by Pearce, Cosmo Jarvis and newcomer Vincent Miller. Supporting actors include Toby Wallace, Tara Morice, Chloé Hayden (“Heartbreak High”) and Michael Logo (“Colin From Accounts”).
“Inside” is being produced by Marian Macgowan for Macgowan Films and Kate Glover for Never Sleep Pictures, with Thomas M. Wright...
The story sees after a young man transferred from juvenile to adult prison, where he is taken under the wing of both Australia’s most despised criminal, and a soon-to-be-a-paroled inmate. A paternal triangle grows between them, suggesting that even the worst of men may have a little bit of good inside them — that will be their eventual undoing.
The cast is headed by Pearce, Cosmo Jarvis and newcomer Vincent Miller. Supporting actors include Toby Wallace, Tara Morice, Chloé Hayden (“Heartbreak High”) and Michael Logo (“Colin From Accounts”).
“Inside” is being produced by Marian Macgowan for Macgowan Films and Kate Glover for Never Sleep Pictures, with Thomas M. Wright...
- 12/17/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Australian and New Zealand indie distributor Umbrella Entertainment will launch Brollie, a free of charge, ad-supported streaming service later this month. It will lean on Umbrella’s library of classic content and claims to be the first free streaming platform specializing in Australian film and TV content.
Brollie will launch on Nov. 23 with over 300 titles including: “Babadook”; “Two Hands” (dir. Gregor Jordan, 1999); cult classics “Sweat”; “Erskineville Kings”; and “Cut” starring Kylie Minogue.
Brollie will also have a section for Indigenous Australia, including a collection of films starring Aboriginal screen legend David Gulpilil. These include “Walkabout”; “Storm Boy”; and “The Last Wave”.
A documentary slate includes “Servant or Slave” and “Ablaze”.
Subscribers will be invited to be part of the Brollie Film Club, where Brollie’s in-house team handpicks the best of the catalogue twice a month. Members can terrify themselves with the ‘Australian Nightmares’ collection exploring the best of Aussie...
Brollie will launch on Nov. 23 with over 300 titles including: “Babadook”; “Two Hands” (dir. Gregor Jordan, 1999); cult classics “Sweat”; “Erskineville Kings”; and “Cut” starring Kylie Minogue.
Brollie will also have a section for Indigenous Australia, including a collection of films starring Aboriginal screen legend David Gulpilil. These include “Walkabout”; “Storm Boy”; and “The Last Wave”.
A documentary slate includes “Servant or Slave” and “Ablaze”.
Subscribers will be invited to be part of the Brollie Film Club, where Brollie’s in-house team handpicks the best of the catalogue twice a month. Members can terrify themselves with the ‘Australian Nightmares’ collection exploring the best of Aussie...
- 11/14/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
6ixtynin9 is a Thai dark comedy series directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. The Netflix series is based on a 1999 film of the same name and it follows the story of a young woman who recently lost her job and when she finds a box full of money in front of her apartment, she decides to take it. But after that, her life takes a turn for the worse as the criminals to whom the money belonged come to collect what’s theirs. So, if you loved 6ixtynin9 here are some similar movies and TV shows you could watch next.
A Funny Story About 6 and 9 (Rent on Prime Video)
Synopsis: Tum is a secretary in a finance company. The ailing economy forces the company to layoff some of its staff, and Tum happens to be one of them. The morning after, Tum, still shocked and depressed, finds a box of instant noodles in front of her apartment.
A Funny Story About 6 and 9 (Rent on Prime Video)
Synopsis: Tum is a secretary in a finance company. The ailing economy forces the company to layoff some of its staff, and Tum happens to be one of them. The morning after, Tum, still shocked and depressed, finds a box of instant noodles in front of her apartment.
- 9/7/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Exclusive: Sony has added Michelle Hurd (Star Trek: Picard), Bryan Brown (Australia), Darren Barnet (Gran Turismo) and Hadley Robinson (Moxie) to the cast of their as-yet-untitled rom-com from director Will Gluck (Easy A). Sydney Sweeney and Glenn Powell will lead the ensemble, as previously announced, with Alexandra Shipp also featuring.
Details as to the plot of the R-rated comedy are under wraps. But it’s based on a script by Ilana Wolpert that Gluck is re-writing. Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum, and Gluck are producing, with Sweeney exec producing for Fifty-Fifty Films, alongside Natalie Sellers and Alyssa Altman for Rk Films, and Jacqueline Monetta for Olive Bridge.
Perhaps best known for starring opposite Patrick Stewart on Paramount+’s Star Trek: Picard, Hurd has also been seen on series including Blindspot, Lethal Weapon, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Daredevil, Jessica Jones and The Glades, to name a few. Notable film credits include Bad Hair,...
Details as to the plot of the R-rated comedy are under wraps. But it’s based on a script by Ilana Wolpert that Gluck is re-writing. Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum, and Gluck are producing, with Sweeney exec producing for Fifty-Fifty Films, alongside Natalie Sellers and Alyssa Altman for Rk Films, and Jacqueline Monetta for Olive Bridge.
Perhaps best known for starring opposite Patrick Stewart on Paramount+’s Star Trek: Picard, Hurd has also been seen on series including Blindspot, Lethal Weapon, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Daredevil, Jessica Jones and The Glades, to name a few. Notable film credits include Bad Hair,...
- 2/16/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Rose Byrne is detailing what it was like getting Dolly Parton’s blessing for Seriously Red and transforming into her Elvis Presley.
In an interview with Collider, published online Saturday, the Insidious star said she drove from Atlanta to Chattanooga, Tennessee to meet with the singer’s longtime manager, Danny Nozell, because “we knew without Dolly there was just no way we could do it [the film].”
“We had to try to get this script in [to] her, and to get her blessing, and to see if she could help us get the music,” she said. “If we didn’t have the music, it would’ve been very different. I don’t know what the movie would’ve become, but it certainly wouldn’t have been a Dolly Parton impersonator.”
Byrne said Nozell, who was a champion of the film, got it to Parton. “Within a few weeks, she said, ‘Yeah, I really love it.
In an interview with Collider, published online Saturday, the Insidious star said she drove from Atlanta to Chattanooga, Tennessee to meet with the singer’s longtime manager, Danny Nozell, because “we knew without Dolly there was just no way we could do it [the film].”
“We had to try to get this script in [to] her, and to get her blessing, and to see if she could help us get the music,” she said. “If we didn’t have the music, it would’ve been very different. I don’t know what the movie would’ve become, but it certainly wouldn’t have been a Dolly Parton impersonator.”
Byrne said Nozell, who was a champion of the film, got it to Parton. “Within a few weeks, she said, ‘Yeah, I really love it.
- 2/12/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paramount+ is launching its latest crime thriller down under.
The streaming service has set a series from Mike Bullen, creator of hit British comedy drama Cold Feet, as its latest Australian original.
North Shore is a six-part series set on and around Sydney Harbour. It follows the clash of cultures when British and Australian detectives team to solve a complex murder mystery, and uncover a conspiracy with international political consequences.
The series is produced by Beach Road Pictures, the production company set up by former Playmaker bosses David Maher and David Taylor. It is directed by Gregor Jordan (Two Hands) with writing from Marcia Gardner (The Doctor Blake Mysteries).
It is financed in part by Screen Australia, which unveiled its latest funding round of A12 million to go to four feature films, three TV dramas and two kids series including feature film Addition from Made Up Stories, run by Big...
The streaming service has set a series from Mike Bullen, creator of hit British comedy drama Cold Feet, as its latest Australian original.
North Shore is a six-part series set on and around Sydney Harbour. It follows the clash of cultures when British and Australian detectives team to solve a complex murder mystery, and uncover a conspiracy with international political consequences.
The series is produced by Beach Road Pictures, the production company set up by former Playmaker bosses David Maher and David Taylor. It is directed by Gregor Jordan (Two Hands) with writing from Marcia Gardner (The Doctor Blake Mysteries).
It is financed in part by Screen Australia, which unveiled its latest funding round of A12 million to go to four feature films, three TV dramas and two kids series including feature film Addition from Made Up Stories, run by Big...
- 8/30/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Studiocanal will launch rights sales at Cannes on “Kangaroo,” the first Australia-New Zealand production from the local arm of the French film and TV group Canal Plus. The film is inspired by the real-life story of The Kangaroo Sanctuary founder Chris ‘Brolga’ Barns, who has been saving and raising baby kangaroos in Central Australia since 2005.
The narrative is shaped as a heart-warming family comedy about a down-on-his-luck pro surfer who becomes stranded in an Outback town after a car accident. There, he teams up with 11-year-old Indigenous girl. The pair form an unlikely friendship working together to rescue and rehabilitate orphaned baby kangaroos (joeys). The endeavor proves to be life-changing for both.
Kate Woods is attached to direct from a script by Harry Cripps (“The Dry,” “Penguin Bloom,” “Back to the Outback”).
The film is being produced by Marian Macgowan (“The Great,” “Two Hands”) and Louise Smith (“Dance Academy,” “The...
The narrative is shaped as a heart-warming family comedy about a down-on-his-luck pro surfer who becomes stranded in an Outback town after a car accident. There, he teams up with 11-year-old Indigenous girl. The pair form an unlikely friendship working together to rescue and rehabilitate orphaned baby kangaroos (joeys). The endeavor proves to be life-changing for both.
Kate Woods is attached to direct from a script by Harry Cripps (“The Dry,” “Penguin Bloom,” “Back to the Outback”).
The film is being produced by Marian Macgowan (“The Great,” “Two Hands”) and Louise Smith (“Dance Academy,” “The...
- 5/12/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Studiocanal will begin global sales at Cannes on family comedy Kangaroo, the company’s first local Australia/New Zealand production. Kate Woods (The Umbrella Academy, The Lost Symbol, The Good Lord Bird) is attached to direct.
The story is inspired by the real-life tale of The Kangaroo Sanctuary founder Chris ‘Brolga’ Barns, who has been saving and raising baby kangaroos in Central Oz since 2005.
The film follows down-on-his-luck pro surfer Chris Matherson who becomes stranded in an Outback town after a car accident. There, he teams up with 11-year-old Indigenous girl Charlie. The pair form an unlikely friendship working together to rescue and rehabilitate orphaned joeys (baby kangaroos) in the remote but stunning community — an endeavor that proves to be life-changing for both.
The Dry’s Harry Cripps penned the script. Producers are Marian Macgowan (The Great, Two Hands, The Rage in Placid Lake) and Louise Smith (The End, Dance Academy,...
The story is inspired by the real-life tale of The Kangaroo Sanctuary founder Chris ‘Brolga’ Barns, who has been saving and raising baby kangaroos in Central Oz since 2005.
The film follows down-on-his-luck pro surfer Chris Matherson who becomes stranded in an Outback town after a car accident. There, he teams up with 11-year-old Indigenous girl Charlie. The pair form an unlikely friendship working together to rescue and rehabilitate orphaned joeys (baby kangaroos) in the remote but stunning community — an endeavor that proves to be life-changing for both.
The Dry’s Harry Cripps penned the script. Producers are Marian Macgowan (The Great, Two Hands, The Rage in Placid Lake) and Louise Smith (The End, Dance Academy,...
- 5/11/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Big Thief will release their new album — which boasts a mystical mouthful of a title, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You — Feb. 11 via 4Ad.
The announcement arrives alongside another single, “Time Escaping,” which joins four previously released tracks now attached to the LP. The album, available for preorder, follows 2019’s Two Hands.
“One of the things that bonds us together as a band is pure magic,” Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker said in a statement. “I think we all have the same guide and none of us have...
The announcement arrives alongside another single, “Time Escaping,” which joins four previously released tracks now attached to the LP. The album, available for preorder, follows 2019’s Two Hands.
“One of the things that bonds us together as a band is pure magic,” Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker said in a statement. “I think we all have the same guide and none of us have...
- 11/16/2021
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Chris Hemsworth, Jacki Weaver, UK casting director Nina Gold, Rachel Perkins, and US actor Alia Shawkat will make up the jury for this year’s Heath Ledger Scholarship.
They join a group of US and Australian casting directors that have been appointed first-round judges, including Jason Wood, Barbara McCarthy, Alyssa Weisberg, John McAlary, Ann Fay, Amanda Mitchell, and Anousha Zarkesh.
Australians in Film has also announced Ledger’s longtime friend and colleague, Gregor Jordan, as a patron of the scholarship, alongside Ledger’s father Kim, scholarship founder Susie Dobson, and casting director Ann Fay.
Jordan will provide professional support and guidance for the recipient during the 12 months of international training and professional development that the scholarship offers in Los Angeles.
Kim Ledger said Jordan’s support for the scholarship and close relationship with his son meant it was “only fitting” the Two Hands director be named as a patron.
Awarded...
They join a group of US and Australian casting directors that have been appointed first-round judges, including Jason Wood, Barbara McCarthy, Alyssa Weisberg, John McAlary, Ann Fay, Amanda Mitchell, and Anousha Zarkesh.
Australians in Film has also announced Ledger’s longtime friend and colleague, Gregor Jordan, as a patron of the scholarship, alongside Ledger’s father Kim, scholarship founder Susie Dobson, and casting director Ann Fay.
Jordan will provide professional support and guidance for the recipient during the 12 months of international training and professional development that the scholarship offers in Los Angeles.
Kim Ledger said Jordan’s support for the scholarship and close relationship with his son meant it was “only fitting” the Two Hands director be named as a patron.
Awarded...
- 9/23/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Chris Hemsworth, Jacki Weaver, Alia Shawkat, Total Control director Rachel Perkins and casting director Nina Gold (Solo: A Star Wars Story) are set to judge the Heath Ledger Scholarship, Australians in Film revealed Wednesday.
Gregor Jordan, who directed Ledger in Two Hands and Ned Kelly and was a longtime friend of the late actor, will serve as Patron of the acting prize.
Prior to the decision of the aforementioned judges, a panel of first-round judges comprised of Australian and American casting directors including Barbara McCarthy (The Spectacular Now), Alyssa Weisberg (X-Men: Dark Phoenix), will determine a group of five finalists.
“We are thrilled at the ...
Gregor Jordan, who directed Ledger in Two Hands and Ned Kelly and was a longtime friend of the late actor, will serve as Patron of the acting prize.
Prior to the decision of the aforementioned judges, a panel of first-round judges comprised of Australian and American casting directors including Barbara McCarthy (The Spectacular Now), Alyssa Weisberg (X-Men: Dark Phoenix), will determine a group of five finalists.
“We are thrilled at the ...
- 9/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chris Hemsworth, Jacki Weaver, Alia Shawkat, Total Control director Rachel Perkins and casting director Nina Gold (Solo: A Star Wars Story) are set to judge the Heath Ledger Scholarship, Australians in Film revealed Wednesday.
Gregor Jordan, who directed Ledger in Two Hands and Ned Kelly and was a longtime friend of the late actor, will serve as Patron of the acting prize.
Prior to the decision of the aforementioned judges, a panel of first-round judges comprising Australian and American casting directors, including Barbara McCarthy (The Spectacular Now) and Alyssa Weisberg (X-Men: Dark Phoenix), will determine a group of five finalists.
“We are thrilled at the ...
Gregor Jordan, who directed Ledger in Two Hands and Ned Kelly and was a longtime friend of the late actor, will serve as Patron of the acting prize.
Prior to the decision of the aforementioned judges, a panel of first-round judges comprising Australian and American casting directors, including Barbara McCarthy (The Spectacular Now) and Alyssa Weisberg (X-Men: Dark Phoenix), will determine a group of five finalists.
“We are thrilled at the ...
- 9/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
For actor Zac Garred, starring in the long-awaited and much-delayed Australian Gangster was like “going to a really cool party and not being able to tell anyone about it”.
The Roadshow Rough Diamond series, written and directed by Gregor Jordan, premieres tonight on the Seven Network some three years after it was shot, with delays due to legal reasons.
Inspired by true events, Alexander Bertrand leads the show as Pasquale “Pas” Barbaro, who grew up in an organised crime family. He is released from jail, but not before making an enemy of fellow inmate and Brothers For Life member, Mohammed “Little Crazy” Hamzy (Rahel Romahn).
The newly-freed Barbaro is not concerned about playing it safe or hiding in the shadows. He is, however, concerned about looking good on Instagram.
The supporting cast includes Steve Bestoni, Louisa Mignone, Karla Tonkich and Salvatore Coco.
Given legal sensitivities, when he speaks to If,...
The Roadshow Rough Diamond series, written and directed by Gregor Jordan, premieres tonight on the Seven Network some three years after it was shot, with delays due to legal reasons.
Inspired by true events, Alexander Bertrand leads the show as Pasquale “Pas” Barbaro, who grew up in an organised crime family. He is released from jail, but not before making an enemy of fellow inmate and Brothers For Life member, Mohammed “Little Crazy” Hamzy (Rahel Romahn).
The newly-freed Barbaro is not concerned about playing it safe or hiding in the shadows. He is, however, concerned about looking good on Instagram.
The supporting cast includes Steve Bestoni, Louisa Mignone, Karla Tonkich and Salvatore Coco.
Given legal sensitivities, when he speaks to If,...
- 9/13/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Big Thief have premiered two new songs, “Little Things” and “Sparrow.” The tracks mark the band’s first new material since 2019’s Two Hands.
“Little Things” was recorded with Shawn Everrett at Five Star Studios in Topanga, California, last October, while “Sparrow” was recorded with Sam Evianat Flying Cloud Recordings in the Catskills in the summer of 2020. Both songs were produced by Big Thief’s drummer James Krivchenia.
“It’s in this sort of evolving free time signature where the beat is always changing, so Max [Oleartchik] and I were just...
“Little Things” was recorded with Shawn Everrett at Five Star Studios in Topanga, California, last October, while “Sparrow” was recorded with Sam Evianat Flying Cloud Recordings in the Catskills in the summer of 2020. Both songs were produced by Big Thief’s drummer James Krivchenia.
“It’s in this sort of evolving free time signature where the beat is always changing, so Max [Oleartchik] and I were just...
- 8/10/2021
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Nearly 30 projects will share in $975,000 of story development funding from Screen Australia, including a television series inspired by the 1999 film Two Hands from director Gregor Jordan, and a family feature film from the producers of Bluey.
The 28 recipients for the final round of development funding in the 2020/21 financial year comprise 12 feature films, 13 television dramas, and three online projects.
Screen Australia head of development Nerida Moore said there was no shortage of variety across the projects.
“Screen Australia is really proud to be supporting this impressive mix of projects,” she said.
“This includes fresh genre-bending comedies Home and Our Haunt, and beautiful romantic drama 10 Moments that will bring together 10 chapters from a great team of exciting creative voices.
“It’s also wonderful to support more children’s content with Big Serious Studios’ Goo Zoo set to invite children into the world of microbiology as part of the company’s aims to...
The 28 recipients for the final round of development funding in the 2020/21 financial year comprise 12 feature films, 13 television dramas, and three online projects.
Screen Australia head of development Nerida Moore said there was no shortage of variety across the projects.
“Screen Australia is really proud to be supporting this impressive mix of projects,” she said.
“This includes fresh genre-bending comedies Home and Our Haunt, and beautiful romantic drama 10 Moments that will bring together 10 chapters from a great team of exciting creative voices.
“It’s also wonderful to support more children’s content with Big Serious Studios’ Goo Zoo set to invite children into the world of microbiology as part of the company’s aims to...
- 7/26/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
This year’s Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) promises the Australian premieres of highly anticipated local features such as Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson and Justin Kurzel’s Nitram.
Miff unveiled the first slate of projects for its 69th iteration today, which sees it return to cinemas, with the full line-up to be announced July 13.
Purcell’s debut feature, which premiered at SXSW, will form the Opening Night Gala – marking the first time a film from an Indigenous female director has opened the event in its history.
“Leah Purcell’s monumental feature The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson will not just open Miff this year – it will kick the doors in,” said Miff artistic director Al Cossar.
“This is a film made for Miff’s return to cinema – an outback western of grand vision; a resonant, revisionist force of filmmaking that...
Miff unveiled the first slate of projects for its 69th iteration today, which sees it return to cinemas, with the full line-up to be announced July 13.
Purcell’s debut feature, which premiered at SXSW, will form the Opening Night Gala – marking the first time a film from an Indigenous female director has opened the event in its history.
“Leah Purcell’s monumental feature The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson will not just open Miff this year – it will kick the doors in,” said Miff artistic director Al Cossar.
“This is a film made for Miff’s return to cinema – an outback western of grand vision; a resonant, revisionist force of filmmaking that...
- 6/16/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief hit The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon Thursday to perform “Dragon Eyes” from her recent solo album Songs.
Lenker kept the performance simple, strumming an acoustic guitar alone in front of a wall of windows. Big Thief is currently up for two Grammys at Sunday’s ceremony: Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance for “Not,” off their 2019 album Two Hands.
The singer-songwriter dropped two albums back in October, Songs and Instrumentals, her third and fourth solo records. She wrote and recorded the songs in...
Lenker kept the performance simple, strumming an acoustic guitar alone in front of a wall of windows. Big Thief is currently up for two Grammys at Sunday’s ceremony: Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance for “Not,” off their 2019 album Two Hands.
The singer-songwriter dropped two albums back in October, Songs and Instrumentals, her third and fourth solo records. She wrote and recorded the songs in...
- 3/12/2021
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
Australian comedian and podcaster Wil Anderson discusses a few of his favorite Australian films.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Crying Game (1992)
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008)
100 Horsemen (1964)
Mad Max (1979)
Walk Into Hell a.k.a. Walk Into Paradise (1956)
Walkabout (1971)
The Chain Reaction (1980)
Wake In Fright (1971)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Time Bandits (1981)
The Road Warrior (1981)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
Crocodile Dundee (1986)
The Castle (1997)
Chopper (2000)
Young Einstein (1988)
Reckless Kelly (1993)
Mr. Accident (2000)
Wolf Creek (2005)
Romper Stomper (1992)
Hammers Over The Anvil (1993)
Unhinged (2020)
The Nice Guys (2016)
Gladiator (2000)
Two Hands (1999)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Ned Kelly (2003)
Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Kenny (2006)
Borat (2006)
Gallipoli (1981)
Phar Lap (1983)
Seabiscuit (2003)
The Dish (2001)
Other Notable Items
Bruce Springsteen’s disappointing Jeep Superbowl commercial
Neil Young
Gruen TV...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Crying Game (1992)
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008)
100 Horsemen (1964)
Mad Max (1979)
Walk Into Hell a.k.a. Walk Into Paradise (1956)
Walkabout (1971)
The Chain Reaction (1980)
Wake In Fright (1971)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Time Bandits (1981)
The Road Warrior (1981)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
Crocodile Dundee (1986)
The Castle (1997)
Chopper (2000)
Young Einstein (1988)
Reckless Kelly (1993)
Mr. Accident (2000)
Wolf Creek (2005)
Romper Stomper (1992)
Hammers Over The Anvil (1993)
Unhinged (2020)
The Nice Guys (2016)
Gladiator (2000)
Two Hands (1999)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Ned Kelly (2003)
Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Kenny (2006)
Borat (2006)
Gallipoli (1981)
Phar Lap (1983)
Seabiscuit (2003)
The Dish (2001)
Other Notable Items
Bruce Springsteen’s disappointing Jeep Superbowl commercial
Neil Young
Gruen TV...
- 2/16/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker performed her solo track “Anything” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Tuesday, January 26th.
The clip finds Lenker performing outdoors, sun radiating in the background as she finger-picks her way through the track. On the studio version of “Anything,” Lenker’s playing is assisted by a paint brush, which adds a dreamy hush to the notes; but here, her barebones playing underpins the aching lyrics with a more tender edge: “I don’t wanna talk about anyone,” Lenker sings, “I don’t wanna talk...
The clip finds Lenker performing outdoors, sun radiating in the background as she finger-picks her way through the track. On the studio version of “Anything,” Lenker’s playing is assisted by a paint brush, which adds a dreamy hush to the notes; but here, her barebones playing underpins the aching lyrics with a more tender edge: “I don’t wanna talk about anyone,” Lenker sings, “I don’t wanna talk...
- 1/27/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The Grammy for Best Alternative Album often includes some of the recording academy’s most inspired choices in terms of nominations. Past winners like David Bowie’s “Blackstar” and Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” were critical darlings, and often one or two nominees here can cross over into the general field. Let’s take a look at this year’s contenders.
Fiona Apple’s “Fetch The Bolt Cutters” is undoubtedly leading the pack. The album was massively acclaimed, receiving one of the highest MetaCritic scores of all time, and Apple is a consistent nominee for her work, earning eight nominations so far including a win for her breakthrough single “Criminal.” With “Fetch” being hailed as the best album of the year so far by multiple publications like Paste and Stereogum, and being a big contender for Album of the Year, a win for Alternative Album is likely, which would be especially...
Fiona Apple’s “Fetch The Bolt Cutters” is undoubtedly leading the pack. The album was massively acclaimed, receiving one of the highest MetaCritic scores of all time, and Apple is a consistent nominee for her work, earning eight nominations so far including a win for her breakthrough single “Criminal.” With “Fetch” being hailed as the best album of the year so far by multiple publications like Paste and Stereogum, and being a big contender for Album of the Year, a win for Alternative Album is likely, which would be especially...
- 11/21/2020
- by Jaime Rodriguez
- Gold Derby
Gregor Jordan on the set of ‘Dirt Music’. (Photo: Kerry Brown)
Once cinemas reopen, Universal Pictures intends to give Dirt Music a wide release – something director Gregor Jordan is thankful for.
Shot in Western Australia and based on Tim Winton’s Miles Franklin-winning novel, the film made its world at the Toronto International Film Festival last September.
It stars Kelly Macdonald as Georgie, a sometime sailor, diver and nurse who is stranded in a remote fishing town with Jim (David Wenham), a man she doesn’t love, and his young sons whose dead mother she can never replace. A reckless moment leads Georgie to an intense, sexually charged affair with Lu Fox (Garrett Hedlund), an enigmatic loner, musician and poacher who is traumatised by a tragic accident from his past.
When Lu retreats into the wilderness, Georgie embarks on a journey to bring him back with the unlikely help of Jim,...
Once cinemas reopen, Universal Pictures intends to give Dirt Music a wide release – something director Gregor Jordan is thankful for.
Shot in Western Australia and based on Tim Winton’s Miles Franklin-winning novel, the film made its world at the Toronto International Film Festival last September.
It stars Kelly Macdonald as Georgie, a sometime sailor, diver and nurse who is stranded in a remote fishing town with Jim (David Wenham), a man she doesn’t love, and his young sons whose dead mother she can never replace. A reckless moment leads Georgie to an intense, sexually charged affair with Lu Fox (Garrett Hedlund), an enigmatic loner, musician and poacher who is traumatised by a tragic accident from his past.
When Lu retreats into the wilderness, Georgie embarks on a journey to bring him back with the unlikely help of Jim,...
- 5/21/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Big Thief dropped a lullaby of a standalone track Wednesday, “Love in Mine,” an outtake from 2019’s Two Hands.
Adrianne Lenker’s dynamic voice is hush on the track — replete with soft guitar and shuffling drums — as she sings about “what we leave behind/Like cicada shells/Will be hollowed/And eaten by the hills.” The thrumming emotional intensity of previous songs like 2019’s “Not” is transformed here into a murmur: “Put your love in mine/Let your body sing when your words won’t/Tell me everything.”
Lenker and Co.
Adrianne Lenker’s dynamic voice is hush on the track — replete with soft guitar and shuffling drums — as she sings about “what we leave behind/Like cicada shells/Will be hollowed/And eaten by the hills.” The thrumming emotional intensity of previous songs like 2019’s “Not” is transformed here into a murmur: “Put your love in mine/Let your body sing when your words won’t/Tell me everything.”
Lenker and Co.
- 4/29/2020
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
Big Thief have released a collection of demos, Demos Vol. 1 – Topanga Canyon, CA – Feb 2018, from the sessions that produced their two 2019 albums, U.F.O.F. and Two Hands, with all proceeds benefitting the band’s touring crew.
Big Thief previewed the collection with “Live Young (Topanga Demo),” a pensive song with a guitar line that twists in between the slow thump of drums and beneath the delicate tip-toe of Adrian Lenker’s restrained, but compelling vocals.
As the collection’s full title suggests, Demos Vol. 1 boasts five songs Big...
Big Thief previewed the collection with “Live Young (Topanga Demo),” a pensive song with a guitar line that twists in between the slow thump of drums and beneath the delicate tip-toe of Adrian Lenker’s restrained, but compelling vocals.
As the collection’s full title suggests, Demos Vol. 1 boasts five songs Big...
- 4/17/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Christopher Nolan is often cited as one of the best directors working today, and his acclaimed career is partly indebted to editor Lee Smith. The Australian film editor was coming off his first Oscar nomination (“Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World”) when he first collaborated with Nolan on “Batman Begins.” The partnership would continue on “The Prestige,” “The Dark Knight,” “Inception,” “The Dark Knight Rises,” “Interstellar,” and “Dunkirk.” The latter won Smith the Best Editing Oscar. In a new interview with D.C. radio station Wtop News, Smith looks back on his career-defining collaboration with Nolan. Smith is the first one to admit the challenge of editing Nolan movies is ensuring they aren’t confusing the audience.
“Chris does make very complicated films and I think my job in the whole process is to try to keep it as understandable as you can,” Smith says. “Because there...
“Chris does make very complicated films and I think my job in the whole process is to try to keep it as understandable as you can,” Smith says. “Because there...
- 3/10/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Big Thief stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform their song “Shoulders” on the late-night show’s indoor stage.
The track, which comes off the group’s recent album Two Hands, got an impassioned, moody performance with a stark background and little over-the-top production.
Last year Big Thief dropped two albums, Two Hands and U.F.O.F., within five months of each other. The band’s reasoning for releasing two albums in one year is that Two Hands is the “earth twin” to U.F.O.F.‘s “celestial twin.
The track, which comes off the group’s recent album Two Hands, got an impassioned, moody performance with a stark background and little over-the-top production.
Last year Big Thief dropped two albums, Two Hands and U.F.O.F., within five months of each other. The band’s reasoning for releasing two albums in one year is that Two Hands is the “earth twin” to U.F.O.F.‘s “celestial twin.
- 2/5/2020
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Tom Long.
Boston-born, Australian-raised actor Tom Long, whose credits include the series East of Everything, SeaChange and Young Lions and the movies The Dish and Two Hands, died from encephalitis on Saturday, aged 51.
Long was forced to quit acting after he collapsed on stage during a performance of the play Coranderrk: We Will Show the Country at the Sydney Opera House in July 2012.
Diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, he underwent chemotherapy, bone marrow transplants and natural therapies to treat the disease.
He was in remission after going to the Us last April for a medical trial in which his T cells were harvested and genetically modified to attack his cancer cells.
Screenwise CEO Denise Roberts said: “He fought the hard fight and was given the all clear. The happiness and relief pulled out from under him. So unfair.”
Actor Peter James Finlay, who worked with Long on Coranderrk,...
Boston-born, Australian-raised actor Tom Long, whose credits include the series East of Everything, SeaChange and Young Lions and the movies The Dish and Two Hands, died from encephalitis on Saturday, aged 51.
Long was forced to quit acting after he collapsed on stage during a performance of the play Coranderrk: We Will Show the Country at the Sydney Opera House in July 2012.
Diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, he underwent chemotherapy, bone marrow transplants and natural therapies to treat the disease.
He was in remission after going to the Us last April for a medical trial in which his T cells were harvested and genetically modified to attack his cancer cells.
Screenwise CEO Denise Roberts said: “He fought the hard fight and was given the all clear. The happiness and relief pulled out from under him. So unfair.”
Actor Peter James Finlay, who worked with Long on Coranderrk,...
- 1/5/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Here at Rolling Stone, we listen to a lot of music in any given year. When we asked staff members to share their favorite albums of 2019, we found some strong consensus picks — Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell!, Taylor Swift’s Lover, Lizzo’s Cuz I Love You, and Miranda Lambert’s Wildcard all appeared across multiple lists — along with dozens more choices that reflect individual writers’ and editors’ vastly different tastes. (One colleague responded with a list of favorite songs instead of albums, suggesting a further divide in how we listen to music.
- 12/20/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein, Jon Blistein, Rick Carp, Jon Dolan, Patrick Doyle, Brenna Ehrlich, Suzy Exposito, Dewayne Gage, Kory Grow, Christian Hoard, Charles Holmes, Joseph Hudak, Daniel Kreps, Sacha Lecca, Angie Martoccio, Steven Pearl, Kyle Rice, Claire Shaffer, Rob Sheffield, Hank Shteamer, Brittany Spanos, Simon Vozick-Levinson, Amy X. Wang and Alison Weinflash
- Rollingstone.com
Before embarking on their world tour, Big Thief stopped by CBS This Morning to perform three songs from their latest album Two Hands.
The Brooklyn-based indie folk band’s Saturday Sessions set included a haunting rendition of “Not,” as well as the wandering “Forgotten Eyes” and delicate title track “Two Hands.” Earlier this month, Big Thief delivered a rock-driven version of “Two Hands” and “Not” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
Alongside Two Hands, Big Thief released their sophomore album U.F.O.F. in May. Their latest LP...
The Brooklyn-based indie folk band’s Saturday Sessions set included a haunting rendition of “Not,” as well as the wandering “Forgotten Eyes” and delicate title track “Two Hands.” Earlier this month, Big Thief delivered a rock-driven version of “Two Hands” and “Not” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
Alongside Two Hands, Big Thief released their sophomore album U.F.O.F. in May. Their latest LP...
- 10/26/2019
- by Ilana Kaplan
- Rollingstone.com
This past spring, the indie-rock quartet released their third album U.F.O.F., an ethereal tour-de-force that simultaneously felt like the band’s most precise articulation of itself to that point as well as a subtle rejection of the precise grunge-folk that had turned them into one of the most revered indie bands of the second half of this decade. “I don’t think we’ve hit a point yet where we’ve had to make our rebellion record,” she said of the album, “but in a way, all...
- 10/11/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Big Thief appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Thursday night to perform their song “Not,” from their new album Two Hands. The track got a hard-rock spin for the band’s live performance, with plenty of distorted guitar fuzz, manic drums and beautiful, wailing vocals from Adrianne Lenker, who veered into almost emo territory at times.
Two Hands, Big Thief’s second LP this year after May’s U.F.O.F., is out Friday. Besides “Not,” the band has shared only one other song, “Forgotten Eyes,” before the album’s release.
Two Hands, Big Thief’s second LP this year after May’s U.F.O.F., is out Friday. Besides “Not,” the band has shared only one other song, “Forgotten Eyes,” before the album’s release.
- 10/11/2019
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Big Thief have released their second — and final — pre-release single from their second album this year, Two Hands, out October 11th.
The song, called “Forgotten Eyes,” offers up the band’s trademark introspection and raw lyrics, reminding us to care for those around us: “Forgotten eyes are the ones which we lose/Forgotten hands are the ones which we choose…The wound has no direction/Everybody needs a home and deserves protection.”
Two Hands follows up Big Thief’s May release, U.F.O.F, and lead singer/songwriter Adrianne Lenker...
The song, called “Forgotten Eyes,” offers up the band’s trademark introspection and raw lyrics, reminding us to care for those around us: “Forgotten eyes are the ones which we lose/Forgotten hands are the ones which we choose…The wound has no direction/Everybody needs a home and deserves protection.”
Two Hands follows up Big Thief’s May release, U.F.O.F, and lead singer/songwriter Adrianne Lenker...
- 10/2/2019
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
A mere three months after the release of their critically-acclaimed album U.F.O.F., Big Thief have announced a second LP for 2019. Two Hands will be released on October 11th via 4Ad and its led by the scorching single “Not.”
Recorded 30 miles outside El Paso at Sonic Ranch Studio — surrounded by 3,000 acres of pecan orchards — the Brooklyn band called Two Hands “the earth twin” to its sister record U.F.O.F., known as “the celestial twin” (that LP was recorded in a cabin in the woods of Washington...
Recorded 30 miles outside El Paso at Sonic Ranch Studio — surrounded by 3,000 acres of pecan orchards — the Brooklyn band called Two Hands “the earth twin” to its sister record U.F.O.F., known as “the celestial twin” (that LP was recorded in a cabin in the woods of Washington...
- 8/13/2019
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
‘Me & My Left Brain’.
Used to the quick turnaround of theatre production, Alex Lykos purposely crafted comedy Me & My Left Brain, released in cinemas today, as a low budget film that could be financed and produced quickly.
That was in part due to his frustration with the fact it took more than six years for his previous film, Alex & Eve – which he wrote based on his stageplay of the same name – to get to screen.
“The process was so slow, long and filled with so many setbacks. I went away, and thought for me – someone who has Adhd – I need to find a model to tell a story on film that could be a little bit more efficient,” Lykos tells If.
Me & My Left Brain is also based on a Lykos stageplay – ‘The Long Night’; he wrote the screen adaptation, moved into the director’s chair for the first time,...
Used to the quick turnaround of theatre production, Alex Lykos purposely crafted comedy Me & My Left Brain, released in cinemas today, as a low budget film that could be financed and produced quickly.
That was in part due to his frustration with the fact it took more than six years for his previous film, Alex & Eve – which he wrote based on his stageplay of the same name – to get to screen.
“The process was so slow, long and filled with so many setbacks. I went away, and thought for me – someone who has Adhd – I need to find a model to tell a story on film that could be a little bit more efficient,” Lykos tells If.
Me & My Left Brain is also based on a Lykos stageplay – ‘The Long Night’; he wrote the screen adaptation, moved into the director’s chair for the first time,...
- 5/16/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Photo by Ajale / License
The 2017 Chinese/Australian film, “Bleeding Steel” is a sci-fi action film starring the legendary actor Jackie Chan. Chan plays the lead character Lin Dong, a special agent from Hong Kong who right at the beginning of the film must decide between seeing his dying daughter and protecting a critical witness.
Fast forward 13 years and Lin Dong must investigate the sources of an author who publishes a book called “Bleeding Steel,” which has a storyline that bears a resemblance to the real events in Hong Kong. Lin Dong later discovers his daughter has had a biochemical device fitted, a device invented by the witness he tried to protect. He then must connect the dots between his daughter, his enemies and the “Bleeding Steel.”
The film, which is set in Australia and China, saw its star, Jackie Chan, filming a fight scene on top of the Sydney Opera House.
The 2017 Chinese/Australian film, “Bleeding Steel” is a sci-fi action film starring the legendary actor Jackie Chan. Chan plays the lead character Lin Dong, a special agent from Hong Kong who right at the beginning of the film must decide between seeing his dying daughter and protecting a critical witness.
Fast forward 13 years and Lin Dong must investigate the sources of an author who publishes a book called “Bleeding Steel,” which has a storyline that bears a resemblance to the real events in Hong Kong. Lin Dong later discovers his daughter has had a biochemical device fitted, a device invented by the witness he tried to protect. He then must connect the dots between his daughter, his enemies and the “Bleeding Steel.”
The film, which is set in Australia and China, saw its star, Jackie Chan, filming a fight scene on top of the Sydney Opera House.
- 3/25/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Stars: Damian Hall, Ty Perham, Kat Stewart, Tony Nikolakopoulos, Arthur Angel, Kaarin Fairfax, Faye Smythe | Written and Directed by Jason Raftopoulos
It’s no secret that while these fair British Isles basically invented acting and movie-making, another country out there has a particular knack of making some tremendously emotional and jarringly real films and TV shows… Australia I am looking directly at you!
For years now I have championed some of the titles that come out of Australia (especially on the indie scene) the wealth of talent in front of and behind the camera is incredible. Look no further than TV shows like Underbelly or Wentworth; movies like Two Hands, Babadook, Chopper, Wolf Creek, Ned Kelly or Animal Kingdom to name a few.
Now I get to add West of Sunshine to my list of Aussie movies that more than deserve your attention.
I am a sucker for a movie...
It’s no secret that while these fair British Isles basically invented acting and movie-making, another country out there has a particular knack of making some tremendously emotional and jarringly real films and TV shows… Australia I am looking directly at you!
For years now I have championed some of the titles that come out of Australia (especially on the indie scene) the wealth of talent in front of and behind the camera is incredible. Look no further than TV shows like Underbelly or Wentworth; movies like Two Hands, Babadook, Chopper, Wolf Creek, Ned Kelly or Animal Kingdom to name a few.
Now I get to add West of Sunshine to my list of Aussie movies that more than deserve your attention.
I am a sucker for a movie...
- 1/22/2019
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
Sam Neill and Bryan Brown.
Bryan Brown will receive this year’s Longford Lyell Award, the highest honour bestowed by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta).
Director Ian Dunlop was the first recipient of the honour named after film pioneers Raymond Longford and Lottie Lyell at the 1968 AFI Awards.
The roll call of honorees includes Peter Weir, Geoffrey Rush, Fred Schepisi, Jan Chapman, David Stratton, Don McAlpine, Al Clark, Jacki Weaver, Andrew Knight, Cate Blanchett and, last year, Phillip Noyce.
“In the 38 years since Bryan received his first AFI Award we have seen him firmly established as one of Australia’s most respected actors. As one of our earliest performance winners it is fitting that we honour Bryan this year as AFI | Aacta celebrates its 60th anniversary,” said AFI | Aacta CEO Damian Trewhella.
“We are full of admiration for Bryan’s commitment to his craft, his role...
Bryan Brown will receive this year’s Longford Lyell Award, the highest honour bestowed by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta).
Director Ian Dunlop was the first recipient of the honour named after film pioneers Raymond Longford and Lottie Lyell at the 1968 AFI Awards.
The roll call of honorees includes Peter Weir, Geoffrey Rush, Fred Schepisi, Jan Chapman, David Stratton, Don McAlpine, Al Clark, Jacki Weaver, Andrew Knight, Cate Blanchett and, last year, Phillip Noyce.
“In the 38 years since Bryan received his first AFI Award we have seen him firmly established as one of Australia’s most respected actors. As one of our earliest performance winners it is fitting that we honour Bryan this year as AFI | Aacta celebrates its 60th anniversary,” said AFI | Aacta CEO Damian Trewhella.
“We are full of admiration for Bryan’s commitment to his craft, his role...
- 11/27/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Celebrating 30 years worth of fanaticism and community in the cult of Ashley ‘Ash’ Williams.
Thanks to our Star Trekian utopia of VOD insta-satisfaction (“Number One, slap The Greasy Strangler on the view screen!”), it’s becoming difficult to remember the ruthless savagery of that bygone VHS hunt. I spent far too many days roaming my hometown and neighboring cities chasing down lesser-known Kurosawas, the Critters sequels, and the seemingly always elusive pre-Mad Max apocalyptic mindfuck, A Boy and His Dog. Too often I had to settle for less, and rewatch Police Academy 4 instead of the highbrow hilarity of Zapped! cuz some other Scott Baio devotee had the local Power Video on stakeout. If your tastes in cinema aligned with the Blockbuster new release guarantee then you were golden, but us degenerates with a predilection for Roger Corman, and movies made before our births were doomed to the endless quest. Which, of...
Thanks to our Star Trekian utopia of VOD insta-satisfaction (“Number One, slap The Greasy Strangler on the view screen!”), it’s becoming difficult to remember the ruthless savagery of that bygone VHS hunt. I spent far too many days roaming my hometown and neighboring cities chasing down lesser-known Kurosawas, the Critters sequels, and the seemingly always elusive pre-Mad Max apocalyptic mindfuck, A Boy and His Dog. Too often I had to settle for less, and rewatch Police Academy 4 instead of the highbrow hilarity of Zapped! cuz some other Scott Baio devotee had the local Power Video on stakeout. If your tastes in cinema aligned with the Blockbuster new release guarantee then you were golden, but us degenerates with a predilection for Roger Corman, and movies made before our births were doomed to the endless quest. Which, of...
- 3/22/2017
- by Brad Gullickson
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
El Questro Station, where 'Wonderful Unknown' will shoot. (Photo: Tourism Western Australia)..
Two features, Wonderful Unknown and Dirt Music, as well as a six-part drama series from Greer Simpkin and David Jowsey, are set to shoot in Western Australia, thanks to the $16 million Wa Regional Film Fund.
The fund, launched by the state government.last year, is designed to attract local and international productions..
".Eight months after its launch, the fund has helped secure its first Hollywood-Australian feature and UK-Australian feature as well as a major Australian television series," said Wa Culture and Arts Minister John Day.
.It is estimated they will contribute more than $14 million to the Wa economy..
Gregor Jordan (Buffalo Soldiers, Ned Kelly, Two Hands) will direct Dirt Music, the long-in-the-works adaptation of Tim Winton.s novel.
The screenplay was penned by Jack Thorne (Wonder, The Last Panthers), and the producers are Brits Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey,...
Two features, Wonderful Unknown and Dirt Music, as well as a six-part drama series from Greer Simpkin and David Jowsey, are set to shoot in Western Australia, thanks to the $16 million Wa Regional Film Fund.
The fund, launched by the state government.last year, is designed to attract local and international productions..
".Eight months after its launch, the fund has helped secure its first Hollywood-Australian feature and UK-Australian feature as well as a major Australian television series," said Wa Culture and Arts Minister John Day.
.It is estimated they will contribute more than $14 million to the Wa economy..
Gregor Jordan (Buffalo Soldiers, Ned Kelly, Two Hands) will direct Dirt Music, the long-in-the-works adaptation of Tim Winton.s novel.
The screenplay was penned by Jack Thorne (Wonder, The Last Panthers), and the producers are Brits Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey,...
- 1/30/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Think of yourself of as a film buff? How many of these abodes do you recognise?
Girl Asleep
Goldstone
The Turning
The Babadook
Wolf Creek 2
Reckless Kelly
The Pack
Snowtown
Chopper
He Died With A Felafel in His Hand
Metal Skin
Romper Stomper
Snowtown
The Hunter
Animal Kingdom
Tomorrow When the War Began
Australia
The Proposition
Mad Max: Fury Road
Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
Mad Max
Mad Max 2
Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome
Mad Max: Fury Road
Storm Boy
Dead Calm
On the Beach
Black Water
The Castle
Snowtown
Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos
The Great Gatsby
Holding the Man
Two Hands
Somersault
Looking for Alibrandi
The Dressmaker
Lantana
The Great Gatsby
Australia
Paper Planes
Babe: Pig in the City
Babe
Mad Max: Fury Road
Metal Skin
Romper Stomper
Chopper
Wolf Creek
The Great Gatsby
Romeo and Juliet
Strictly Ballroom
Little Fish
The Sapphires
Muriel's Wedding...
Girl Asleep
Goldstone
The Turning
The Babadook
Wolf Creek 2
Reckless Kelly
The Pack
Snowtown
Chopper
He Died With A Felafel in His Hand
Metal Skin
Romper Stomper
Snowtown
The Hunter
Animal Kingdom
Tomorrow When the War Began
Australia
The Proposition
Mad Max: Fury Road
Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
Mad Max
Mad Max 2
Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome
Mad Max: Fury Road
Storm Boy
Dead Calm
On the Beach
Black Water
The Castle
Snowtown
Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos
The Great Gatsby
Holding the Man
Two Hands
Somersault
Looking for Alibrandi
The Dressmaker
Lantana
The Great Gatsby
Australia
Paper Planes
Babe: Pig in the City
Babe
Mad Max: Fury Road
Metal Skin
Romper Stomper
Chopper
Wolf Creek
The Great Gatsby
Romeo and Juliet
Strictly Ballroom
Little Fish
The Sapphires
Muriel's Wedding...
- 12/16/2016
- by Guardian staff
- The Guardian - Film News
Executive producer and production legal advisor Bryce Menzies has been appointed to the ScreenWest board. Announcing Menzies. appointment today, Wa Culture and the Arts Minister John Day said the move came at an important time for the state's production sector. .It.s an exciting time to join the ScreenWest board, with the Liberal National Government recently announcing the $16 million Western Australian Regional Film Fund which aims to attract significant levels of production from within Australia and internationally,. Mr Day said. .I welcome Mr Menzies and the wealth of knowledge he will bring to his new ScreenWest role. .The regional film fund promises to give Wa a serious competitive edge, so I expect ScreenWest will be even busier than usual as Mr Menzies takes up his position.. Menzies has a long history in the industry, as executive producer on films such as Son of a Gun, Red Dog, A Few Best Men and Two Hands.
- 6/23/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Chinese entertainment conglomerate Huace Group and Arclight Films have signed a strategic alliance for a multi-faceted $300 million feature film collaboration.
Their co-venture Aurora Alliance Films. plans to develop, finance and produce a slate of high concept international co-productions. The first titles have secured top-tier Hollywood directors to be announced soon. Huace and Arclight Films have begun work on the action-thriller Lights Out and are in final negotiations with a Hollywood director.
Also in the works is Safecrackers, a crime-action feature written by Paul Staheli, to be directed by Gregor Jordan whose credits include Buffalo Soldiers,.. Two Hands and Ned Kelly. The group is also developing a big budgeted Chinese co-production, an action thriller,. with Thunder Road.s Basil Iwanyk, who recently produced Gods Of Egypt, the $200 miliion film directed by Alex Proyas.
The producers are in negotiations with James McTeigue to direct. McTeigue made his directorial debut in 2006 with box-office hit V for Vendetta.
Their co-venture Aurora Alliance Films. plans to develop, finance and produce a slate of high concept international co-productions. The first titles have secured top-tier Hollywood directors to be announced soon. Huace and Arclight Films have begun work on the action-thriller Lights Out and are in final negotiations with a Hollywood director.
Also in the works is Safecrackers, a crime-action feature written by Paul Staheli, to be directed by Gregor Jordan whose credits include Buffalo Soldiers,.. Two Hands and Ned Kelly. The group is also developing a big budgeted Chinese co-production, an action thriller,. with Thunder Road.s Basil Iwanyk, who recently produced Gods Of Egypt, the $200 miliion film directed by Alex Proyas.
The producers are in negotiations with James McTeigue to direct. McTeigue made his directorial debut in 2006 with box-office hit V for Vendetta.
- 9/24/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
The actor on being funny, serious and successful – and her delight that the fight against ‘illegal’ sexism in the film industry is finally landing some blows
Rose Byrne is a notorious “breaker” – one of those actors who finds it impossible to keep a straight face opposite a comedic co-star. While she assures me she’s improving, working with her “unpredictable” co-star Melissa McCarthy on their new movie Spy made it almost impossible. “She’ll go on these runs of her bits, so it’s pretty hard not to start laughing. Even the crew guys start laughing.” She adds quickly: “Jude [Law] broke a lot so that made me feel less self-conscious.”
Related: Spy review – uproarious Paul Feig comedy tickles SXSW
Related: Two Hands rewatched – Heath Ledger emerges in offbeat crime caper
It just seems to be more bad news with this government with the arts
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Rose Byrne is a notorious “breaker” – one of those actors who finds it impossible to keep a straight face opposite a comedic co-star. While she assures me she’s improving, working with her “unpredictable” co-star Melissa McCarthy on their new movie Spy made it almost impossible. “She’ll go on these runs of her bits, so it’s pretty hard not to start laughing. Even the crew guys start laughing.” She adds quickly: “Jude [Law] broke a lot so that made me feel less self-conscious.”
Related: Spy review – uproarious Paul Feig comedy tickles SXSW
Related: Two Hands rewatched – Heath Ledger emerges in offbeat crime caper
It just seems to be more bad news with this government with the arts
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- 5/28/2015
- by Alexandra Spring
- The Guardian - Film News
Australians in Film has announced the 2015 finalists for the Heath Ledger Scholarship, which fosters the education and career development of emerging Australian actors within the U.S. The recipients of the seventh annual scholarship, including a main prize winner and two runners up, will be announced on Monday, June 1 at the Sunset Marquis Hotel in West Hollywood, California. Rose Byrne, Ben Mendelsohn and Vince Vaughn are among the judges of this year’s scholarship, along with executive producer Adam Schroeder (“Zoolander,” “Sleepy Hollow,” “Clueless”), directors Kieran Darcy-Smith (“Wish You Were Here,” “By Way of Helena”) and Gregor Jordan (“Ned Kelly,...
- 5/7/2015
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Rising young actors who.ve appeared in Unbroken, The Water Diviner, Deadline Gallipoli, Anzac Girls and The Code are among the finalists for the 7th annual Heath Ledger Scholarship.
In all 20 are in contention for the prize which includes two round-trip flights to L.A., a two-year scholarship at the Stella Adler Academy, $5,000 worth of visa and immigration services and $10,000 cash.
Presented by Australians in Film, the winner will be announced in Los Angeles on June 1. Two runners up will each receive a round-trip ticket to La and a scholarship to attend masterclasses at Screenwise Film & TV School for actors in Sydney.
Previous recipients were Cody Fern (The Last Time I Saw Richard), James Mackay (The Dressmaker, The Tomorrow People), Anna McGahan (Anzac Girls, House Husbands), Ryan Corr (The Water Diviner, Wolf Creek 2), Bella Heathcote (Dark Shadows, The Rewrite) and Oliver Ackland (Party Tricks, Blinder).
The finalists were selected...
In all 20 are in contention for the prize which includes two round-trip flights to L.A., a two-year scholarship at the Stella Adler Academy, $5,000 worth of visa and immigration services and $10,000 cash.
Presented by Australians in Film, the winner will be announced in Los Angeles on June 1. Two runners up will each receive a round-trip ticket to La and a scholarship to attend masterclasses at Screenwise Film & TV School for actors in Sydney.
Previous recipients were Cody Fern (The Last Time I Saw Richard), James Mackay (The Dressmaker, The Tomorrow People), Anna McGahan (Anzac Girls, House Husbands), Ryan Corr (The Water Diviner, Wolf Creek 2), Bella Heathcote (Dark Shadows, The Rewrite) and Oliver Ackland (Party Tricks, Blinder).
The finalists were selected...
- 5/6/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Rose Byrne, Ben Mendelsohn, Kieran Darcy-Smith and Vince Vaughn are among the judges for this year.s Heath Ledger Scholarship.
The winner, who will be named in early June, will get $US10,000 in cash and a two-year scholarship at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre in Los Angeles, among other prizes.
Previous recipients were Cody Fern (The Last Time I Saw Richard), James Mackay (The Dressmaker, The Tomorrow People), Anna McGahan (Anzac Girls, House Husbands), Ryan Corr (The Water Diviner, Wolf Creek 2), Bella Heathcote (Dark Shadows, The Rewrite) and Oliver Ackland (Party Tricks, Blinder).
Presented by Australians in Film (AiF) , the award was created in 2008 to foster the education and career development of Australian actors in the Us.
The judging panel includes Byrne (Damages, The Internship, Neighbors), Mendelsohn (Bloodline, Exodus: Gods and Kings, The Dark Knight Rises), director Darcy-Smith (Wish You Were Here, By Way of Helena) and Vaughn (True Detective,...
The winner, who will be named in early June, will get $US10,000 in cash and a two-year scholarship at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre in Los Angeles, among other prizes.
Previous recipients were Cody Fern (The Last Time I Saw Richard), James Mackay (The Dressmaker, The Tomorrow People), Anna McGahan (Anzac Girls, House Husbands), Ryan Corr (The Water Diviner, Wolf Creek 2), Bella Heathcote (Dark Shadows, The Rewrite) and Oliver Ackland (Party Tricks, Blinder).
Presented by Australians in Film (AiF) , the award was created in 2008 to foster the education and career development of Australian actors in the Us.
The judging panel includes Byrne (Damages, The Internship, Neighbors), Mendelsohn (Bloodline, Exodus: Gods and Kings, The Dark Knight Rises), director Darcy-Smith (Wish You Were Here, By Way of Helena) and Vaughn (True Detective,...
- 4/7/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Water Diviner and The Babadook share top film honours and ABC’s The Code is the biggest TV winner. All the red carpet glitz, gossip and gongs from Sydney
Water Diviner and Babadook tie, but at least they’re AussieAactas red carpet: the stars arrive – in pictures
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The big winners? The Water Diviner and The Babadook for film, and The Code for its multiple awards in the telly categories.
Plenty more to celebrate and debate in the coming days. We’ll be back on Friday with the best quotes and pictures. Not to mention our weekly film column that sees Luke Buckmaster re-watching the cult classics of Australian cinema, week in week out, for your reading/viewing pleasure.
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And, breathe, we’re almost there. Cate and Debs are back on stage to lead into the final and biggest gong of the night: the award for...
Water Diviner and Babadook tie, but at least they’re AussieAactas red carpet: the stars arrive – in pictures
8.58pm Aest
The big winners? The Water Diviner and The Babadook for film, and The Code for its multiple awards in the telly categories.
Plenty more to celebrate and debate in the coming days. We’ll be back on Friday with the best quotes and pictures. Not to mention our weekly film column that sees Luke Buckmaster re-watching the cult classics of Australian cinema, week in week out, for your reading/viewing pleasure.
8.39pm Aest
And, breathe, we’re almost there. Cate and Debs are back on stage to lead into the final and biggest gong of the night: the award for...
- 1/29/2015
- by Nancy Groves and Alexandra Spring in Sydney
- The Guardian - Film News
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) has announced Rose Byrne as the first recipient of its newly created award . the Aacta Trailblazer Award.
The Award was formed in order to recognise an individual.s achievements, abilities and successes throughout their career, and honours the achievements of Australians working in both the domestic and global film and television industry.
In a statement released to the media, Aacta described the Award as .recognition of the multi-disciplinary achievements of talented Australian screen practitioners who inspire others with their portfolio of work, acknowledging their valuable contribution to promoting Australian screen culture and excellence, both here and abroad..
It is a discretionary award and is determined by the Board and President of AFI | Aacta.
Aacta President, Geoffrey Rush, said: .Rose Byrne.s transcendent reputation in the public eye in combination with her success on the big and small screen marries with one...
The Award was formed in order to recognise an individual.s achievements, abilities and successes throughout their career, and honours the achievements of Australians working in both the domestic and global film and television industry.
In a statement released to the media, Aacta described the Award as .recognition of the multi-disciplinary achievements of talented Australian screen practitioners who inspire others with their portfolio of work, acknowledging their valuable contribution to promoting Australian screen culture and excellence, both here and abroad..
It is a discretionary award and is determined by the Board and President of AFI | Aacta.
Aacta President, Geoffrey Rush, said: .Rose Byrne.s transcendent reputation in the public eye in combination with her success on the big and small screen marries with one...
- 1/26/2015
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
American Horror Story: Freak Show's posters and trailers have been the stuff of beautiful nightmares and E! News' exclusive poster is no different. Everything looks totally glamorous and normal, right? Look a little closer. Two hands on one arm. Ryan Murphy, you twisted genius. The new season of American Horror Story is set in the 1950s where Jessica Lange is Elsa Mars, a "chanteuse" (Murphy's description, no word if she's elusive) and the owner of one of the last remaining freak shows in America. The German ex-pat is joined by her second-in-command Ethel Darling, the bearded lady, played by Kathy Bates. Other "freaks" include conjoined twins Bette and Dot (Sarah Paulson),...
- 9/16/2014
- E! Online
Stars were born in this Australian classic crime-doesn’t-pay morality fable that had flashes of innovation around the edges
From a career-building and star-grooming point of view, writer and director Gregor Jordan’s offbeat crime caper Two Hands (1999) is significant for a few reasons.
It starred a little-known Heath Ledger as a simple-minded wannabe criminal, heralded the breakthrough performance for Rose Byrne as his sweet, country girl love interest and provided the stepping stone for Jordan's career in Hollywood. His next film was 2001's Buffalo Soldiers, an irreverent Cold War-set comedy starring Joaquin Phoenix as a drug-peddling Us soldier.
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From a career-building and star-grooming point of view, writer and director Gregor Jordan’s offbeat crime caper Two Hands (1999) is significant for a few reasons.
It starred a little-known Heath Ledger as a simple-minded wannabe criminal, heralded the breakthrough performance for Rose Byrne as his sweet, country girl love interest and provided the stepping stone for Jordan's career in Hollywood. His next film was 2001's Buffalo Soldiers, an irreverent Cold War-set comedy starring Joaquin Phoenix as a drug-peddling Us soldier.
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- 7/3/2014
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
Any list of must-watch films is likely to be so arbitrary and subjective that it buys plenty of arguments, and so it proves with the Taste of Cinema website.s compilation on Australian cinema.
Its selection of 20 Essential Australian Films You Need To Watch overlooks many classics and more than a few stand-outs of the past 30 years.
Writer Liam Clark, a film/literature/music student in Sydney, acknowledges the first-ever feature length film was The Story Of The Kelly Gang in 1906. He then observes, .Since then, antipodean auteurs of the screen have been weaving their imagerial visions into challenging portraits of Outback Australia, racism, crime and hauntingly beautiful stories..
The list omits everything produced before 1971 and there are some questionable choices.
His Essential 20: Strictly Ballroom (1992), Sweetie (1989), Mad Max (1979), Gallipoli (1981), Muriel.s Wedding (1994), Lantana (2001), Snowtown (2011), The Dish (2000), Candy (2006), Dogs in Space (1986), Somersault (2004), Shine (1986), The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the...
Its selection of 20 Essential Australian Films You Need To Watch overlooks many classics and more than a few stand-outs of the past 30 years.
Writer Liam Clark, a film/literature/music student in Sydney, acknowledges the first-ever feature length film was The Story Of The Kelly Gang in 1906. He then observes, .Since then, antipodean auteurs of the screen have been weaving their imagerial visions into challenging portraits of Outback Australia, racism, crime and hauntingly beautiful stories..
The list omits everything produced before 1971 and there are some questionable choices.
His Essential 20: Strictly Ballroom (1992), Sweetie (1989), Mad Max (1979), Gallipoli (1981), Muriel.s Wedding (1994), Lantana (2001), Snowtown (2011), The Dish (2000), Candy (2006), Dogs in Space (1986), Somersault (2004), Shine (1986), The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the...
- 4/10/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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