Peter Weir receives inaugural AFTRS lifetime achievement award
By Emma Joyce
Director of Picnic at Hanging Rock and Gallipoli celebrated for defining Australian culture and ‘global influence on craft, form and storytelling’
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‘I’m really proud to be Brittany Higgins’: former Liberal staffer reveals why she didn’t change her name
By Amanda Meade Media correspondent
Silenced, a documentary about violence against women, opened the Sydney film festival on Wednesday
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Beast review – down-and-out MMA fighter film is predictable but still lands punches
By Luke Buckmaster
Directed by Tyler Atkins and co-written by Russell Crowe, this Australian feature follows a familiar playbook – but you’ll find yourself surprisingly invested
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This evening's viewing: cult 1970s Aussie flick, The Cars That Ate Paris, Peter Weir's first feature film, well before Picnic at Hanging Rock. BFI has a restored version coming soon, and were kind enough to send me a review screener.
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The Top Fifty Australian movies of all time, compiled by The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
Lindy Percival, Nathanael Scott, Daniel Carter, and others: This list of our 50 best films will likely provoke debate, but with the aid of 24 experts, including directors, actors, critics, curators and authors, what follows is an inspiring reminder of what we've seen so far and a heartfelt encouragement to go on watching our stories on screen. Spoilers: Crocodile Dundee doesn't feature, though The Castle does, but overall the fifty selected titles are indicative — I think — of the best […]
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