Australian film
Australians love a laugh, so why aren’t we making more comedies?
Decades after Babe, The Castle and Muriel’s Wedding became hits, the head of the country’s screen producers’ association has declared we should be making more funny films.
- by Garry Maddox
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‘I made this movie for the stolen mob’: A horror about historic wrongs
The Moogai offers a perspective on the Stolen Generations that has been sorely missing in mainstream Australian cinema.
- by Nell Geraets
Is this film everything that’s right with Australian cinema, or everything that’s wrong?
This debut feature is ripped straight from the low-budget filmmaker handbook, but it’s heartfelt, well-acted and utterly relevant.
- by Karl Quinn
★★★★
Review
It’s not cute like Pixar, and that’s what makes Memoir of a Snail a joy
Australian writer-director Adam Elliot’s “claymation biographies” are definitely not for children, but they find hope among the gloom.
- by Sandra Hall
New doco celebrates an epic, forgotten Australian adventure
The Great White Whale tells the story of the little-known venture to climb Australia’s highest mountain on remote Heard Island.
- by Garry Maddox
Screen Australia is spending millions to stop filmmakers accessing funds. Why?
The country’s top screen agency is supposed to help people make content. But some producers claim it is deliberately trying to force them out of business.
- by Karl Quinn
Memoir of a reluctant animator: Adam Elliot’s long road to success
The Oscar-winning filmmaker’s Memoir of a Snail has landed 15 years after his last one. Such is the nature of stop-motion animation.
- by Karl Quinn
Baz Luhrmann to shoot an epic Joan of Arc film
After Elvis, the Australian director is planning an epic about the famous French heroine and patron saint.
- by Garry Maddox
Move over, Bluey: meet Australia’s newest canine star
The search for a dog to play the title role in new film Runt, based on a bestselling children’s book, led to a foster home in Geelong.
- by Garry Maddox
Boxing drama Kid Snow is the kind of Australian film we used to make
Forget about political correctness, director Paul Goldman and the film’s writers have no desire to give us a revisionist version of the past.
- by Sandra Hall
Priscilla at 30: How queens of the desert made Australian film history
The people behind the cinematic legend relive the colour and chaos behind the scenes – and how one casting misstep might have changed everything.
- by Michael Idato
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