Australian film
How a director’s life-changing trip around the Pilbara became a movie
As a teen, Nyul Nyul and Yawuru director Jub Clerc went on a trip with other at-risk kids. It’s the basis of her debut feature.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
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‘Sometimes it fills that gap for people’: Miranda Otto on the dangerous appeal of cult leaders
The Australian star of Lord of the Rings, Fires and Wellmania plays a cult leader in the new drama series, The Clearing.
- by Garry Maddox
Magic Mixies a spell for success but do they pass the kids’ TV test?
With a million magic units sold, a series on Netflix, and new products by the day, Magic Mixies is a global success story. But what does it say about kids’ TV?
- by Karl Quinn
‘Please don’t catch anyone’s eye’, and other Campion film-set rules
Some film school teachers had “no great belief or hope” in Jane Campion. Two Oscars later ...
- by Konrad Marshall
The scheme that brought a million people to Australia gets its own show
At the heart of the drama series Ten Pound Poms is a great disconnect between expectation and reality.
- by Karl Quinn
Heather Mitchell: ‘My first sexual experience was a moment of shock’
The Australian actor opens up about her father’s Alzheimer’s, cancer, and sex scenes with Hugo Weaving.
- by Robyn Doreian
The news that sent Matt Nable and his brothers on a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ Vegas trip
From football to acting, boxing to writing, and now, directing, Matt Nable’s long defied stereotypes. And now he’s ready to smash some more.
- by Garry Maddox
Why this Aussie film about 90s suburbia has audiences raving
Of An Age renders ’90s suburbia into a site of romance and longing and offers Australia its own entry to a potent sub-genre of queer cinema.
- by Jared Richards
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WA
Perth’s long-awaited movie studio moves north and a step closer to becoming a reality
After the failure to make their bold Fremantle Harbour proposal fly Home Fire Creative Industries have come up with what appears to be a viable plan for a movie studio in Malaga.
- by Mark Naglazas
‘You’ve got a brain tumour, you idiot!’: What Geoff Morrell’s drawings revealed
While filming in NZ, actor Geoff Morrell began sketching faces that had a strange swelling behind one eye. Turns out, his brain was telling him something.
- by Amanda Hooton
Albanese cues bridges to Bollywood, flags film production pact
Indian movie stars have been told to expect a new deal to encourage more of their films to be made in Australia.
- by David Crowe