Too often, diva films feel like a spectacle about women being punished for living their dreams. The strength of I Am Woman is in the way Helen Reddy comes through.
Articles on Australian film
Displaying 61 - 80 of 105 articles
Babe combined cutting edge visual effects with a moving story of success in the face of adversity that still resonates today.
Developed through Melbourne’s first lockdown and filmed as restrictions lifted, Loving Captivity is a rom-com about dating in the isolation age.
We are being told we must choose between free speech or bullying. These aren’t the real options.
Four reporters joined the showdown with the Kelly gang 140 years ago. They became part of the story and set the tone for a legend.
Daniel Radcliffe stars in the unispired Escape from Pretoria, which is more procedural than character-driven.
This new NITV documentary captures the power of Country.
A documentary about a high adrenaline outback adventure race, Finke: There & Back, provides spectacular aerial imagery and personal insights.
This new optimistic and empathetic documentary from Genevieve Bailey looks at the mental health of five Australian men.
In August, Screen Australia announced they had surpassed targets in their Gender Matters initative. But their September 2019 production funding round has no women directors or writers.
Two new screen productions show us the nuances of growing up in Arab and Muslim migrant communities. They’re a refreshing look at stories too seldom told.
The Merger draws on the conventions of the sports film to explore and challenge attitudes towards refugees in Australia.
Romantic comedy meets road movie in Wayne Blair’s much anticipated new film.
School stories hold a special place in popular culture. Stories set in Australian schools have often celebrated outsiders and underdogs, in contrast with their North American counterparts.
Some of the best examples of horror and fantasy genre films have emerged from Australia. Unfortunately, The School is not one of them.
A marvellous exhibition of Australian film stills, now showing in Adelaide, offers a form of visual ethnography.
Jirga has a clear message to the Taliban, Westerners, and other Afghans - even in the horror of warfare you can’t escape moral accountability.
In Cargo, zombies roam Australia and Aboriginal people living off the land are best equipped to repel them. The first half hour is brilliant but the film becomes far less satisfying.
Muriel Heslop stole Australia’s heart when she debuted on screen in 1994. Now she gets a loving, ABBA-filled musical tribute, that is definitely not terrible.
Amazon this week purchased the global rights to J.R.R. Tolkein’s The Lord of the Rings to turn it into a television series. What are the implications for Australia’s content and its global reach?
Top contributors
-
Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
-
Lecturer, Media, University of Tasmania
-
Associate Professor in Cinema Studies, RMIT University
-
Senior Lecturer in Illustration and Animation, Adelaide University ; University of Newcastle
-
Senior Lecturer, Media Studies and Production, University of Southern Queensland
-
Executive Director, Compton School
-
Lecturer in Theatre, Australian Catholic University
-
Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
-
Director of Learning and Teaching, School of Arts., Western Sydney University
-
Professor, Film, Screen, Animation, Queensland University of Technology
-
Professor, College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities, Adelaide University
-
Senior Lecturer School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University
-
Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Monash University
-
Film Producer at The Picture Tank, recent AFTRS Masters graduate, Australian Film, Television and Radio School
-
Academic tutor, school of design, The University of Melbourne