The choice fruit of The Mango Tree (Kevin Dobson, 1977) Brian McFarlane July 2010 Key Moments in Australian Cinema It’s not as though there was nothing else going on in Australian cinema in the 1970s, but the combination of period piece, eye-catching locations, lit...
A Girl’s Own Story (Jane Campion, 1984) Anton De Ionno July 2010 Key Moments in Australian Cinema Jane Campion has been a dominant force in world cinema for nearly two decades. Shot delicately in black-and-white, A Girl’s Own Story is an early shor...
Aliens Among Us: Sally Marshall is Not an Alien (Mario Andreacchio, 1999) Jake Wilson July 2010 Key Moments in Australian Cinema Where’s she from anyway? The outback? The moon? Worse. L. A. - friends of Rhonnie (Thea Gumbert) in Sally Marshall is Not an Alien At the end of t...
Somersault (Cate Shortland, 2004) Brodie Lancaster July 2010 Key Moments in Australian Cinema In 2004, a benchmark was set for Australian filmmaking when writer-director Cate Shortland’s feature debut, Somersault, was chosen for Official Select...
Storylines in Baz Luhrmann’s Australia (2008) Lisa French July 2010 Key Moments in Australian Cinema As the landscape teems with the dust of a thousand cattle stampeding towards him, Nullah (Brandon Walters) takes a stand on the edge of a precipice. A...
On The Beach (Stanley Kramer, 1959, USA) Deane Williams September 2009 Key Moments in Australian Cinema, Special Dossiers
Strike Me Lucky (Ken G. Hall, 1934) Lesley Speed September 2009 Key Moments in Australian Cinema, Special Dossiers
Wolf Creek (Greg Mclean, 2005) William “Bill” Blick September 2009 Key Moments in Australian Cinema, Special Dossiers
On the Home Front: Newsfront (Phillip Noyce, 1978) Adrian Danks September 2009 Key Moments in Australian Cinema, Special Dossiers
Intervention: Katherine, NT (Julie Nimmo, 2008) Dugald Williamson September 2009 Key Moments in Australian Cinema, Special Dossiers
Romper Stomper (Geoffrey Wright, 1992) Lucille Paterson September 2009 Key Moments in Australian Cinema, Special Dossiers
“Take it all off baby, take it all off” – The Australian Kamasutra: Love Serenade (Shirley Barrett, 1996) Catherine Simpson August 2009 Key Moments in Australian Cinema, Special Dossiers
