Author Rose Capp

The central character in The Legend Maker (Ian Pringle, 2014) is an avuncular crook, a criminal type familiar to contemporary audiences from the recent Hollywood hit American Hustle (David O. Russell, 2013) to ...

In Mark Hartley’s Not Quite Hollywood (Mark Hartley, 2008), the writer/director explores a substantial group of underappreciated Australian genre films produced in the 1970s and 1980s. The genteel historicity o...

The Sapphires (Wayne Blair, 2012) opens in an idyllic rural setting. A group of young Aboriginal girls run home across the paddocks in the fading evening light to sing for a gathering of family and friends. But...

Six Degrees of Separation (1993) sits precisely mid-career in Fred Schepisi’s filmography. The third in a series of stage adaptations the filmmaker undertook in this period (Plenty and Roxanne ), the film has ...

The penultimate scene in Puberty Blues is for most viewers including this writer, the defining moment in the film. Over the course of the narrative, schoolgirls Sue Knight (Jad Capelja) and Debbie Vickers (Nell...

Park Row (1952 USA 83 mins) Prod Co: Samuel Fuller Productions Prod, Dir, Scr: Samuel Fuller Phot: Jack Russell Ed: Philip Cahn Prod Des: Theobold Holsopple Mus: Paul Dunlap Cast: Gene Evans, Mary We...

Moonrise (1948 USA 85 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Republic Prod: Charles Haas Dir: Frank Borzage Scr: Charles Haas, based on the novel by Theodore Strauss Phot: John L. Russell Ed: Harry Keller Art D...

Australian cinema's recent instalment into the study of domestic ties, fraught masculinity, and coming-of-age.

The Big Combo (1955 USA 88mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Allied Artists, Security Pictures, Theodora Productions Prod: Sidney Harmon Dir: Joseph H. Lewis Scr: Philip Yordan Phot: John Alton Ed: Robert E...

Noyce's latest film fails to deliver bold aesthetic and political convictions.

Livia Ruzic, who has a long and distinguished career as a sound editor, talks to Rose Capp about the pleasures of sound editing, big bangs and working with Baz.

Rose Capp reviews two recently released female friendship comedies, Kissing Jessica Stein and The Banger Sisters.

Jan Chapman, one of Australia's pre-eminent film producers, speaks with Rose Capp about life, film and her brilliant career.

Mandy Walker, one of Australia's leading cinematographers, talks about the long hours and many satisfactions of working behind the camera.

Writer, actor, and now director Leah Purcell talks to the co-editors about life, politics, talking tough to Phil Noyce and her documentary Black Chicks Talking.

They Live by Night (1949 USA 95 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Prod: John Houseman Dir: Nicholas Ray Scr: Charles Schnee Phot: George E. Diskant Ed: Sherman Todd Art Dir: Albert D'Agostino, Al Herman Mu...

Women are once again the centre in Nair's latest offering, abundant in optimism, colour, and movement.

A case of simplifying cultural difference: Capp considers this recent contribution to the crop of local multiculturally inflected films.

When Sally Potter first appeared on the independent British filmmaking scene in the late 1970s, she attracted considerable critical attention. The influential circle of feminist film critics who arguably do...

Rabbit on the Moon (1987 Australia 20mins) Source: NLA/CAC Prod. Co: AFTTRS Prod, Dir: Monica Pellizzari Phot: Brendan Young Mus: Georgio Zinzii Cast: Aurelia Eneide, Nicoletta Boris. Just Desserts (1993 A...

(Alison Maclean, 1999) It has been a long time between cinematic 'drinks' for Alison Maclean. The Canadian-born, ex-New Zealand and now New York-based director first made her presence felt with her inter...

This Gun For Hire (1942, USA, 80mins) Source: NLA/CAC Prod Co: Richard M. Blumenthal Productions for Paramount Prod: Richard Blumenthal Dir: Frank Tuttle Scr: Albert Maltz, W.R. Burnett from the novel by Gra...

A couple of years back, Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman found herself deep in the American South, and events unfolded which demanded her instant attention. The result was this unusual film, South.