Geoffrey Rush is set to play iconic comedian Groucho Marx in “Raised Eyebrows,” writer-director Oren Moverman’s upcoming adaptation of Steve Stoliar’s memoir “Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho’s House.”
Moverman, whose credits include co-writing the Brian Wilson biopic “Love & Mercy” and writing and directing “Time Out of Mind,” worked on the “Raising Eyebrows” script with Stoliar. Rush will star opposite Charlie Plummer and Sienna Miller.
“Raised Eyebrows” is set between 1973 and 1977 and stars Plummer as Stoliar, who is hired by Erin Fleming (Miller) to work with an aging and frail Groucho Marx (Rush). Fleming was in charge of Marx’s personal and professional life as his manager, and the two had a controversial relationship.
In addition to writing and directing, Moverman will also produce “Raised Eyebrows” alongside Cold Iron Pictures CEO Miranda Bailey. Moverman most recently served as a producer on Rebecca Hall’s acclaimed directorial debut “Passing.
Moverman, whose credits include co-writing the Brian Wilson biopic “Love & Mercy” and writing and directing “Time Out of Mind,” worked on the “Raising Eyebrows” script with Stoliar. Rush will star opposite Charlie Plummer and Sienna Miller.
“Raised Eyebrows” is set between 1973 and 1977 and stars Plummer as Stoliar, who is hired by Erin Fleming (Miller) to work with an aging and frail Groucho Marx (Rush). Fleming was in charge of Marx’s personal and professional life as his manager, and the two had a controversial relationship.
In addition to writing and directing, Moverman will also produce “Raised Eyebrows” alongside Cold Iron Pictures CEO Miranda Bailey. Moverman most recently served as a producer on Rebecca Hall’s acclaimed directorial debut “Passing.
- 2/1/2022
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Top Australian actor Damon Herriman and U.K.-Italian star Greta Scacchi join “Succession” star Sarah Snook in horror-thriller “Run Rabbit Run” from “The Handmaid’s Tale” director Daina Reid. The film starts production in Victoria and South Australia this week.
Snook replaced Elizabeth Moss who was previously attached, but who dropped out late last year due to scheduling clashes. Snook plays a fertility doctor whose firm grasp on the cycle of life is put to the test as her young daughter begins to exhibit increasingly strange behavior.
The script was written by acclaimed South Australian novelist Hannah Kent (“Devotion,” “Burial Rites”) from an original idea developed with Carver Films. Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw of Carver Films are producing.
Los Angeles-based XYZ Films is executive producing, financing and handling world sales, having taken over sales duties from STX International which previously touted the project at 2020’s virtual Cannes Market. Storyd...
Snook replaced Elizabeth Moss who was previously attached, but who dropped out late last year due to scheduling clashes. Snook plays a fertility doctor whose firm grasp on the cycle of life is put to the test as her young daughter begins to exhibit increasingly strange behavior.
The script was written by acclaimed South Australian novelist Hannah Kent (“Devotion,” “Burial Rites”) from an original idea developed with Carver Films. Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw of Carver Films are producing.
Los Angeles-based XYZ Films is executive producing, financing and handling world sales, having taken over sales duties from STX International which previously touted the project at 2020’s virtual Cannes Market. Storyd...
- 1/25/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Stan Original ‘I Am Woman.’ (Photo credit: Lisa Tomasetti).
Stan has warned the Federal Government that mandating minimum levels of spending on Australian content would undermine the streaming industry’s ability to generate the revenues needed to invest in high-quality Australian productions.
Similarly, Amazon Prime Video opposes regulation that would oblige it to screen a prescribed number of hours of Australian programming on its service, claiming that would reduce the non-Australian content selection or lead to the “inclusion of low quality or low viewership content.”
In their submissions to the government’s ‘Supporting Australian Stories on Our Screens’ options paper review posted online this week, both endorse Netflix’s call for a voluntary investment model.
“This model would also mitigate the risk of introducing a new regulatory regime that suffered from the same shortcomings that have led to this review, which became necessary largely because the current content quota system...
Stan has warned the Federal Government that mandating minimum levels of spending on Australian content would undermine the streaming industry’s ability to generate the revenues needed to invest in high-quality Australian productions.
Similarly, Amazon Prime Video opposes regulation that would oblige it to screen a prescribed number of hours of Australian programming on its service, claiming that would reduce the non-Australian content selection or lead to the “inclusion of low quality or low viewership content.”
In their submissions to the government’s ‘Supporting Australian Stories on Our Screens’ options paper review posted online this week, both endorse Netflix’s call for a voluntary investment model.
“This model would also mitigate the risk of introducing a new regulatory regime that suffered from the same shortcomings that have led to this review, which became necessary largely because the current content quota system...
- 7/14/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: KMI to sell international rights to family film remake.
Geoffrey Rush and Jai Courtney will star in Ambience Entertainment’s family drama Storm Boy, which Kathy Morgan of Kmi will introduce to buyers on the Croisette.
Production is scheduled to begin in July in South Australia on the contemporary remake of the 1976 film of the same name based on the novel by Colin Thiele.
Rush will play Mike ‘Storm Boy’ Kingley, who recounts his childhood escapades to his troubled teenage granddaughter in the hopes of stopping her from making the same mistakes he did.
Courtney stars in an earlier segment of the story as Hideaway Tom, the protective father to a young boy who following the death of his wife and daughter relocates with his child to a remote coastline.
Shawn Seet will direct Storm Boy from Justin Monjo’s screenplay using cutting-edge CGI technology, 3D animation and live footage.
Ambience Entertainment’s [link...
Geoffrey Rush and Jai Courtney will star in Ambience Entertainment’s family drama Storm Boy, which Kathy Morgan of Kmi will introduce to buyers on the Croisette.
Production is scheduled to begin in July in South Australia on the contemporary remake of the 1976 film of the same name based on the novel by Colin Thiele.
Rush will play Mike ‘Storm Boy’ Kingley, who recounts his childhood escapades to his troubled teenage granddaughter in the hopes of stopping her from making the same mistakes he did.
Courtney stars in an earlier segment of the story as Hideaway Tom, the protective father to a young boy who following the death of his wife and daughter relocates with his child to a remote coastline.
Shawn Seet will direct Storm Boy from Justin Monjo’s screenplay using cutting-edge CGI technology, 3D animation and live footage.
Ambience Entertainment’s [link...
- 5/11/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Think of yourself of as a film buff? How many of these abodes do you recognise?
Girl Asleep
Goldstone
The Turning
The Babadook
Wolf Creek 2
Reckless Kelly
The Pack
Snowtown
Chopper
He Died With A Felafel in His Hand
Metal Skin
Romper Stomper
Snowtown
The Hunter
Animal Kingdom
Tomorrow When the War Began
Australia
The Proposition
Mad Max: Fury Road
Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
Mad Max
Mad Max 2
Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome
Mad Max: Fury Road
Storm Boy
Dead Calm
On the Beach
Black Water
The Castle
Snowtown
Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos
The Great Gatsby
Holding the Man
Two Hands
Somersault
Looking for Alibrandi
The Dressmaker
Lantana
The Great Gatsby
Australia
Paper Planes
Babe: Pig in the City
Babe
Mad Max: Fury Road
Metal Skin
Romper Stomper
Chopper
Wolf Creek
The Great Gatsby
Romeo and Juliet
Strictly Ballroom
Little Fish
The Sapphires
Muriel's Wedding...
Girl Asleep
Goldstone
The Turning
The Babadook
Wolf Creek 2
Reckless Kelly
The Pack
Snowtown
Chopper
He Died With A Felafel in His Hand
Metal Skin
Romper Stomper
Snowtown
The Hunter
Animal Kingdom
Tomorrow When the War Began
Australia
The Proposition
Mad Max: Fury Road
Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
Mad Max
Mad Max 2
Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome
Mad Max: Fury Road
Storm Boy
Dead Calm
On the Beach
Black Water
The Castle
Snowtown
Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos
The Great Gatsby
Holding the Man
Two Hands
Somersault
Looking for Alibrandi
The Dressmaker
Lantana
The Great Gatsby
Australia
Paper Planes
Babe: Pig in the City
Babe
Mad Max: Fury Road
Metal Skin
Romper Stomper
Chopper
Wolf Creek
The Great Gatsby
Romeo and Juliet
Strictly Ballroom
Little Fish
The Sapphires
Muriel's Wedding...
- 12/16/2016
- by Guardian staff
- The Guardian - Film News
The first production still has been released from Cargo, starring Sherlock.s Martin Freeman.
Currently shooting in South Australia, the film is based on Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling.s 2013 Tropfest short. Ramke wrote the script, and tshe and Howling are making their feature directorial debuts.
Causeway Films producers Samantha Jennings (The Pretend One) and Kristina Ceyton (The Babadook) are working alongside Addictive Pictures. Russell Ackerman (Hellboy II) and John Schoenfelder, with Mark Patterson attached as South Australian producer.
Cargo follows an infected man stranded in rural Australia in the aftermath of a violent pandemic. He desperately seeks a new guardian for his infant child, and a means to protect her from his burgeoning zombification.
Salvation may lie with an isolated Aboriginal tribe, but to gain access he must first earn the allegiance of a young Indigenous girl on a tragic quest of her own.
Freeman stars alongside David Gulpilil (Charlie.s Country,...
Currently shooting in South Australia, the film is based on Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling.s 2013 Tropfest short. Ramke wrote the script, and tshe and Howling are making their feature directorial debuts.
Causeway Films producers Samantha Jennings (The Pretend One) and Kristina Ceyton (The Babadook) are working alongside Addictive Pictures. Russell Ackerman (Hellboy II) and John Schoenfelder, with Mark Patterson attached as South Australian producer.
Cargo follows an infected man stranded in rural Australia in the aftermath of a violent pandemic. He desperately seeks a new guardian for his infant child, and a means to protect her from his burgeoning zombification.
Salvation may lie with an isolated Aboriginal tribe, but to gain access he must first earn the allegiance of a young Indigenous girl on a tragic quest of her own.
Freeman stars alongside David Gulpilil (Charlie.s Country,...
- 9/23/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
David Gulpilil in Charlie's Country.
Feature film Charlie.s Country, feature documentary Another Country, and online installation Still our Country will screen together at Acmi from July 3-10..
The projects were all shot in the Arnhem Land Aboriginal community of Ramingining, and will screen at Acmi to coincide with Naidoc week in July..
Directors Rolf de Heer (Charlie's Country).and Molly Reynolds (Another Country).will be in attendance to present their collab.Still Our Country on Sunday July 3.
Doco Another Country is narrated by David Gulpilil (Walkabout, Storm Boy, Crocodile Dundee, Australia, Rabbit Proof Fence, The Tracker), who tells the story of his culture and its interruption by white settlemt.
Online project Still Our Country documents the swiftly morphing lives of the Yolngu people of Ramingining in the Northern Territory, while feature Charlie's Country, written and directed by de Heer, stars Gulpilil as Charlie, in a role that won him...
Feature film Charlie.s Country, feature documentary Another Country, and online installation Still our Country will screen together at Acmi from July 3-10..
The projects were all shot in the Arnhem Land Aboriginal community of Ramingining, and will screen at Acmi to coincide with Naidoc week in July..
Directors Rolf de Heer (Charlie's Country).and Molly Reynolds (Another Country).will be in attendance to present their collab.Still Our Country on Sunday July 3.
Doco Another Country is narrated by David Gulpilil (Walkabout, Storm Boy, Crocodile Dundee, Australia, Rabbit Proof Fence, The Tracker), who tells the story of his culture and its interruption by white settlemt.
Online project Still Our Country documents the swiftly morphing lives of the Yolngu people of Ramingining in the Northern Territory, while feature Charlie's Country, written and directed by de Heer, stars Gulpilil as Charlie, in a role that won him...
- 6/27/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
David Gulpilil in Charlie's Country.
Rolf de Heer and Molly Reynolds. three collaborations - feature film Charlie.s Country, feature documentary Another Country, and online installation Still our Country - will screen together at Acmi from July 3-10..
The projects were all shot in the Arnhem Land Aboriginal community of Ramingining, and will screen at Acmi to coincide with Naidoc week in July..
De Heer and Reynolds will be in attendance to present Still Our Country on Sunday July 3.
Doco Another Country is narrated by David Gulpilil (Walkabout, Storm Boy, Crocodile Dundee, Australia, Rabbit Proof Fence, The Tracker), who tells the story of his culture and its interruption by white settlemt.
Online project Still Our Country documents the swiftly morphing lives of the Yolngu people of Ramingining in the Northern Territory, while feature Charlie's Country, written and directed by de Heer, stars Gulpilil as Charlie, in a role that won...
Rolf de Heer and Molly Reynolds. three collaborations - feature film Charlie.s Country, feature documentary Another Country, and online installation Still our Country - will screen together at Acmi from July 3-10..
The projects were all shot in the Arnhem Land Aboriginal community of Ramingining, and will screen at Acmi to coincide with Naidoc week in July..
De Heer and Reynolds will be in attendance to present Still Our Country on Sunday July 3.
Doco Another Country is narrated by David Gulpilil (Walkabout, Storm Boy, Crocodile Dundee, Australia, Rabbit Proof Fence, The Tracker), who tells the story of his culture and its interruption by white settlemt.
Online project Still Our Country documents the swiftly morphing lives of the Yolngu people of Ramingining in the Northern Territory, while feature Charlie's Country, written and directed by de Heer, stars Gulpilil as Charlie, in a role that won...
- 6/27/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
The National Film and Sound Archive's (Nfsa) crowdfunding campaign to restore Proof, Jocelyn Moorhouse.s 1991 film, is in its final days..
Written and directed by Moorhouse,.Proof.is the story of Martin (Hugo Weaving), a blind photographer. Andy, played by Russell Crowe, is the only friend Martin trusts to describe his photos to him.
The film launched both Weaving and Crowe.s careers onto the international stage, and was also Moorhouse.s breakout as a director. Proof premiered at Cannes, where it won the Golden Camera award, and has also won a host of AFI awards, including best film, director, screenplay, lead actor and supporting actor.
Since mid-May, the Nfsa has been asking Australians to pitch in $25,000 through a Pozible campaign to help restore the fim into a pristine digital format that can be shown in modern cinemas.
Funds raised by the campaign, now in its final days, will partially...
Written and directed by Moorhouse,.Proof.is the story of Martin (Hugo Weaving), a blind photographer. Andy, played by Russell Crowe, is the only friend Martin trusts to describe his photos to him.
The film launched both Weaving and Crowe.s careers onto the international stage, and was also Moorhouse.s breakout as a director. Proof premiered at Cannes, where it won the Golden Camera award, and has also won a host of AFI awards, including best film, director, screenplay, lead actor and supporting actor.
Since mid-May, the Nfsa has been asking Australians to pitch in $25,000 through a Pozible campaign to help restore the fim into a pristine digital format that can be shown in modern cinemas.
Funds raised by the campaign, now in its final days, will partially...
- 6/27/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Margaret Pomeranz is on the hustings, trying to raise $25,000 to restore Jocelyn Moorhouse's 1991 film Proof, which launched the careers of Russell Crowe and Hugo Weaving.
Pomeranz, an ambassador for the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (Nfsa), made the first contribution on Pozible.
"I'm making the first donation because it was a bit rich to ask you guys to put money into this campaign, and me just sitting back and saying 'Hey, why don't you do it?'", Pomeranz said..
The veteran critic called Proof "an extraordinary debut feature by Jocelyn Moorhouse and producer Lynda House: two young women that took the Australian film industry by storm.".
"It's an intriguing exploration of one man's lack of trust in the world, and how he goes about achieving it. But does he really? Even though it's a story about a man, I don't think it could have been written or made by a man.
Pomeranz, an ambassador for the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (Nfsa), made the first contribution on Pozible.
"I'm making the first donation because it was a bit rich to ask you guys to put money into this campaign, and me just sitting back and saying 'Hey, why don't you do it?'", Pomeranz said..
The veteran critic called Proof "an extraordinary debut feature by Jocelyn Moorhouse and producer Lynda House: two young women that took the Australian film industry by storm.".
"It's an intriguing exploration of one man's lack of trust in the world, and how he goes about achieving it. But does he really? Even though it's a story about a man, I don't think it could have been written or made by a man.
- 5/17/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
David Gulpilil in Another Country.
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Another Country, which has just been selected to screen at Cannes Film Festival, came about in part from a visit the film.s producer Rolf de heer made to David Gulpilil while he was in prison.
De heer arrived at 9am at the Berrimah low-security unit and Gulpilil, weighing just 39kgs at the time, was wearing khaki shorts, thongs and an olive green t-shirt.
A long-time friend of Gulpilil, de heer wanted to help.
..He (de heer) went to visit David and had a conversation about what David was going to do post-prison and David said .I don.t know, I think I want to make a film, I think I want to make a film with you Rolf,.. Another Country director Molly Reynolds tells If.
The next morning, in stifling heat, de heer pitched a rough idea for a film which would become Charlie...
.
Another Country, which has just been selected to screen at Cannes Film Festival, came about in part from a visit the film.s producer Rolf de heer made to David Gulpilil while he was in prison.
De heer arrived at 9am at the Berrimah low-security unit and Gulpilil, weighing just 39kgs at the time, was wearing khaki shorts, thongs and an olive green t-shirt.
A long-time friend of Gulpilil, de heer wanted to help.
..He (de heer) went to visit David and had a conversation about what David was going to do post-prison and David said .I don.t know, I think I want to make a film, I think I want to make a film with you Rolf,.. Another Country director Molly Reynolds tells If.
The next morning, in stifling heat, de heer pitched a rough idea for a film which would become Charlie...
- 5/5/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
David Gulpilil in Another Country.
Australian documentary Another Country has been selected to screen at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
The film, directed by Molly Reynolds and starring David Gulpilil, will screen as part of Cannes Cinéphiles, one of four sidebar sections of the festival along with Critic.s Week and Director.s Fortnight, in the Cinéma des Antipodes strand programmed by Bernard Bories.
The selection comes two years after David Gulpilil won Best Actor (Un Certain Regard) at the festival for Charlie.s Country, a film from the same suite of projects.
Gulpilil is also a writer on the film along with Reynolds and Rolf de Heer.
Cannes Cinéphiles is an event organised by Cannes Cinéma and the Festival de Cannes to provide public screenings from the Official Selection, as well as films from the parallel sections.
In Another Country, Gulpilil (Walkabout, Storm Boy, Crocodile Dundee, Australia, Rabbit Proof Fence,...
Australian documentary Another Country has been selected to screen at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
The film, directed by Molly Reynolds and starring David Gulpilil, will screen as part of Cannes Cinéphiles, one of four sidebar sections of the festival along with Critic.s Week and Director.s Fortnight, in the Cinéma des Antipodes strand programmed by Bernard Bories.
The selection comes two years after David Gulpilil won Best Actor (Un Certain Regard) at the festival for Charlie.s Country, a film from the same suite of projects.
Gulpilil is also a writer on the film along with Reynolds and Rolf de Heer.
Cannes Cinéphiles is an event organised by Cannes Cinéma and the Festival de Cannes to provide public screenings from the Official Selection, as well as films from the parallel sections.
In Another Country, Gulpilil (Walkabout, Storm Boy, Crocodile Dundee, Australia, Rabbit Proof Fence,...
- 4/29/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
In an outstanding year for children’s films (Paper Planes, Oddball), we take a look back at a history of talking animals and cartoon capers
• Storm Boy at Adelaide film festival – listen to our podcast
Australian films have had a rockin’ good year at the box office, chalking up nothing shy of the biggest collective haul (not adjusted for inflation) from local cinemas in history. To bastardise/paraphrase the Beatles and Scarface: we get by with a little help from our little friends.
Which is to say that youngsters in the audience have been instrumental in putting bums on seats. While the biggest box office performer this year by a country mile was Mad Max: Fury Road, viewers not old enough to properly appreciate unfettered carnage and a feminist role model with an amputated arm went elsewhere. Kids flicks such as Blinky Bill: The Movie, Paper Planes and Oddball...
• Storm Boy at Adelaide film festival – listen to our podcast
Australian films have had a rockin’ good year at the box office, chalking up nothing shy of the biggest collective haul (not adjusted for inflation) from local cinemas in history. To bastardise/paraphrase the Beatles and Scarface: we get by with a little help from our little friends.
Which is to say that youngsters in the audience have been instrumental in putting bums on seats. While the biggest box office performer this year by a country mile was Mad Max: Fury Road, viewers not old enough to properly appreciate unfettered carnage and a feminist role model with an amputated arm went elsewhere. Kids flicks such as Blinky Bill: The Movie, Paper Planes and Oddball...
- 10/31/2015
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
Recorded live at Guardian Australia's Film Club, film critic Luke Buckmaster discusses what makes Australian films succeed or fail as well as examples of how misguided restoration can lead directors to destroy the legacy of their films. Also involved in the panel are film critic Margaret Pomeranz and Michael Loebenstein from the National Film and Sound archive
• Five great Australian children's movies – from Babe to BMX bandits
This month Guardian Australia's Film Club in Adelaide screened the debut of the restored 1976 Australian classic Storm Boy at the Mercury Cinema. After the film our critic Luke Buckmaster hosted Margaret Pomeranz and Michael Loebenstein from the National Film and Sound archive in a panel discussion.
They discussed the highs and lows of the Australian film industry, what it takes to make Australians go and see a film and how directors need to avoid the temptation of attempting to change their films during...
• Five great Australian children's movies – from Babe to BMX bandits
This month Guardian Australia's Film Club in Adelaide screened the debut of the restored 1976 Australian classic Storm Boy at the Mercury Cinema. After the film our critic Luke Buckmaster hosted Margaret Pomeranz and Michael Loebenstein from the National Film and Sound archive in a panel discussion.
They discussed the highs and lows of the Australian film industry, what it takes to make Australians go and see a film and how directors need to avoid the temptation of attempting to change their films during...
- 10/31/2015
- by Luke Buckmaster, Miles Martignoni, Margaret Pomeranz and Michael Loebenstein
- The Guardian - Film News
Margaret Pomeranz and Michael Loebenstein join Guardian Australia film critic Luke Buckmaster to talk about New Wave Australian films and whether 2015 is the biggest year in Australian film yet
Storm Boy rewatched – heartfelt portrait of a boy and his pelican Book your tickets for screening here
When Storm Boy was released in 1976, the film was an instant hit. Australian audiences rushed to see the film adaptation of Colin Thiele’s novel, about a motherless boy, his recluse father, his secret friend Fingerbone Bill and a pelican named Mr Percival .
Storm Boy went on to take $3m at the Australian box office (equivalent to more than $17.5m in 2015), was shown at Cannes film festival and took home an AFI for best film.
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Storm Boy rewatched – heartfelt portrait of a boy and his pelican Book your tickets for screening here
When Storm Boy was released in 1976, the film was an instant hit. Australian audiences rushed to see the film adaptation of Colin Thiele’s novel, about a motherless boy, his recluse father, his secret friend Fingerbone Bill and a pelican named Mr Percival .
Storm Boy went on to take $3m at the Australian box office (equivalent to more than $17.5m in 2015), was shown at Cannes film festival and took home an AFI for best film.
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- 10/18/2015
- by Guardian Staff
- The Guardian - Film News
Australia’s answer to Free Willy and E.T. emotively celebrates an unconventional friendship – minus the super serve of cheese
Films about the relationship between children and their pets often embody one of the most powerful themes in coming of age stories: the idea of loving something and learning to let it go.
Movies such as Free Willy and E.T. distill that theme into actual visual moments – the whale jumps over the rocks, the alien flies off with the mothership – while others, like director Henri Safran’s 1976 heart-tugger Storm Boy (based on author Colin Thiele’s children’s book) avoid postcard moments in favour of richer and more subtle gestures.
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Films about the relationship between children and their pets often embody one of the most powerful themes in coming of age stories: the idea of loving something and learning to let it go.
Movies such as Free Willy and E.T. distill that theme into actual visual moments – the whale jumps over the rocks, the alien flies off with the mothership – while others, like director Henri Safran’s 1976 heart-tugger Storm Boy (based on author Colin Thiele’s children’s book) avoid postcard moments in favour of richer and more subtle gestures.
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- 11/21/2014
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
Political thriller The Code took the major Awgie award as well as the trophy for best original miniseries at the Australian Writers. Guild awards on Friday night.
The six-hour series, which premieres on ABC on September 21, is written by Blake Ayshford, Shelley Birse and Justin Monjo and produced by Playmaker Media. The major Awgie recognises the best of the night's winners across stage, screen, new media and radio.
The feature film award went to Adelaide writer Matthew Cormack for his first debut feature 52 Tuesdays, the gender-bending drama hailed as .bold and structurally adventurous..
Winner of the best documentary prize was Sally McKenzie for A Woman.s Journey Into Sex.
Andrew Knight was rewarded for his script for Essential Media and Entertainment.s telemovie The Broken Shore, adapted from the Peter Temple novel. Writer/director Peter Duncan won best TV series script for Essential.s Rake.
Niki Aken and Felicity Packard...
The six-hour series, which premieres on ABC on September 21, is written by Blake Ayshford, Shelley Birse and Justin Monjo and produced by Playmaker Media. The major Awgie recognises the best of the night's winners across stage, screen, new media and radio.
The feature film award went to Adelaide writer Matthew Cormack for his first debut feature 52 Tuesdays, the gender-bending drama hailed as .bold and structurally adventurous..
Winner of the best documentary prize was Sally McKenzie for A Woman.s Journey Into Sex.
Andrew Knight was rewarded for his script for Essential Media and Entertainment.s telemovie The Broken Shore, adapted from the Peter Temple novel. Writer/director Peter Duncan won best TV series script for Essential.s Rake.
Niki Aken and Felicity Packard...
- 9/5/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Australian writer-director-producer Robert Connolly’s recent projects have ranged from political (Balibo) to topical (Underground: The Julian Assange Story) to literary (The Turning). He ventures off on a new track with Paper Planes, an uplifting family film that taps into a national screen tradition spanning from 1976’s Storm Boy through 2011’s Red Dog, particularly recalling the broad storytelling strokes and disarming corn of the latter. While grownups in search of subtlety and nuance need not apply, the loud cheers of the young audience at the Melbourne International Film Festival’s inaugural Kids Gala suggest that the material connects with its
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- 8/14/2014
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Any list of must-watch films is likely to be so arbitrary and subjective that it buys plenty of arguments, and so it proves with the Taste of Cinema website.s compilation on Australian cinema.
Its selection of 20 Essential Australian Films You Need To Watch overlooks many classics and more than a few stand-outs of the past 30 years.
Writer Liam Clark, a film/literature/music student in Sydney, acknowledges the first-ever feature length film was The Story Of The Kelly Gang in 1906. He then observes, .Since then, antipodean auteurs of the screen have been weaving their imagerial visions into challenging portraits of Outback Australia, racism, crime and hauntingly beautiful stories..
The list omits everything produced before 1971 and there are some questionable choices.
His Essential 20: Strictly Ballroom (1992), Sweetie (1989), Mad Max (1979), Gallipoli (1981), Muriel.s Wedding (1994), Lantana (2001), Snowtown (2011), The Dish (2000), Candy (2006), Dogs in Space (1986), Somersault (2004), Shine (1986), The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the...
Its selection of 20 Essential Australian Films You Need To Watch overlooks many classics and more than a few stand-outs of the past 30 years.
Writer Liam Clark, a film/literature/music student in Sydney, acknowledges the first-ever feature length film was The Story Of The Kelly Gang in 1906. He then observes, .Since then, antipodean auteurs of the screen have been weaving their imagerial visions into challenging portraits of Outback Australia, racism, crime and hauntingly beautiful stories..
The list omits everything produced before 1971 and there are some questionable choices.
His Essential 20: Strictly Ballroom (1992), Sweetie (1989), Mad Max (1979), Gallipoli (1981), Muriel.s Wedding (1994), Lantana (2001), Snowtown (2011), The Dish (2000), Candy (2006), Dogs in Space (1986), Somersault (2004), Shine (1986), The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the...
- 4/10/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Industry veteran Matt Carroll has joined Screen Nsw to help attract more film and TV productions to the state.
Nsw minister for tourism, major events and the arts, George Souris, last week said Carroll would take up the position of director of production attraction and incentives. Carroll's film and TV credits include Skippy, Breaker Morant, Storm Boy, Gp, and Joanne Lees - Murder in the Outback.
.As an experienced producer, Matt Carroll knows exactly what a producer will be looking for when deciding where to base a production," the minister said in a statement. "He is well versed in the international production arena and knows the competitive advantages Nsw offers as a production destination..
Carroll said he planned to bring a fresh, .hands-on producer. vision to future productions in Nsw.
It has generally taken significantly higher levels of government subsidy to lure offshore productions to Australia in recent times due to the strong local currency.
Nsw minister for tourism, major events and the arts, George Souris, last week said Carroll would take up the position of director of production attraction and incentives. Carroll's film and TV credits include Skippy, Breaker Morant, Storm Boy, Gp, and Joanne Lees - Murder in the Outback.
.As an experienced producer, Matt Carroll knows exactly what a producer will be looking for when deciding where to base a production," the minister said in a statement. "He is well versed in the international production arena and knows the competitive advantages Nsw offers as a production destination..
Carroll said he planned to bring a fresh, .hands-on producer. vision to future productions in Nsw.
It has generally taken significantly higher levels of government subsidy to lure offshore productions to Australia in recent times due to the strong local currency.
- 11/8/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
The history of cinema in Poland is known worldwide mostly due to a few directors: Polanski, Wajda, and Kieslowski quickly come to mind. Although Polish movies tend to be less commercially available than movies from several other European nations, from 1955 onwards, the works of directors of the so-called Polish Film School had a great influence on the contemporary trends such as French New Wave, Italian neorealism or even late Classical Hollywood cinema. Eyeseaposters.com specializes in Polish film posters from the 60′s and 70′s by artists like Jerzy Flisak, Wiktor Gorka, Andrzej Krajewski and Maciej Zbikowski. If you are at all interested in Polish cinema, I highly recommend checking it out. It might introduce you to some films you have never heard of. Here are some example of the posters you can find there.
Hajducy Kapitana Angela – original Polish film poster
Designer: Mieczyslaw Wasilewski
Chlopiec Z Burzy (Storm Boy) – original...
Hajducy Kapitana Angela – original Polish film poster
Designer: Mieczyslaw Wasilewski
Chlopiec Z Burzy (Storm Boy) – original...
- 2/7/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The Bigpond Adelaide Film Festival moves into its new headquarters at the Adelaide Studios as of tomorrow, Baff joins South Australian Film Corporation’s new state-of-the-art facilities at the new cultural precinct in Glenside.
Baff’s address is:
Adelaide Studios
226 Fullarton Rd, Glenside Sa 5065
Po Box 636, Kent Town Business Centre Sa 5071
Emails, web address and phone details for Baff will remain the same.
Those interested can visit the Adelaide Studios Open Day on Sunday 18 September from 10am to 4pm for self-guided tours, guided historical tours and free screenings of Storm Boy (11am) and Napoleon (1pm) with entertainment in the courtyard.
Baff’s address is:
Adelaide Studios
226 Fullarton Rd, Glenside Sa 5065
Po Box 636, Kent Town Business Centre Sa 5071
Emails, web address and phone details for Baff will remain the same.
Those interested can visit the Adelaide Studios Open Day on Sunday 18 September from 10am to 4pm for self-guided tours, guided historical tours and free screenings of Storm Boy (11am) and Napoleon (1pm) with entertainment in the courtyard.
- 8/29/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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