Australians love a laugh,so why aren’t we making more comedies?

Australians love a laugh,so why aren’t we making more comedies?

Decades after Babe,The Castle and Muriel’s Wedding became hits,the head of the country’s screen producers’ association has declared we should be making more funny films.

  • byGarry Maddox

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‘I made this movie for the stolen mob’:A horror about historic wrongs

‘I made this movie for the stolen mob’:A horror about historic wrongs

The Moogai offers a perspective on the Stolen Generations that has been sorely missing in mainstream Australian cinema.

  • byNell Geraets
Is this film everything that’s right with Australian cinema,or everything that’s wrong?

Is this film everything that’s right with Australian cinema,or everything that’s wrong?

This debut feature is ripped straight from the low-budget filmmaker handbook,but it’s heartfelt,well-acted and utterly relevant.

  • byKarl Quinn
It’s not cute like Pixar,and that’s what makes Memoir of a Snail a joy
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It’s not cute like Pixar,and that’s what makes Memoir of a Snail a joy

Australian writer-director Adam Elliot’s “claymation biographies” are definitely not for children,but they find hope among the gloom.

  • bySandra Hall
New doco celebrates an epic,forgotten Australian adventure

New doco celebrates an epic,forgotten Australian adventure

The Great White Whale tells the story of the little-known venture to climb Australia’s highest mountain on remote Heard Island.

  • byGarry Maddox
Screen Australia is spending millions to stop filmmakers accessing funds. Why?

Screen Australia is spending millions to stop filmmakers accessing funds. Why?

The country’s top screen agency is supposed to help people make content. But some producers claim it is deliberately trying to force them out of business.

  • byKarl Quinn
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Memoir of a reluctant animator:Adam Elliot’s long road to success

Memoir of a reluctant animator:Adam Elliot’s long road to success

The Oscar-winning filmmaker’s Memoir of a Snail has landed 15 years after his last one. Such is the nature of stop-motion animation.

  • byKarl Quinn
Baz Luhrmann to shoot an epic Joan of Arc film

Baz Luhrmann to shoot an epic Joan of Arc film

After Elvis,the Australian director is planning an epic about the famous French heroine and patron saint.

  • byGarry Maddox
Move over,Bluey:meet Australia’s newest canine star

Move over,Bluey:meet Australia’s newest canine star

The search for a dog to play the title role in new film Runt,based on a bestselling children’s book,led to a foster home in Geelong.

  • byGarry Maddox
Boxing drama Kid Snow is the kind of Australian film we used to make

Boxing drama Kid Snow is the kind of Australian film we used to make

Forget about political correctness,director Paul Goldman and the film’s writers have no desire to give us a revisionist version of the past.

  • bySandra Hall
Priscilla at 30:How queens of the desert made Australian film history

Priscilla at 30:How queens of the desert made Australian film history

The people behind the cinematic legend relive the colour and chaos behind the scenes – and how one casting misstep might have changed everything.

  • byMichael Idato