AACTA Awards Archives

Aussie Comedy Hot Mess Picked up by Netflix

October 16, 2020

We're a little late in posting this truly excellent press release, but better late than never! Fresh off its AACTA Awards qualifying run, the superb Aussie indie comedy Hot Mess is available right now on Netfl...

What’s Going on with the AACTA’s: Are Australia’s Academy Awards OK?

Andrew F Peirce

October 7, 2020

Culture

The 2020 AACTA awards are coming in hot, with a Covid-afflicted ceremony to be held in November, replete with staggered sittings to ensure guest safety in a limited capacity. As we near the ten year anniversar...

The Daughter Review – A Powerful and Atmospheric Film that Lingers and Disturbs

Nadine Whitney

May 25, 2020

Reviews

The Daughter is an exquisite rendering of Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck set in a small logging community in rural NSW, Simon Stone’s first feature is remarkably assured as it transposes Ibsen’s tragedy to a sma...

Ride Like a Girl Review – A Misguided Slice of Racing Industry Propaganda

Andrew F Peirce

November 24, 2019

Reviews

Rachel Griffiths directorial debut, Ride Like a Girl, will end up as being the highest grossing (domestic) Australian film of 2019. This is the retelling of the story of Michelle Payne, the first woman to ride...

Judy & Punch Review – A Proudly Feminist Film About Insidious Violence

Andrew F Peirce

November 24, 2019

Reviews

British journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy became one of the most ridiculed interviewers of the decade when he pushed director Quentin Tarantino on the relationship between the violence in his films and the viole...

The 2019 AACTA Award Predictions

Andrew F Peirce

November 8, 2019

Culture

If you took a cursory glance at the list of films nominated for the 2019 AACTA Awards, you’d be forgiven for thinking that there were only five films released this year. With The Nightingale, Hotel Mumbai, The...

The Nightingale Sweeps 2019 AACTA Nominations, While Screenplay Category is Shafted

Andrew F Peirce

October 23, 2019

Culture

Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale reigns supreme with a total of fifteen nominations for the 2019 AACTA Awards. The colonial set film is closely followed by Hotel Mumbai and The King which have thirteen nominati...

Escape and Evasion Review – Josh McConville Impresses in Ambitious Aussie War Film

Travis Johnson

October 17, 2019

Reviews

Following on from dark urban fantasy The School, writer and director Storm Ashwood cants in a very different direction with Escape and Evasion, which sees Josh McConville (1%, The Merger) as Seth, a former spe...

The King Review – A Brutal, Excoriating Warning Siren for the Left

Andrew F Peirce

October 10, 2019

Reviews

I’m not entirely sure why I doubted the talent of Timothée Chalamet. I adored him in Call Me By Your Name, but was yet to be equally stunned by subsequent performances, leading me to wonder whether he might fa...

Animals Review – A Vibrant Coming of Age for the Quarter Life Crisis

Simone Grogan

September 24, 2019

Reviews

Animals is Sophie Hyde’s film adaption of Emma Jane Unsworth’s novel of the same name. A coming of age film (not the typical teen age range) that’ll hit frighteningly close to home for anyone experiencing a qu...

Best Australian Films of 2018

Celebrate World Wombat Day with new ‘Aussie-mation’ Combat Wombat

Mace Francis Orchestra Celebrates 15 Years with a Big Band Show in Perth

Aussie Comedy Hot Mess Picked up by Netflix

For the Sake of the Climate and Indigenous Culture: It’s Time for Australian Arts to Break Up with Mining

What’s Going on with the AACTA’s: Are Australia’s Academy Awards OK?

A Preview of the 64th BFI London Film Festival: Steve McQueen, Frances McDormand, and a Bit of Talking Heads

Celebrate International Podcast Day With These Great Podcasts

Grassroots Initiative to Tackle Loneliness and Help Local Businesses this Victorian Christmas

International Art Exhibition Come Silent Auction Gives Light to Refugees Affected by COVID-19

Australian Cinema in ISO Zoom Panel

Piper Doon – the Scotsman is Nae More

Revelation Film Festival WA Film Callout

Mojo’s Bar is Closed but With Your Help They Can Reopen When the Time is Right

The Irishman Review - Ageing Powerful Men With Big Egos

64th BFI London Film Festival Diary – Day Eight: African Apocalypse, Ultraviolence Reviews

64th BFI London Film Festival Diary – Day Seven: American Utopia, Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and Legendary Tapes Reviews

64th BFI London Film Festival Diary – Day Six: Another Round, Notturno

64th BFI London Film Festival Diary – Day Five: One Night in Miami, The Intruder Reviews

64th BFI London Film Festival Diary – Day Four: Wolfwalkers, Wildfire Reviews

64th BFI London Film Festival Diary – Day Three: Never Gonna Snow Again, Undine Reviews

Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom, Brothers' Nest, Clayton Jacobson Interview, Disability in Films, Srey Channthy, Refugee Week - Not A Knife

International Podcast Day 2020: It’s All About Filmmaking!

Roger Ward Interview – Aussie Film Icon from Turkey Shoot, The Faceless Man, Mad Max and More

The Pact Director Peter Blackburn on Theatre, Creativity in Lockdown, and Support

A Chat with Nathan Phillips – Blood Vessel, Acting in Australia, and Living with Yowies

The Pact: Closer Than You Think – Rose Flanagan Talks About the Phoenix-Like Webseries in the Midst of Covid

The Plastic House: Allison Chhorn’s Documentary is a Simple, Beautiful, Effective Ode to Change

Aussie Comedy Hot Mess Picked up by Netflix

What’s Going on with the AACTA’s: Are Australia’s Academy Awards OK?

The Daughter Review – A Powerful and Atmospheric Film that Lingers and Disturbs

Ride Like a Girl Review – A Misguided Slice of Racing Industry Propaganda

Judy & Punch Review – A Proudly Feminist Film About Insidious Violence

The 2019 AACTA Award Predictions

The Nightingale Sweeps 2019 AACTA Nominations, While Screenplay Category is Shafted

Escape and Evasion Review – Josh McConville Impresses in Ambitious Aussie War Film

The King Review – A Brutal, Excoriating Warning Siren for the Left

Animals Review – A Vibrant Coming of Age for the Quarter Life Crisis

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