Best Australian Films of 2020
2020, as has been heavily documented, was a difficult year for cinema as a whole. Australian cinema in particular was hampered by shuttered cinemas and confusing release schedules, with many iconic fi…
Hearts and Bones
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Hugo Weaving Speaks From the Heart on Hearts and Bones
In Hearts and Bones, acclaimed Australian actor Hugo Weaving plays Dan Fisher, a veteran war correspondent and photographer whose life is irrevocably changed when he meets a Sudanese refugee, Sebastia…
Hearts and Bones Review - A Rare Thing: A Moment of Healing
As humans, the way we process pain can seem mysterious. Many of us think of pain as a purely physical phenomenon. We get injured, we bruise or bleed, we heal. But when lives are on the line, it is sa…
The 2019 AACTA Award Predictions
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 Mu…
The Nightingale Sweeps 2019 AACTA Nominations, While Screenplay Category is Shafted
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 Kingwhich have thirteen…
Hearts and Bones Review - A Humane Look Into the Ownership of Stories
Filmmaker Ben Lawrence showed an affinity for damaged people with his acclaimed documentary, Ghosthunter, and that empathy for injury and vulnerability carries over to his first fiction feature, Heart…