In the early 1900s, Laura Tweedle Ramsbotham (Susannah Fowle) arrives at an exclusive Melbourne ladies’ Read More »
Tag Archives: Australia
Quigley Down Under (1990) Simon Wincer, Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan Rickman
Sharpshooter Matt Quigley is hired from America by an Australian rancher so he can shoot aborigines at a distance. Read More »
Balibo (2009) Robert Connolly, Jane Hampson, Bea Viegas, Christine Martins
As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian based journalists go missing. Read More »
Radiance (1998) Rachel Perkins, Deborah Mailman, Trisha Morton-Thomas, Rachael Maza
With the death of their mother, two sisters (Nona and Cressy) return to their childhood home in Northern Australia where their third sister, Mae, lived looking after their mother. Read More »
Vincent (1987) Paul Cox, John Hurt, Marika Rivera, Gabriella Trsek
This documentary, on the life of artist Vincent Van Gogh, is told through his letters to his brother Theo, from 1872 until his tragic death. Read More »
Turtle Beach (1992) Stephen Wallace, Greta Scacchi, Joan Chen, Jack Thompson
Reporter Judith Wilkes leaves her husband and two sons in Sydney and goes to Malaysia to cover the story of the Vietnamese boat people. Read More »
The Odd Angry Shot (1979) Tom Jeffrey, Graham Kennedy, John Hargreaves, John Jarratt
A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter the realities of war Read More »
Never Tell Me Never (1998) David Elfick, Claudia Karvan, Michael Caton, Diane Craig
This is the story of Janine Shepard, a world class skier faced with tragedy, being hit by a car and being told she will never walk again.
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Tunnel Vision (1995) Clive Fleury, Patsy Kensit, Robert Reynolds, Rebecca Rigg, Mystery, Thriller
This Australian whodunit, in which partners’ personal lives fall apart during the hunt for a serial killer, unintentionally captures the drudgery of real police work. Read More »
The Pirate Movie (1982) Ken Annakin, Kristy McNichol, Christopher Atkins, Ted Hamilton, Adventure, Comedy, Musical, Romance
A parody/homage to Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance, The Pirate Movie is a comedy/musical utilizing both new songs and parodies from the original Read More »
The Overlanders (1946) Harry Watt, Chips Rafferty, John Nugent Hayward, Daphne Campbell, Adventure, Western
It Is the Beginning of WWII in Northern Australia. The Japanese are becoming close. People are evacuating and burning everything in a “scorched earth” policy. Read More »
Razor Eaters (2003) Shannon Young, Paul Moder, Richard Cawthorne, Teague Rook, Crime, Horror, Thriller
RAZOR EATERS is your front-row ticket to an anarchistic rampage of violence, death and destruction. Read More »
Newsfront (1978) Phillip Noyce, Bill Hunter, Gerard Kennedy, Wendy Hughes, Drama, History
Surprisingly adventurous saga of an intrepid group of cinematographers and reporters who risk life and limb to capture footage of breaking news for the movie-going public. Read More »
Sky Pirates (1986) Colin Eggleston, John Hargreaves, Meredith Phillips, Max Phipps, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Air force Lieutenant Harris starts for a flight to Boa Boa, on board Reverend Mitchell with a box containing a part of a top-secret extraterrestrial key. Read More »
Passion (1999) Peter Duncan, Richard Roxburgh, Barbara Hershey, Emily Woof, Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
The complicated relationship between Percy Grainger, famous Australian-born early 20th century folk musician Read More »