A man and his wife are partners in a small business, a service station, that is stuggling to survive financially. Read More »
Tag Archives: Australia
Pure Shit AKA Pure S (1975) Bert Deling, Sally McNee, Doc Smith, Russell Kirby
Excellent account of a group of people drawn together in the never ending chase for their next hit. Read More »
Hammers Over the Anvil (1993) Ann Turner, Charlotte Rampling, Russell Crowe, Alexander Outhred
This is the story of the crippled young Alan Marshall and his hero worship of the local he-man horse trainer East Driscoll Read More »
They’re a Weird Mob (1966) Michael Powell, Walter Chiari, Claire Dunne, Chips Rafferty
Nino Culotta is an Italian immigrant who arrived in Australia with the promise of a job as a journalist Read More »
Bitter Springs (1950) Ralph Smart, Tommy Trinder, Chips Rafferty, Gordon Jackson
Wally King, with his family and stockmen, drive livestock over hundreds of kilometres of dry country Read More »
Patrick (1978) Richard Franklin, Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann, Rod Mullinar
After the shocking bathtub death of his mother and her lover, the sinister Patrick lays comatose in a small private hospital Read More »
Remember Me (1985) Lex Marinos, Wendy Hughes, Jenny Ellis, Jack Ellis
A woman recently returned to work is contacted by her former husband who has been in a mental institution. Read More »
Until the End of the World AKA Bis ans Ende der Welt (1991) Wim Wenders, William Hurt, Solveig Dommartin, Pietro Falcone
Set in 1999, a woman (Dommartin) has a car accident with some bank robbers Read More »
In the Wake of the Bounty (1933) Charles Chauvel, Arthur Greenaway, Mayne Lynton, Errol Flynn
The film explores the story of the Bounty and is based on the 1932 novel Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. Read More »
Drown (2015) Dean Francis, Matt Levett, Maya Stange
In the cloistered world of competitive surf-lifesaving, an Australian hero is de-throned as the reigning champion by a younger, gay competitor. Read More »