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From his first film roles in the 1970s through to recent times, David Dalaithngu’s impact as both an actor and leader was far-reaching, writes Professor of Indigenous Studies Bronwyn Carlson: ‘He was an actor who could not be constrained.’
Film & TV
Get Back, film director Peter Jackson’s three-part reboot of the 1969 Beatles film Let it Be, is an epic success. It’s like Big Brother with a cast of geniuses.
Film & TV
Music is once again the key in Baby Driver director Edgar Wright’s latest film – a neon thriller where haunted imaginings and reality collide.
In her new ABC TV comedy Preppers, playwright, screenwriter and actor Nakkiah Lui explores the good times, the bad times, and the end times.
Daniel Craig’s highly anticipated last Bond movie finally opens in Australian cinemas this week – our reviewer gives her verdict.
This year’s British Film Festival may be the best yet, with highlights including Kenneth Branagh’s love letter to his home town, a time-warp fantasy starring Anya Taylor-Joy of The Queen’s Gambit, and a ’70s line-up featuring cult classic A Clockwork Orange.
Prequels are risky. Playing around with the origins of something that already exists in popular culture, in this case the long-running gangster saga The Sopranos headed by murderer-in-chief Tony Soprano, can be indulgent. So does it work?
Film & TV
In his first foray from food critic to film critic, Paul Wood savours a new feature-length documentary about one of the world’s favourite cooks.
News
SA Film Corp chair Peter Hanlon will walk away from the board to pursue a business partnership with city-based arts and entertainment hub Light Adelaide.
A searing portrait of a marriage in strife reflects a recurring theme in this year’s Italian Film Festival, which also celebrates influential filmmaker Roberto Rossellini and screen goddesses including Sophie Loren and Gina Lollobrigida.
Mercury Cinema is offering a rare opportunity to see influential Asian filmmaker Wong Kar Wai’s movies on the big screen with the week-long retrospective Love and Neon. Our reviewer soaked in the beauty of two of his signature films: In the Mood for Love and Chungking Express.
This new Danish film featuring Another Round star Mads Mikkelsen is not quite the predictable revenge thriller it first seems.
Director Justin Kurzel goes where many filmmakers would fear to tread with his chilling new film – tracing events in killer Martin Bryant’s life leading up to the Port Arthur massacre.
Film & TV
Australia’s catastrophic Black Summer bushfires are the inspiration for a new six-part ABC drama that co-creator Tony Ayres and actor Hunter Page-Lochard say focuses on the stories of heartache and heroism of ordinary people caught up in the disaster.
Film & TV
Nicolas Cage makes a return to the type of interesting movies he was known for earlier in his career with a beautifully filmed story about a former city chef living in the wilderness whose rustic life is uprooted when his beloved truffle pig is stolen.
Iggy & Ace is a zany new Australian comedy about two gay best friends joined at the hip flask. It also looks at addiction with unflinching honesty.
A new documentary featuring Adelaide photographer and former refugee Muzafar Ali will capture the rich history of Australian Afghans, set against Ali’s personal involvement with the crisis currently unfolding in Afghanistan.
This film does for the rolling hills and river hideaways of New Zealand what Wolf Creek did for the red-dirt splendour of outback South Australia: namely, provide an excellent backdrop for scenes of panic, terror and fear.
This confronting new documentary traces the 30-year battle for justice following the murder of three Aboriginal children in an outback town and a police investigation marred by ingrained racism.
