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Baz Luhrmann: Faraway so Close

If Baz Luhrmann may currently appear to be enchanted by Saudi Arabia’s deep pockets and shiny new filmmaking capabilities – especially while he serves as jury president at the Red Sea Film Festival – then he spoke exclusively to FilmInk to assure us that he has no plans of abandoning Australia.

If Baz Luhrmann may currently appear to be enchanted by Saudi Arabia’s deep pockets and shiny new filmmaking capabilities – especially while he serves as jury president at the Red Sea Film Festival – then he spoke exclusively to FilmInk to assure us that he has no plans of abandoning Australia.

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Maestro: Bradley Cooper’s True Passion Project

Ever since Santa Claus left a baton under a young Bradley Cooper’s Christmas tree, everything has led to the Leonard Bernstein biopic for the Oscar-nominated actor.

Ever since Santa Claus left a baton under a young Bradley Cooper’s Christmas tree, everything has led to the Leonard Bernstein biopic for the Oscar-nominated actor.

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Paul Middleditch’s Anzac Uproar

The Kiwi-born, Australia-based filmmaker went back to his roots for his most successful film yet, Uproar.

The Kiwi-born, Australia-based filmmaker went back to his roots for his most successful film yet, Uproar.

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Adrian Powers: Romance is in the Air

The Sydney filmmaker is on a roll with Love is in the Air trending worldwide on Netflix and A Royal in Paradise hitting cinema screens around Australia.

The Sydney filmmaker is on a roll with Love is in the Air trending worldwide on Netflix and A Royal in Paradise hitting cinema screens around Australia.

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The Many Occupations of Paul Schrader

The veteran screenwriter/director returns with Master Gardener, starring Sigourney Weaver and Joel Edgerton.

The veteran screenwriter/director returns with Master Gardener, starring Sigourney Weaver and Joel Edgerton.

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Ken Loach – The Old Oak himself

The veteran leftwing British filmmaker behind such classics as Kes, My Name Is Joe and Sweet Sixteen, is back with The Old Oak.

The veteran leftwing British filmmaker behind such classics as Kes, My Name Is Joe and Sweet Sixteen, is back with The Old Oak.

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Set Visit: Christmess

It was joy, not a mess, when we visited the set of the latest film by Heath Davis (Book Week, Broke).

It was joy, not a mess, when we visited the set of the latest film by Heath Davis (Book Week, Broke).

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Rewind: Ted Kotcheff On Wake In Fright

With the release of the outback shocker The Royal Hotel this week, we revisit our interview with director Ted Kotcheff about his similarly themed 1971 cult classic Wake In Fright.

With the release of the outback shocker The Royal Hotel this week, we revisit our interview with director Ted Kotcheff about his similarly themed 1971 cult classic Wake In Fright.

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Kitty Green’s Micro-Aggressions

When Melbourne’s Kitty Green was backpacking around Europe in her teens, she never imagined it would one day provide inspiration for her debut Australian feature film, The Royal Hotel.

When Melbourne’s Kitty Green was backpacking around Europe in her teens, she never imagined it would one day provide inspiration for her debut Australian feature film, The Royal Hotel.