Ever since Mark Hartley's documentary Not Quite Hollywood came out in 2008, what became called Ozploitation has had a high profile in Australian cinema. Ozploitation covers several genres, but horror
We have discussed in previous pieces for this series how the Rank Organisation contracted its filmmaking division in the early 1960s – there were less big “international” productions, and a
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The Film What film best typifies the Australian national identity? It’s a question that has been floating around for yonks. Could it be Peter Weir’s Gallipoli? Or Bruce Beresford’s Breaker
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…don’t miss this one on the big screen.
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.