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Advertisement Around Christmas of 2019 the veteran Australian filmmaker Nadia Tass was on holiday in New York, catching up with old friends. One day she visited the home of actors Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness, where she was surprised to find Jackman and some of his brothers were watching one of their favourite Australian films: Tass’ delightful 1990 teen comedy The Big Steal, starring a young Ben Mendelsohn and Claudia Karvan. “They were saying that they loved it,” Tass recalls, “But at the time could they find it on any of the streaming services here? Absolutely ...

A still from “Canberra Today and Tomorrow”. NOTING that Canberra was named and its foundation laid on March 12, 1913, the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia has decided to celebrate the actual birthday of the nation’s capital on March 12, with a new free film program. Canberrans will be able to travel back in time and see this city evolve on the big screen in  “Australia’s Capital Nearing Completion”, silent black and white footage from around 1920,  comes from Fox News, and includes shots of Old Parliament House under construction. “Canberra in the 1920...

Renowned Production Designer Stuart Wurtzel to Receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards ADG Awards Set For Saturday, April 10, 2021 For ticket reservations, go to www.adgawards25.com News provided by Share this article Stuart Wurtzel, best known for his work on Hannah and Her Sisters and Angels in America , will receive the Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25 th Annual  ADG Awards. The Awards ceremony, set for Saturday, April 10, 2021, will break with tradition in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and wi...

Advertisement Around Christmas of 2019 the veteran Australian filmmaker Nadia Tass was on holiday in New York, catching up with old friends. One day she visited the home of actors Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness, where she was surprised to find Jackman and some of his brothers were watching one of their favourite Australian films: Tass’ delightful 1990 teen comedy The Big Steal, starring a young Ben Mendelsohn and Claudia Karvan. “They were saying that they loved it,” Tass recalls, “But at the time could they find it on any of the streaming services here? Absolutely ...

Whirlybird: Live Above LA – Storyville 9pm, BBC Four The “eye in the sky” is a phrase familiar to anyone who has watched an LA thriller – the helicopter reporting team tasked with covering high-speed chases. This fascinating documentary tells the story of one of its pioneers, Zoey Tur, who spotted the potential for birds-eye reporting during the breaking news boom of the 80s and 90s. Interweaving the tale of Tur’s professional life with her...