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With the release of the first-world-war film Gallipoli in 1981, director Peter Weir could finally shrug off the nickname he had laboured under since making his first films: “Peter Weird”. Idiosyncratic work like Homesdale (1971), The Cars That Ate Paris (1974), and the deeply atmospheric, metaphysical dramas Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and The Last Wave (1977) had earned Weir a reputation for making quirky, mysterious, genre-bending films. His gift for creating mood and atmosphere at times overwhelmed his concern with linear narrative. This tendency seemed to change quite consciously ...

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 ...

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 ...

10 Uplifting Stories To Get You Through The Week (5/5/19) There is a lot of doom and gloom in the news. It can get anyone down, but this list serves as the perfect counterpoint. Only stories that inspire, uplift, or amuse can be found here. Alternatively, we can also bewilder, bemuse, and befog you with our offbeat list. This week, we are inspired by the acts of children. Hundreds of students gathered to say goodbye to a beloved neighbor. Others put on a memorable play that got Hollywood talking. One fought bravely and saved his sister from a criminal. And the youngest one of all worked dilig...