I’d be lying if I said that having to review Wake in Fright wasn’t an intimidating prospect, and with it currently being the middle of winter, discussing the Australian classic feels very off-season. However, this occasion cannot be ignored as Umbrella Entertainment, through their tireless efforts, have delivered Wake in Fright to 4K Ultra HD […]
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If you’ve never seen Breaker Morant, you’re likely familiar with the film’s defiant last words shouted by Edward Woodward as the stoic lead. Now you can discover or re-visit the film that’s topped more lists about Australian cinema than any other, thanks to Umbrella Entertainment who added the classic to their Sunburnt Screens sub-label earlier
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I remember often singing the Aussie bush ballad, ‘Click Go the Shears’, when I was in primary school, which was often met with little enthusiasm from practically everyone. Thankfully, it’s nowhere to be heard in Sunday Too Far Away, the third volume in Umbrella Entertainment’s dedicated sub-label, Sunburnt Screens, out now on Blu-ray. Starring national
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Making its Blu-ray debut through Via Vision Entertainment, is The Sum of Us, an Australian comedy starring Russell Crowe and Jack Thompson, about a widowed father, Harry, and his son Jeff, who are both in search of a significant other. Jeff is openly gay and has the full support of his open-minded old man, and
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I had my first taste of Philippe Mora’s body of work recently in the form of Howling III: The Marsupials, an off-the-wall send up of cheap and nasty B-pictures, but with an Australian flavour. Now I’ve jumped back eleven years with his more celebrated ‘Ozploitation Classic’ Mad Dog Morgan, which like Howling III, made its
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Films like Wake in Fright, Picnic at Hanging Rock or Pricilla Queen of the Desert are the “masterpieces” off Australia cinema that usually get thrown around when the topic of conversation arises. However, while recognized as such in its own right, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith isn’t as well known to mainstream audiences. Hopefully that
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From celebrated Aussie director Stephen Elliot, who brought us The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and the lesser known Welcome to Woop Woop comes a semi-autobiographical piece in the form of Swinging Safari, depicting the cringeworthily antics of kids and adult alike during a typical Australian summer in the 1970s. Despite not being
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