– Down Under – Only in cinemas from 11 August 2016 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to StudioCanal. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE DOWN UNDER is a black comedy set during the aftermath of the Cronulla riots in 2006, from filmmaker Abe Forsythe. The film tells the story of…
Now a much anticipated fixture on the festival calendar, the third Volvo Scandinavian Film Festival is now – or is just about to be – in full swing around Australia. The festival aims to present some of the most exciting and fresh movies from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland. This year’s offerings include Finland’s…
A total of 1,517 people, more than two-thirds of those who boarded the world’s largest moving object, perished after the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg at 11:40pm on 14 April 1912 and sank early the following morning. Hardly the material that immediately makes you think of musical theatre … and yet it is just the…
In 1979, fundamentalist rebels overthrew the Shah of Iran and, simultaneously, threw the everyday lives of many into total disarray. In the West, it was an event captured in incendiary news clips of fevered young revolutionaries, American hostages, mounting repression and political tensions that exist to this day. But the story that was rarely told,…
– Embrace – Only in cinemas from 4 August 2016 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to Transmission Films. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE One woman’s journey to inspire everyBODY: EMBRACE follows Body Image Activist Taryn Brumfitt crusade as she explores the global issue of body loathing, inspiring us to…
Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs over a century ago, the fictional hero Tarzan is one of the most popular fictional heroes in literature. As a child he was raised in the jungles of Africa by apes. He is intelligent, loyal, strong and courageous and fights against evil and colonial powers in deepest darkest Africa. There…
A quirky romantic comedy, Maggie’s Plan concerns a vibrant and practical thirty-something year old professional, totally comfortable in her own skin. Maggie Hardin (Greta Gerwig) is at a crossroads. She is charming and optimistic, with success in her career in education and wonderful friends, but something is missing. Her sensible nature has led her to…
Ivan Sen prefers to call his latest film Goldstone a follow up to the acclaimed and award winning thriller Mystery Road rather than a sequel, in much the same way that They Call Me Mister Tibbs was not a sequel to the Oscar winning In The Heat Of The Night. However it’s not as compelling…
In this compelling journey to seek the truth about a most heinous crime, a priest expresses a range of emotions and behavioural traits: anger, angst, mercy and retribution. Catherine McClements (Rush) is joined on stage by Johnny Carr (What Rhymes With Cars and Girls), musical director and pianist Luke Byrne, and an evocative set of…
A real online advertisement (Craigslist at 9:13am on February 13th, 2013) from a pair of twenty-something brothers looking for dates inspired Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates. With literally thousands of responses, the bros quickly attracted national attention, discussing their creative dating tactics with Matt Lauer on the US Today show and with Anderson Cooper…
