Two popular genres come together in this Australian documentary – the backstage musical and the inspirational-teacher-saves-troubled-students drama. Karen Carey is the music director at the
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Film review – Face to Face (2011)
Wayne Travers (Luke Ford) is potentially facing jail after repeatedly ramming his former boss’s car in a rage after being fired. Wayne is angry, resentful
Film review – Sleeping Beauty (2011)
The Sleeping Beauty figure, as featured in the most popular versions of the classic fairy tale, is the archetypal passive heroine. Falling into the death-like
An interview with Jim Loach, the director of Oranges and Sunshine
Over 130,000 children were deported from the UK as part of various Child Migration Schemes. It is estimated that Australia received 7,000 children between 1912
Film review – Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
It must be challenging to make a film that spreads awareness about an important issue while still adhering to the traditional cinematic narrative conventions that
Film review – Snowtown (2011)
A film about the Snowtown ‘Bodies in the Barrels’ murders could have gone a number ways. The organised series of killings in the Adelaide suburbs
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