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![Campaign to save the Franklin River relived after 40 years in remarkable new film]()
Campaign to save Franklin River relived after 40 years in remarkable new film
Forty years ago, the Franklin River in Southern Tasmania came under its greatest ever threat, with the Tasmanian Hydro Electric Commission (HEC) intent on damming one of the world’s most important conservation…
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New drama uses humour to highlight sexual repression
Good Luck to You Leo Grande is a quirky and original sex comedy-drama perceptively directed by Sophie Hyde (who made the 2019 Sundance hit Animals) and based on a hilarious script by…
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![After Yang – a unique blend of sci-fi and sentimentality]()
After Yang – a unique blend of sci-fi and sentimentality
When a young girl’s android robot stops working, it sends the family into a tailspin. The android Yang (Justin H. Min) was bought by Jake (Colin Farrell) and Kyra (Jodie Turner-Smith) to…
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Blind ambition pays off for Zimbabwean wine tasters
What do you get when four former Zimbabwean refugees conquer the odds and become some of South Africa’s top sommeliers? The world’s first ever Zimbabwean wine tasting team is the answer, competing…
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Joaquin Phoenix excels in new movie C’mon C’mon
Writer and director Mike Mills new drama C’mon C’mon is a slow burn. The first half hour is a slow introduction to the complex world of Viv (Gaby Hoffman) and her sometimes…
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Nitram – a disturbing account of the life of Australia’s worst mass murderer
Luna Cinemas upcoming movie ‘Nitram’ (the name ‘Martin’ spelled backwards), is a graphic and disquieting account of the life of mass murderer Martin Bryant, whose deadly rampage at a Tasmanian tourist site…
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New movie showcases Italian migrant ‘super salesman’
Writer-director Madeleine Martiniello and producer Philippa Campey will no doubt bring back both fond and painful memories for Melburnians of a certain age, with the release of their new documentary Palazzo di Cozzo…
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The Bowraville Murders – a sad indictment of past injustices
When three Aboriginal kids disappear from the small country town of Bowraville in New South Wales in 1990/91, the police do little about it. This is despite the three disappearances all happening…
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New musical Annette is a cinematic enigma
Baffling, bizarre and beguiling. These three adjectives barely do justice to an indescribable film: the new musical Annette, coming soon to Luna Cinemas. A musical collaboration between French cult film director Leos…
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‘Sparks’ fly in monumental rock music documentary
Famously, Winston Churchill defined Russia as: “A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma”. The same could almost be said about the legendary US rock band Sparks, who have defied the…
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