What's your favourite Australian film of the last decade?
Australia hasn’t had a film in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival since 2011 but Justin Kurzel will fly the flag with Macbeth at next month’s festival.
Hollywood is over-flowing with screen heroines in action films, dramas and comedies, but where are Australia’s?
The Dressmaker advanced to $15.2 million at Australian cinemas last weekend, propelling the total earnings of Australian films and feature documentaries released this year, plus holdovers, past $84 million.
The Australian films and feature documentaries released this year are set to surpass $80 million in B.O. receipts next week, an all-time record in dollars.
Australian films are experiencing a resurgence in cinemas this year, raking in $21.7 million through April 20.
Spectre, the 24th James Bond opus, rang up $11.3 million last weekend plus $751,000 in previews on 618 screens for a total of just over $12 million.
In the UK some reviews for The Dressmaker were so bitchy and churlish, it’s almost as if the critics were watching a different movie from the one that one million Aussies have enjoyed and appreciated.