Critics have hailed Kitty Green's 'The Royal Hotel' as an "even deeper" and "pulpier and more explosive" look at toxic masculinity than her 2019 #MeToo thriller 'The Assistant', with many drawing comparisons between the film and Ted Kotcheff's 1971 classic 'Wake in Fright'.
A local Indigenous politician (Deborah Mailman) is recruited to the senate by the Australian Prime Minister (Rachel Griffiths) after a contentious video goes viral, in Rachel Perkins' drama about systemic injustice and the complexities of political change.
The Adelaide Film Festival has unveiled the full program for its first annual edition, which carries the theme of A Celebration of Imagination.
Greater scrutiny of feature film projects and more emphasis on stories that can travel are among the focuses for two of the country's leading production companies in the year ahead amid ongoing challenges in the theatrical landscape.
Ivan Sen's 'Limbo' and Noora Niasari's 'Shayda' have joined the Australian contingent bound for this year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), announced as part of the event's centrepiece program.
'Sweet As', the debut feature from Nyul Nyul/Yawuru filmmaker Jub Clerc, is dubbed "The Breakfast Club meets the outback".
Jub Clerc's debut feature 'Sweet As' and Benjamin Millepied's Sydney-shot 'Carmen', produced by Goalpost Pictures, are heading to the Toronto International Film Festival.
A trio of Australian films are bound for this year's Toronto International Film Festival: NZ co-production 'The Convert', directed by Lee Tamahori, Kitty Green's 'The Royal Hotel' and Warwick Thornton's 'The New Boy'.