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The 25 best Australian movies on Stan
Australia’s own original streaming service has a bumper crop of excellent homegrown cinema.
20 May
Travis Johnson
Travis is a Sydney-based cineaste, critic, writer, occasional filmmaker and performer
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The 25 best Australian movies now streaming on Netflix
Netflix has a collection of bloody good Australian films.
19 May
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Mark Wahlberg seeks repentance in the passionless religious drama Father Stu
Lacking serious inquiry, fervour and passion, this religious drama preaches to the converted.
17 May
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Like its namesake, Australian migrant drama Little Tornadoes is empty in the middle
There’s a lot to admire here moment by moment, but altogether this kitchen-sink story is too timid.
12 May
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The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson is a vital and provocative Australian western
The Wentworth actress is the undeniable centre of this stoic western, adding to the conversation of Australia’s past.
05 May
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Retrospective: Conan The Barbarian is still fantastically barbaric at age 40
Opening with a Nietzsche quote, this patchy 1982 fantasy had its tongue nowhere near its cheek.
02 May
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Instead of watching 365 Days: This Day, just watch porn
Exotic location, Europop song on the soundtrack, sex scene, exotic location, Europop tune, sex scene…
02 May
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Best new movies and TV series on BINGE: May 2022
Your jam-packed guide to everything landing on BINGE this month.
02 May
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The 25 best sci-fi movies on Disney+ Australia
Some of the highest-grossing movies ever sit alongside forgotten cult classics from another world.
02 May
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After Yang is a trenchant family drama viewed through a sci-fi lens
Movies are empathy machines, and Colin Farrell shines in this empathetic tale of a broken robot nanny.
26 Apr
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Julian Assange’s father is the focus of Ithaka, a different take on famous whisteblower
A new Australian documentary puts a human face on the controversial case of Julian Assange by focusing on his 76-year-old father.
26 Apr
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The cast and setting of Barons make a splash, but its surf rivalry story wipes out
Unnecessary subplots and dodgy accents might leave you feeling a bit…board (sorry).
22 Apr
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RRR is taking Australian cinemas by storm – but you’ve probably never even heard of it
The epic action movie RRR has made a big splash at the Australian box office—so why is nobody talking about it?
14 Apr
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5 Marvel horror comics we want to see adapted into movies
Spooky heroes Morbius and Moon Knight are getting adapted, so here’s our picks for other fearsome MCU wannabes.
05 Apr
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Best new movies and TV series on BINGE: April 2022
Your jam-packed guide to everything landing on BINGE this month.
02 Apr
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Boring Bowie biopic Stardust can’t play the hits nor capture an electrifying artist
Johnny Flynn lets wigs and costumes do the heavy lifting in this weird chimera of a rock origin story.
31 Mar
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Neon-drenched tone poem Loveland will perplex and intrigue sci-fi fans
Australian director Ivan Sen refuses to fit firmly into any one genre category, preferring to brood with his characters.
28 Mar
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The best Australian sci-fi movies of all time
Loveland continues a long line of super stylish, super cinematic, and sometimes super weird Australian sci-fi movies.
24 Mar
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Human Resources is even more filthy, funny and thoughtful than Big Mouth
Meet a new gang of metaphysical sex beasts, including Hugh Jackman’s three-dicked angel. Yep.
22 Mar
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Facing Monsters offers fantastic surfing photography, but doesn’t dive deep
WA Slab wave rider Kerby Brown remains an elusive figure in his own doco.
15 Mar
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Retrospective: 30 years and a new media landscape later, we’re all living in Wayne’s World
Party on, Wayne! Party on, Garth! Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe!
07 Mar