Tag Archive for Australian Cinema

Stone

Director Sandy Harbutt Starring Ken Shorter, Helen Morse, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Sandy Harbutt, Vincent Gil Rated R Score 4/6 Police officer Stone goes undercover with the Gravediggers outlaw motorcycle gang, to find out who is murdering their members, one by one. Apparently during the filming of Stone Australian stuntman Peter Armstrong set a then-world record for…

Head On

Director Ana Kokkinos Starring Alex Dimitriades, Paul Capsis, Elena Mandalis & Julian Garner Rated R Score 6/6 Released on Blu-Ray on November 3 A 19-year-old Greek Australian youth struggles with his sexual identity and has one clumsy heterosexual and several homosexual encounters. I was not aware of the existence of this movie until recently, though…

$8.7 Mill Announced to Help Independent Cinemas

158 independent cinemas across Australia will share in more than $8.7 million to keep their doors open, under the first batch of the Morrison Government’s $20 million Supporting Cinemas’ Retention Endurance and Enhancement of Neighbourhoods (SCREEN) Fund. Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP, said the fund supports…

Post Number 3,000

Okay for those of you who are wondering The Movie Boards has been around in a couple of different incarnations for 12 years (I could have sworn it was only 10 years) and this is the 3000th post. For this milestone I’ve decided to take a look at Australian Cinema. Specifically, Early Australian Cinema, for…

River street

Director Tony Mahood Starring Aden Young, Bill Hunter, Essie Davis Rated M Score 6/6 Ben, an arrogant, hustling property developer is wrongly arrested and things from bad to worse when he accidentally punches a policeman at the station. Sentenced to community service at a local day centre. For those of you who have read my…