It's rare that audiences have the opportunity to watch actors perfect their roles in the sacred space of the rehearsal room,...
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2007
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British actor Tom Baker narrates Oscar-winning animator Bruce Petty's thoughtful meditation on colonialism, capitalism, and...
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2007
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2003
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After creating an international sensation with the visually dazzling and intellectually challenging sci-fi blockbuster...
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2003
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A pair of Melbourne detectives working in the Zero Tolerance Unit set out to uncover a web of corruption in the directorial...
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2003
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In this small Australian comedy, Michael Caton stars as Darryl Kerrigan, a contented, mildly eccentric family man with an...
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1999
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Dr. Norberg
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1995
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In this offbeat, romantic comedy, a young woman tries to conceal her paralyzed leg in order to get her man. Sophie is a...
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Anne-Marie LePine
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1994
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Filmed in the Australian outback, but set in an unnamed country, this stylish and decidedly liberal drama attempts to be the...
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Wiley
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1992
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Lawn bowling is a very different sport from the kind that occurs indoors; it is an almost meditative exercise resembling...
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1992
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Australian author David Williamson adapted Emerald City from his own stage play. The title may conjure up images of the...
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Kate Rogers
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1989
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In this Australian entry into the early 1980s sub-genre of films dealing with families rejecting contemporary society for a...
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Director
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1986
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Robyn Lucas
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1984
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1984
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Set in Australia in the 1930s, this drama stars Nicholas Gledhill as P.S., a six-year-old boy who lives with his Aunt Lila...
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Lila Baines
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1983
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In this slightly downbeat film about the history of working women in Australia, the tone is somber although each well-won...
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1983
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Based on John Embling's book Tom, the Australian Fighting Back is set in a hellhole of a slum school. Most of the teachers...
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Mary
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1982
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In a somewhat far-fetched premise (not uncommon to the genre), this action film has some Australians (including soldiers)...
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Kate
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1982
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Based on a novel by Thomas Keneally, which was in turn inspired by actual events, this drama is a shocking indictment of the...
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1978
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In Queensland, Australia in the 1920s, a rugged Irishman bucks the encroaching modern age to the detriment of himself and his...
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Jenny Doolan
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1978
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The principal characters in this Australian miniseries were James Casey (John Meillon) and his terminally ill son, Sean (Mark...
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1976
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The "Caddie" in this Australian thriller is not of the golfing variety, but is instead the nicknamed bestowed upon the...
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1976
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Four Australian directors explore different angles of the title topic in this generally downbeat anthology. In "The Husband"...
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1973
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