FAFA (Favourite Australian Film Assignment)

FAFA: Turkey Shoot (1982) 0
by / on April 20, 2012 at 10:17 am / in Australian Cinema, Classics, FAFA (Favourite Australian Film Assignment), Film

FAFA: Turkey Shoot (1982)

Turkey Shoot isn’t a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination. It features a host of flawed acting, flawed special effects and due to a third of its budget being taken away at the last second, some extremely flawed production design.

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FAFA: The Interview (1998) 0
by / on April 13, 2012 at 8:11 am / in Australian Cinema, FAFA (Favourite Australian Film Assignment), Film, Uncategorized

FAFA: The Interview (1998)

A dawn raid of Eddie Fleming’s (Hugo Weaving) apartment throws him into a world of chaos as he is dragged to his local police station to answer questions about the disappearance of family man Mr. Beecroft.

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FAFA: Erskineville Kings (1999) 1
by / on March 9, 2012 at 1:04 pm / in Australian Cinema, FAFA (Favourite Australian Film Assignment), Film

FAFA: Erskineville Kings (1999)

Erskineville Kings is a story about freedom that challenges the notion of family and brotherhood. 

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FAFA: Flirting (1991) 1
by / on March 2, 2012 at 6:45 am / in Australian Cinema, FAFA (Favourite Australian Film Assignment), Film

FAFA: Flirting (1991)

Winning three AFI awards in the year of its release (including Best Film), Flirting continues the teenage adventures and misadventures of Danny Embling (Noah Taylor), the central character in writer/director John Duigan’s previous Australian classic The Year My Voice Broke.

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FAFA: Siam Sunset (1999) 0
by / on February 24, 2012 at 10:15 am / in Australian Cinema, FAFA (Favourite Australian Film Assignment), Film

FAFA: Siam Sunset (1999)

What do you do when your wife is killed by a fridge falling from the sky?

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FAFA: Mad Max (1979) 0
by / on February 17, 2012 at 9:55 am / in Australian Cinema, Classics, FAFA (Favourite Australian Film Assignment), Film

FAFA: Mad Max (1979)

From the opening minutes of his Ozploitation classic, George Miller establishes himself as one of the greatest visual film makers in the history of cinema.

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FAFA: Looking for Alibrandi (2000) 0
by / on February 10, 2012 at 9:45 am / in Australian Cinema, FAFA (Favourite Australian Film Assignment), Film

FAFA: Looking for Alibrandi (2000)

Looking for Alibrandi is a classic genre piece essentially about ethnicity, adolescence and the journey of a teenage girl dealing with family, friends and loss.

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Thievish Thursdays: Suburban Mayhem (2006) 0
by / on February 2, 2012 at 12:43 pm / in Australian Cinema, FAFA (Favourite Australian Film Assignment), Film, Thievish Thursdays

Thievish Thursdays: Suburban Mayhem (2006)

Our first Thievish Thursday takes a brief look at the irreparable effects of crime over the family unit, in celebration of the new ABC1 series The Straits.

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FAFA: Summer Coda (2010) 0
by / on January 6, 2012 at 11:42 am / in Australian Cinema, FAFA (Favourite Australian Film Assignment), Film

FAFA: Summer Coda (2010)

That it took over five years to make an Australian film is no great surprise. From a genesis beginning on the Movie Channel’s Project Greenlight, one may have thought the general timeframe may have been expedited.

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FAFA: The Tree (2010) 0
by / on December 9, 2011 at 10:11 am / in Australian Cinema, FAFA (Favourite Australian Film Assignment), Film

FAFA: The Tree (2010)

Grief surrounds the O’Neill family after the patriarch (Aden Young) suddenly dies from a heart attack.

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