Thievish Thursdays: Wolf Creek (2005)
byWolf Creek made a proverbial splat when it arrived on Australian screens in 2005. In keeping with our companion piece to The Straits on ABC, Film…
Australian Cinema
FAFA: Erskineville Kings (1999)
byErskineville Kings is a story about freedom that challenges the notion of family and brotherhood.
FAFA: Flirting (1991)
byWinning three AFI awards in the year of its release (including Best Film), Flirting continues the teenage adventures and misadventures of Danny Embling (Noah…
Thievish Thursdays: Snowtown (2011)
byOur companion piece to ABC’s The Straits continues with a film that took home 6 inaugural AACTA awards, including Best Director, Actor, Supporting Actress and Adapted…
FAFA: Siam Sunset (1999)
byWhat do you do when your wife is killed by a fridge falling from the sky?
FAFA: Mad Max (1979)
byFrom the opening minutes of his Ozploitation classic, George Miller establishes himself as one of the greatest visual film makers in the history of cinema.
Thievish Thursdays: Animal Kingdom (2010)
byFilm Blerg’s companion piece to The Straits (airing Thursday nights on ABC) focuses on crime in the Australian media. Week 3 of Thievish Thursdays looks…
FAFA: Looking for Alibrandi (2000)
byLooking for Alibrandi is a classic genre piece essentially about ethnicity, adolescence and the journey of a teenage girl dealing with family, friends and…
Thievish Thursdays: Underbelly (2008)
byOur second Thievish Thursdays companion piece to The Straits takes a look at the hugely successful television series Underbelly.
Thievish Thursdays: Suburban Mayhem (2006)
byOur first Thievish Thursday takes a brief look at the irreparable effects of crime over the family unit, in celebration of the new ABC1 series…