Warwick Thornton is arguably Australia’s finest contemporary film director. With works such as Sampson and Delilah and Sweet Country he has crafted unflinching, gritty, yet poetic and masterfully constructed films celebrating First Nations Peoples while laying bare the often brutal prejudice inflicted on them. His latest film, Wolfram is a sequel of sorts to Sweet Country as Philomac (this time
Read moreThe Sheep Detectives is a very sweet, charming, family friendly mix of whodunit and anthropomorphised (CGI) animal comedy. Evoking Babe, Knives Out and Toy Story it would be hard for this film to go wrong and it doesn’t. Set in an idealised version of the English countryside in the village of Denbrook, the film stars Hugh Jackman as benevolent sheep
Read moreThe intense, atmospheric and darkly comic psychological/ supernatural thriller Obsession falls into the ‘careful what you wish for’ film subgenre. Like a much more sinister and violent Twilight Zone episode, the film sees lovelorn Bear (Michael Johnston) desperate for romance with his work colleague Nikki (Inde Navarrette). While at a shop selling crystals and other faith healing knicknacks, Bear, on
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Don’t miss Southern FM’s new program, Scoutabout, featuring youth members of the Scout Association, across Bayside and Greater Melbourne. It’s on every second Saturday from midday to 2 PM. The first show is today (Saturday 23 May 2026).
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Hello there, Here is the podcast of this week’s show. Please Enjoy JC
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In this podcast from The Community Block (19 May 2026), Claire Emmanuel from Better Health Network’s Gamblers Help Southern is chatting to Colin Tyrus about a free school education program, Be Ahead of the Game. It’s helping secondary school students to think critically about gambling. Informed by the latest research, the program not only teaches young people about the risks
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