Brothers’ Nest is the latest collaboration between brothers Shane and Clayton Jacobson, the pairing that brought us the breakthrough Aussie hit Kenny. Brothers’ Nest, a Cohen Brothers-esque murder drama infused with family resentment and a touch of Hitchcockian creepiness is, however, a very different beast to Kenny. Shane and Clayton play Terry and Jeff, two middle-aged brothers who have decided
Read moreLike Martin Scorsese’s A Personal Journey Through American Movies and Bertrand Tavernier’s A Journey Through French Cinema, David Stratton: A Cinematic Life sees a prominent movie identity describing the films that are most important to him and that, in many ways, shaped his life. Like the Roger Ebert documentary Life Itself the perspective here is a little different as the
Read moreThe charming Australian film Paper Planes has many of the ingredients usually found in successful Aussie movies: a story of triumph over adversity, larrikin humour and young romance and like recent hits such as Red Dog it deserves to become a family favourite. Ed Oxenbould, who was so impressive as the conniving younger brother in the excellent TV adaptation of
Read moreFollowing The Tracker and Ten Canoes, Rolf de Heer’s Charlie’s Country completes a film trilogy that intelligently and confrontingly examines the experience of indigenous Australians. David Gulpilil plays the title character, a man in his early 60’s eking out an existence in a government run indigenous town camp. Once a celebrated dancer who performed at the opening of the Sydney
Read moreHear Aaron Wilson, the writer/ director of the new Australian World War 2 drama, Canopy discuss the film on Built For Speed on 18th April 2014.
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