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Australia's best-loved film critic David Stratton reviews (almost) every feature film from the past three decades in the ultimate guide to modern Australian cinema.
From The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert to The Dry, from The Big Steal to The Drover's Wife, he tells us why they're worth watching, and reveals fascinating behind-the-scenes details. There is something for everyone: road movies and coming-of-age movies; comedies and love stories; rural noir and gritty urban movies; flourishing First Nations cinema; horror, zombies and science fiction; movies for families and for children; international co-productions, and much more. He's seen them all, and he knows every director, producer and actor.
Australia at the Movies is the indispensable companion for every cinema lover: it's where you'll find your next favourite movie.
'I greatly enjoy his sheer delight in cinema, which communicates itself effortlessly in every review.' Bruce Beresford
'He has introduced us to films and filmmakers ... from the grandest to the tiniest low-budget debut with intelligence, humour and passion.' Gillian Armstrong
'Stratton's sense of cinema and storytelling is bar none, as far as I'm concerned.' Warwick Thornton
'Thank you for introducing us to great movies and great directors.' Bryan Brown
'A critical and affectionate assessment of Australian films between 1990 and 2020...And it's not just criticism - there are anecdotes galore.' - Sydney Morning Herald
'He brings a wealth of expertise and flair to this encyclopaedic enterprise, arranged thematically to cover all genres - as well as a whole lotta love for the art, the artists and those wonderful people out there in the dark.' - The Age
Contents
Introduction
1 Out of the Past Historical stories
2 Black Like Me Indigenous stories
3 Private Lives Biographical films
4 Tales of Ordinary Madness Short stories, personal crises
5 The Snake Pit Institutions, eccentrics
6 Family Life Close relationships
7 This Sporting Life Sports stories, oddball characters and shared accommodation
8 Trouble in Mind Sexual and same-sex relationships
9 Romance Love stories
10 Innocent Sinners Young people
11 The New Land Multicultural stories
12 The Outsiders Isolation
13 The State of Things Antisocial behaviour
14 Conflict War stories
15 On the Road Road movies
16 A Double Life Directed by actors
17 Wild in the Country Rural crime
18 City Streets Urban crime #1
19 Cry of the City Urban crime #2
20 Tales of Terror Horror movies
21 The Haunting Ghosts and serial killers
22 Tales of Mystery and Imagination Science fiction
23 All Fall Down Experimental movies
24 Words and Music Musicals
25 Funny Games Comedies #1
26 The Joke Comedies #2
27 Monkey Business Comedies #3
28 The Parent Trap Family films
29 The Wide Blue Yonder Co-productions with overseas settings #1
30 Away from Her Co-productions with overseas settings #2
Appendix Financing the movies, by Sue Milliken
THE FILMS: A to Z
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