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Chopper (feature film) | Chopper (book) Few Australian films have sparked as much controversy as Chopper, beginning well before it arrived in cinemas in 2000. Why perpetuate the myth of Mark "Chopper" R

Larrikin Aussie comedian Mick Molloy is Jack Simpson - office worker, drifter and total scammer. When he joins the local bowling club just to score free inner-city parking, little does he know he may become

A vivid portrait of the era and the songs that embodied it. MIDNIGHT OIL 1984 is the story of the sweat-soaked, hardworking rock and roll band whose music galvanised a generation of young Australians and ins

Filmed in Sydney in 1896, Patineur Grotesque is the OLDEST film shot in Australia and has finally been shown here after more than a century of obscurity. Documentation now held at the National Film and Sound

Tilly Dunnage has come home to care for her mad old mother. She left the small Victorian town of Dungatar years before, and became an accomplished couturier in Paris. Now she earns her living making exquisite f

The Castle is one of the finest Australian films to come out of Australia not just Melbourne. Is there a funnier film that typifies the Australian fighting spirit than The Castle? The Castle is a comedy a

A comedy, "The Dish" tells the true story of a group of Australian scientists manning a remote satellite dish who, much to NASA's concern, are the only hope for receiving the historic images of Man's first step

A quintessential Australian story beautifully told, The Dry by Jane Harper is a new film starring Eric Bana. Federal Agent Aaron Falk (Eric Bana) returns to his home town after an absence of over twenty yea

Widely regarded as the "world's" first feature length film, The Story of Ned Kelly - 70 minute in length was unprecedented when it was released in 1906. The film cost an estimated $2,250 and was filmed in