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Last Ride (2009)
Kev (Hugo Weaving), a former convict on the run, and his 10-year-old son Chook (Tom Russell) get to know each other for the first and last time in this road movie set in South Australia. The pair’s relationship deepens as ... [read more]
The Human Journey – Episode 3 (1999)
In this, the third and final episode of the series, we learn that Homo sapiens left the Middle East for the new world of South-East Asia 90,000 years ago, in the long saga of the journey out of Africa. [read more]
In the seaplane (1931)
Heading westward along the Antarctic coastline from King George V land, the Discovery is held up by dense pack ice. The Gypsy Moth seaplane is launched to survey what lies ahead and report back its findings. Hurley films from both ... [read more]
Dead to the World (1991)
Alexandra (Agnieszka Perepeczko) owns a boxing gym in the inner Sydney suburb of Newtown. Her fierce rival is Pearl Wilkinson (Lynette Curran), a corrupt local businesswoman and political candidate. Pearl is in league with Keats (John Doyle), a shady property ... [read more]
Australian cinema is silenced (1996)
During the 1950s, Australian feature film production ground to a halt, leaving newsreels as one of the few cinematic records of Australian life of the period. Iconic ‘50s newsreel footage plays in slow-motion to a rendition of 'The Road to ... [read more]
Homicide – The Friendly Fellow (1973)
When safebreakers botch a robbery and a security guard gets killed, the Homicide squad calls in an 'old friend’ for questioning – former safebreaker Buddy Rand (Fred Cullen). Buddy is going straight these days but recognises the work of his ... [read more]
It Isn’t Done (1937)
An English solicitor, Mr Potter (Leslie Victor), arrives at the Blaydon farm at Stony Creek, near Sydney. He tells Hubert Blaydon (Cecil Kellaway) that he’s the long-lost heir to an English estate. Now known as Lord Blaydon, Hubert sails for ... [read more]
‘Jack was different’ (2001)
David Meredith (Matt Day) visits his brother Jack Meredith (Simon Lyndon) who is at an army training camp before being sent off to fight the great fight in some foreign land. Tragedy strikes, just as David is discussing his brother’s ... [read more]
The Devil’s Playground (1976)
Tom Allen (Simon Burke) is a 13-year-old postulant at a Catholic seminary outside Melbourne. It is 1953, when boys still began training for religious orders in their early teens. Tom is constantly in trouble – for wetting his bed, showering ... [read more]
Dependency (1986)
Over photographs of happier times, both during her relationship with Steve, and from the time before, Liz quotes her mother and some feminist writers and deliberates on her struggle with dependency on a lover, and on the general nature of ... [read more]
Bit of Black Business – Back Seat (2007)
Janine (Lille Madden) and her foster parents go to visit Janine’s real mother Elsie (Lily Shearer) and her other family members. Even though Janine is supposedly the centre of attention, it’s her foster mother Beverly (Zoe Carides) who speaks for ... [read more]
The Battle for Byron (1996)
The documentary looks at the history of Byron Bay, a seaside town in Northern NSW. Waves of development have influenced the culture of the town. The first settlers cut down the thousand-year-old cedar trees calling them 'red gold’. When ... [read more]
What is great writing? (2001)
Tensions in the newsroom come to the surface when Bernard Brewster (Jack Thompson) singles out David Meredith (Matt Day) for praise, citing an article that he has written in defiance of instructions from news editor Curtis Condon (Denis Moore). David’s ... [read more]
Mum’s the Word – Episode 9 (2003)
A group of women, including actress Zoe Carides and broadcaster Amanda Keller, discuss body image before and after pregnancy with presenter Rebecca le Tourneau. [read more]
Zigzag (1978)
Essie Coffey instructs some young people on how to track animals. They are looking for porcupine tracks, and finally find one. A porcupine never walks straight says Essie, but always walks in a zig zag. They follow the porcupine to ... [read more]
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (2005)
In this animated film, the aerial navigator Jasper Morello (voiced by Joel Edgerton), accompanied by the academy biologist Dr Claude Belgon (voiced by Helmut Bakaitis), sets out on a voyage aboard the airship Resolution to establish a line of beacons ... [read more]
Harp in the South (1986)
A two-part miniseries following the life and times of the Darcys – an Irish-Australian family – in the aftermath of the Second World War. The impoverished Darcy family, exiles from the bush, live in Surry Hills, a housing commission enclave ... [read more]
Hinkler’s Message to Australia; Incidents of My Flight (1928)
Bert Hinkler was the first Australian aviator to be celebrated by the issue of a gramophone recording. On this recording, he recalls his experience making the first solo flight from England to Australia in 1928, describes key events in the ... [read more]
Somersault (2004)
Sixteen-year-old Heidi (Abbie Cornish) kisses her mother’s boyfriend, just as her mother Nicole (Olivia Pigeot) walks back into the house. Confused and frightened, Heidi takes the bus to Jindabyne in the Snowy Mountains, where she meets Joe (Sam Worthington) the ... [read more]
No Worries (1993)
Matilda Bell (Amy Terelinck) is an independent 11 year old growing up on a sheep station in western NSW, during a severe drought. Many local farmers have already gone bust, but her parents Ben (Geoff Morrell) and Ellen (Susan ... [read more]
