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Making up is hard to do (1996)
During Alice and Mia’s house party, Mia (Frances O’Connor) and Danni (Radha Mitchell) both admit they’ve made a mistake in breaking up with each other. [read more]
Bobby at home (2003)
Bobby (Teo Gebert) is at ’home’ (an abandoned sofa and his own car, which he’s sleeping in) when a colleague (Dan Wyllie) drops by to check he’s OK. Bobby doesn’t like being reminded of his former professional life, nor of ... [read more]
Enter Sarah (2011)
Arriving at his Bondi Beach restaurant, Tom (Matthew Goode) is told by his manager (Kerry Fox) to ring Sarah (Bojana Novakovic), his wife. He rushes home to find she has some news. [read more]
Dream sequence (1979)
Kate Davis (Chantal Contouri) is enjoying a picnic with boyfriend Derek Whitelaw (Rod Mullinar). Horrified to discover her food has been spiked with human blood, Kate turns to Derek, who now appears to be Hyma Brotherhood member Hodge (Max Phipps). [read more]
Patrick’s fury (1978)
Dr Roget (Robert Helpmann) attempts to kill Patrick (Robert Thompson) with a lethal injection. Patrick responds by unleashing his psychokinetic powers. [read more]
‘What journalists?’ (2009)
José Ramos-Horta (Oscar Isaac) tells Roger East (Anthony LaPaglia) that five Australian journalists have gone missing in East Timor. [read more]
‘Oink oink’ (1983)
After a meeting with their boss, Inspector Timms (John Lee), couple Amanda King (Lynda Stoner) and Detective ‘JJ’ Jeffrey Johnson (Peter Adams) argue. Timms wants Amanda to do a dangerous undercover job and JJ is not happy about it. He ... [read more]
Women and work (1973)
A Film for Discussion opens with a montage of still images and live action footage of women working, followed by ad images and clips from old movies, and women yelling and screaming at a concert. [read more]
Boodgie (2002)
The two cousins Tim (Russell Page) and Scott (Laurence Clifford) are sitting on a bench and catching up after having not seen each other for quite a while. Tim begins to tell the story of when his dog Waynee boodgied ... [read more]
‘You just like other Lubras’ (1936)
Mara (Dennis Hoey) is surprised when Beatrice (Margot Rhys) invites his romantic advances and kisses him. She has been cool before this. Neither of them realises that the jealous Sondra has drugged Beatrice’s food. Mara soon recognises the symptoms and ... [read more]
Exeter Family Study (1995)
The Exeter Family Study examined health, school performance, social life, behaviour and self-esteem in children of divorced parents. Dr Rosemary Dunlop of Macquarie University says that research shows that children successfully ‘put it behind them.’ Sister Aileen Shanahan of Aquinas ... [read more]
Building and measuring stamina (1959)
Coached by Don Talbot, John Konrads’ technique is refined during training in the pool. Underwater tracking shots detail Konrads’ technique. Through training, Konrads builds stamina. This is scientifically measured back at the laboratory where lung capacity, heart rate and haemoglobin ... [read more]
‘Pommy’ and ‘Aussie’ (1964)
Carol Raye and June Salter sing a song about being Australian versus being English. [read more]
‘We don’t roll over’ (1997)
Patsy (Miranda Otto) comes to visit Boyd (Richard Roxburgh) and Ralph (Matt Day) in jail, somewhere in western Queensland. Boyd thinks she’s pregnant, but Patsy has much graver news. [read more]
‘It’s you I love, Arnold’ (1976)
Rhonda (Justine Saunders) confesses her love for Arnold (Jeff Kevin) and Dorrie (Pat McDonald) forbids Junior (Curt Jansen) from seeing a ‘brazen hussy’. [read more]
Les Murray cheats death (1998)
Poet Les Murray recalls his operation and recovery to friend, writer Bob Ellis. Murray tells of his response to his possible death. [read more]
On board recreation (1948)
This clip from a home movie filmed by Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, shows Sir Robert and Dame Pattie’s daughter, Heather Henderson with a friend, playing quoits on deck. [read more]
Suicide (1994)
A teenage girl talks about how her feelings of extreme depression led her to contemplate suicide, and her parents talk about their reactions to discovering this. [read more]
Hester history (1995)
Joy Hester (1920-1960) was an artist who drew passionately. Her upbringing by a cold and domineering mother, and a father who died when Joy was twelve, formed her outlook on life. Contemporaries commenting on her life and work include writer ... [read more]
Cotton harvesting and picking (c1940)
A bright red mechanical cotton harvester moves through a cotton field as a group of people walk beside it. This is followed by a group of people harvesting cotton by hand who fill hessian bags slung over their shoulders. [read more]
