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Family at war (1994)
Tessa (Pamela Rabe) has begun to see visions of her mother and father in the house. At the kitchen table, she explains to her new friend, Millie (Olivia Patten), why she never had kids. Her father went a bit crazy ... [read more]
Movies by candlelight (1983)
Goose (James Lugton) tells a ‘horror road movie’ story by candlelight as the three friends retrieve stolen walkie-talkies. Judy (Nicole Kidman) wonders why they don’t make ‘nice movies’ anymore, where happy couples end up at the altar. Soon trouble appears ... [read more]
Meet the Ferals (1994)
Opening titles introduce the Ferals. Modigliana the cat (voiced and operated by Mal Heap) and Rattus (voiced and operated by David Collins) are fighting again. Mixy (voiced and operated by Emma De Vries) the rabbit interrupts to ask why. Derryn ... [read more]
Angels and monsters (1988)
The villagers have emerged on the other side of their deep pit and discovered a glittering modern city. One of them has pronounced this the work of God, which is why Ulf (Noel Appleby) doesn’t realise the danger he’s in ... [read more]
‘How are you?’ (1998)
Arriving at work for the day, Laura Gibson (Sigrid Thornton) tries to take Diver Dan’s advice and really mean it when she asks her clerk, Angus (Tom Long), ‘How are you?’, much to his bemusement. When court is in session, ... [read more]
Putting in a good word (1949)
The yearly muster of brumbies goes on, with Matthew O’Riordan (John O’Malley) riding with other local graziers. At home, his wife Jane (Thelma Scott) takes care of the youngest children, including Cathie McAllister (Charmian Young). Jane’s youngest boy, Michael (Jimmy ... [read more]
‘What home looks like’ (1960)
The Carmodys are camped in the Snowy Mountains beside a farm that’s for sale. Paddy (Robert Mitchum) explains why owning a farm is a recipe for misery. His wife Ida (Deborah Kerr) and son Sean (Michael Anderson Junior) are not ... [read more]
‘Downs and outs’ (1938)
Sam Harris (Harry Abdy) and his girlfriend Bella (Rita Pauncefort) are parked by the harbour, talking wedding rings and marriage, when they hear beautiful violin music. They follow the sound to the clearing where John (Lloyd Hughes) is playing for ... [read more]
Lest we forget (1971)
John Grant (Gary Bond) and policeman Jock Crawford (Chips Rafferty) share a few beers in the crowded pubs of 'The Yabba’. Crawford explains why the town is very honest, even if suicides are common. Drinking in the read more]
‘This is not a horse’ (1983)
Harry Telford (Martin Vaughan) watches his new horse arrive on the docks from New Zealand. His wife, Vi (Celia de Burgh), wonders why the horse looks so skinny. The buyer, Dave Davis (Ron Liebman), thinks the horse is a joke. ... [read more]
Australia goes to war (1939)
There is no audible ceremony on Menzies’s arrival in the room, just a short introduction by another speaker. Menzies settles at the microphone and we hear a faint rustle of his papers. In his speech, Menzies exercises his skills as ... [read more]
Placid breaks every bone (2003)
Placid Lake (Ben Lee) wakes in hospital having broken ‘every bone in his body’. His best friend Gemma Taylor (Rose Byrne) curses the school bullies for their part in the incident but his parents, Sylvia (Miranda Richardson) and Doug (Garry ... [read more]
Jenny has a wacky side (1997)
Guy (Richard Roxburgh) tells Jenny (Frances O’Connor) off for how badly she has set the table for dinner. His parents (Genevieve Mooy, Michael Ross) arrive and Jenny mischievously explains why each object in the big pile now on the table ... [read more]
Decision time (2007)
Filmmaker Janet Merewether discusses the year she was born and what the situation for women was at the time. The film then shifts to a highly stylised scene of the filmmaker with a suitcase standing outside a toy house and ... [read more]
Illywhacker (1986)
The unreliable narrator Herbert Badgery (Les Foxcroft) sits behind bars in a pet shop. He tells a tale – which he acknowledges is a lie – about the goanna seen in the opening image. But Herbert has a larger, possibly ... [read more]
Insulin (1997)
Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Company supplies six million people with insulin each day. Twelve-year-old diabetic James Jarvis interviews Dr Richard Di Marchi about insulin. [read more]
‘Lousy, no-good bludgers’ (1998)
Brett (David Wenham) provokes a fight with Jackie (Jeanette Cronin), Glenn’s girlfriend, as the police arrive at the front door. Sandra (Lynette Curran) tries to jolly her son along, then defends him against the cops. Michelle (Toni Collette) and Glenn ... [read more]
Possums and goannas (1920)
After a long journey to their new home, a slab bark hut in pristine bushland, the Rudds settle down to sleep, with seven people in the two beds. A possum and then a goanna come to investigate their new neighbours. [read more]
‘Nothing to lose’ (2002)
At Sydney airport, Barry Ryan (Bryan Brown) collects his nephew Darcy (Sam Worthington), who’s returning from his service in Vietnam. Barry introduces his crew – ‘Hollywood’ Riley (William McInnes) and Norm (Andrew S. Gilbert) – and offers Darcy a job. ... [read more]
‘That’s the Rinso way’ (1946)
An opening credits sequence introducing the stars of Easy Does It is accompanied by a musical soundtrack. The first scene is at a grocery counter where a grocer (Dan Agar) attempts to sell a box of Rinso to his customer ... [read more]
