, 1h34 Directed byKen Hannam OriginAustralie GenresDrama ThemesFilms about animals ActorsJack Thompson, Max Cullen, John Ewart, Sean Scully Rating68% In 1956, gun shearer Foley joins a new shearing team. He shares a room with Old Garth, a once great shearer who is now a drunk. Foley and his team battle to get in a new cook, Old Garth dies and Foley befriends the grazier's daughter. Foley loses his status as top shearer to Arthur Black and blows most of his money in gambling. The shearers go on strike and Foley and his team get involved in a brawl with non union labour.
, 1h45 Directed byGillian Armstrong OriginAustralie GenresDrama, Comedy-drama, Romance ThemesFilms about writers, Seafaring films, Transport films ActorsJudy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb, Max Cullen, David Franklin Rating70% Sybylla (Judy Davis), a headstrong, free-spirited girl growing up in late 19th century Australia, dreams of a better life to the detriment of her work on a country farm. Her parents, upset by her dreams of grandeur, send her to board with her grandmother in hopes of teaching her proper manners and behaviour. She is soon courted by two local men, jackaroo Frank Hawdon (Robert Grubb), whom she ignores, and well-to-do childhood friend Harry Beecham (Sam Neill), whom she grows increasingly fond of.
, 1h29 Directed byClaude Whatham GenresDrama, Crime, Romance ActorsJohn Hargreaves, Judy Davis, Wendy Hughes, Max Cullen, Paul Chubb, Wendy Strehlow Rating61% Martin Stang, a bank robber (Hargreaves) finds himself behind bars and decides to pursue another con job; his escape. He does this by attempting to convince prison authorities that he is blind and no longer poses a threat to society. Along his journey he befriends a sexually-repressed clergyman's wife, Sarah (Davis). The pair become intimate during Martin's day release but his con is complicated when he reveals to Sarah that he is not in fact blind.
, 1h45 Directed byGillian Armstrong GenresDrama, Comedy, Musical, Romance ThemesSeafaring films, Transport films, Musical films ActorsJo Kennedy, Max Cullen, Geoffrey Rush, Melissa Jaffer, Pat Evison, Mark Little Rating67% Jackie Mullens dreams of becoming a singing star and her cousin Angus thinks he has what it takes to be a successful manager. After a spot at the hip club in town (wearing a kangaroo suit) fails to win Jackie any paying gigs, Angus enters her in a major talent competition to be held on New Year's Eve. If Jackie wins, her career is assured, and the $25,000 grand prize will help keep her family's pub open.
, 1h34 Directed byRolf de Heer OriginAustralie GenresDrama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy ThemesSeafaring films, Transport films ActorsRitchie Singer, Terry Camilleri, Max Cullen, Steven Vidler, Vincent Gil, Peter Douglas Rating54% On a farming property called Raven's Gate, enthusiastic hydroponicist Richard Cleary (Ritchie Singer) is trying innovative farming practices. He is also trying to accommodate his brother Eddie (Steven Vidler), newly out of gaol and more interested in Richard's wife Rachel (Celine Griffin) than in working on the property. Strange events on the property and a minor crime in the town attract policeman Taylor (Max Cullen) and Special Branch investigator Cummings (Terry Camilleri). Eddie has the misfortune to also cross local cop Skinner (Vincent Gil), by dating the target of his affections, barmaid Annie (Saturday Rosenberg). Tensions in personal relationships and mysterious events (bird kills, disappearing water supplies) build to a climax that sees Raven's Gate assaulted by an alien force, and a number of deaths amongst the protagonists. The film closes with the stunned survivors Eddie and Rachel standing outside Raven's Gate homestead, newly restored by Special Branch, and the soundtrack playing the Easybeats song Friday on My Mind.
, 1h50 Directed byJames Ivory OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Comedy-drama, Romance ActorsPaul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Blythe Danner, Simon Callow, Kyra Sedgwick, John Bell Rating65% The story of a traditional family living in the Country Club District of Kansas City, Missouri, during the 1930s and 1940s. The Bridges grapple with changing mores and expectations. Mr. Bridge (Paul Newman), is a lawyer who resists his children's rebellion against the conservative values he holds dear. Mrs. Bridge (Joanne Woodward), labors to maintain a Pollyanna view of the world against her husband's emotional distance and her children's eagerness to adopt a world view more modern than her own.