, 1h40 Directed byMark Joffe GenresDrama, Comedy, Musical, Romance ThemesSeafaring films, Transport films ActorsBen Mendelsohn, Barry Otto, Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Aden Young, Colin Friels Rating65% Ben Mendelsohn stars as Lewis Riley, an unemployed young man who applies for a job as a director/drama teacher at a mental hospital. He lands the job and finds himself directing a production of the Mozart opera Così fan tutte, an elaborate, demanding piece of theatre, an opera in Italian. And it is going to be performed by a cast that he must select from among the patients, who only speak English.
, 1h32 Directed byAlkinos Tsilimidos ThemesPrison films, Films based on plays ActorsDavid Field, Bill Hunter Rating70% Dale, a remandee, is awaiting a court hearing and yet to be sentenced, highlighting the horrific injustice of the repeated beatings he's subjected to. Although the first depicted beating lasts less than 3 minutes of screen time, the actual beating it was based on allegedly lasted a gruelling 7 hours.
, 1h39 GenresComedy ActorsAden Young, Russell Crowe, Martin Colin Sacks, Vincent Ball Rating54% It's the 1950s – the era of rock 'n' roll and the birth of the teenager – and three friends have their minds on just one thing...oh, and losing their virginity. Expelled from school after his lucrative sideline in nude female drawings is discovered, sixteen-year-old Ken (Craig Adams) is sent to work for his uncle's clothing company. Desperate to ape the wooing techniques of office lothario Max, Ken hilariously comes a cropper in love...until he decides that a visit to a brothel is the only answer. Libidos run rampant as he teams up with mates Arthur (Russell Crowe) and Barry (Aden Young) on a trip to Kaligoorlie's infamous red light district. Romance isn't only in the minds of the youngsters however, as smitten by the 'Max' factor, Ken's glamorous mother embarks on an affair of her own. Will sexual fantasy live up to the reality for all concerned.
, 1h32 Directed byDon McLennan GenresDrama ThemesFilms about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film ActorsNadine Garner, Bill Hunter, Mary Coustas, Juno Roxas, Esme Melville, Gerard Maguire Rating62% A sixteen-year-old teenage girl (Nadine Garner) is forced to care for her family, when her mother (Sue Jones) finds out she is dying of Hodgkin’s disease. The family consists of her father (Bill Hunter) a reformed alcoholic and recently born-again Christian, her heroin-dabbling closet gay older brother (Craig Morrison), and two trying younger siblings (Bradley Kilpatrick and Kymara Stowers) all packed into a rented flat in the Melbourne bayside suburb of St Kilda. She also has to deal with her pregnant Greek best friend (Mary Coustas), her yearnings for her brother’s lover (Juno Roxas) and her gay former schoolteacher plus his lover.