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Enlarge textEric Bana makes his directorial debut in March, in a very personal story about his 25-year relationship with his first car, a Ford GT Falcon Coupe, dubbed "The Beast".
Love the Beast explores Bana's obsession with his car, and his relationship with the three friends who have helped to restore it. With The Beast in peak condition, Bana and his friends decide to enter the car in the gruelling Targa rally and inevitably, tragedy strikes.
topGiveaway: Win tickets to The Wrestler
Hopscotch Films and SBS are giving you the chance to see the standout film of this awards season, Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler.
In the vein of Rocky, The Wrestler is a moving story of redemption and belonging, which features a career-defining performance from Mickey Rourke.
Film Fix: The story of an iconic image
On the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution that saw the overthrow
of Cuban President General Fulgencio Batista, a documentary about a
famous image, an iconic man and a revolution gains a screening. Kylie
Boltin reviews the film and speaks with the director, Trisha Ziff.
Chevolution is a fast paced, stylised, high production documentary that charts an image of a man who became synonymous with the 20th Century: Che Guevara.
Giveaway: Slumdog Millionaire
Win tickets to Danny Boyle's Golden Globe-nominated urban fairytale, Slumdog Millionaire.
From award-winning British filmmaker Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) and written by the Oscar nominated writer of The Full Monty. Based on the award winning book Q & A by Indian writer Vikas Swarup and nominated for four Golden Globes including ‘Best Motion Picture-drama’.
Film Fix: Half-truths dispelled by Half Light
Baz Luhrmann’s Australia (2008) has got us all thinking. One movie that
claims to have everything: a budget of over $150 million; stars;
history; love; cattle and the Stolen Generations. But what about point
of view? Kylie Boltin investigates some alternatives.
I value that Indigenous people are represented in Luhrmann’s film as an integral part of Australia’s history. This is a recognition that our story as a nation cannot be told without an Indigenous perspective, but I have concerns about that very representation and the film’s appropriation of Indigenous culture and history.
Award season favourites
The Golden Globes kick off the frenzy surrounding awards season. Fiona Williams takes a look at the main films in contention.
We’re still several weeks away from the pointy end of Awards season, but with the Golden Globe nominations now out, it's time to start tracking the frontrunners.
FIlm Fix: ADG / AFI Meet the Director
Elissa Down’s The Black Balloon and Peter Duncan’s Unfinished Sky won six awards each at the AFI Awards celebrations on the weekend. Kylie Boltin attended the joint Australian Directors Guild/AFI 'Meet the Directors' conversation with both directors, and shares their recollections on making their films.
Down says that unlike Tony Ayres' The Home Song Stories (2007) or Louis Malle’s Au Revoir les Enfants (trans. Goodbye Children, 1987) there was never a “memoir element” to the film.
Watch two short films from last week's episode of SOS.
This week's shorts are both about searching. But that's where the similarities end.
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