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Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“You’re trying to punish me. Surely the Southern Hemisphere is bad enough.”So says Edie Henley (Harriet Walter) to her daughter Kate (Frances O’Connor) in the early scenes of the drama “The End.” This dark comedy created by Samantha Strauss comes to Showtime after a 2020 run in Australia; its first episode shows us how and why Edie, a widow, has been brought to Australia from her native England.
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Among the signatories of the joint open letter were The NSW Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby, The Gender Centre, ACON, Intersex Human Rights Australia and The Public Interest Advocacy Centre.As Lawrie points out NSW Anti-Discrimination Act in 1982, was the first anti-discrimination law in Australia to cover homosexuality.“This is why it so disappointing that it now the worse in the country in terms of LGBTQI coverage.”“The specific exemptions for private educational authorities are also unique in that
I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! has reportedly been dealt a huge blow as a "huge star" is said to have quit the show, it has been claimed.The unnamed I'm A Celeb hopeful is said to have dropped out of the series after it was confirmed the series will be taking place in Wales for the second year in a row.
Nick Kyrgios has once again opened up about how he found himself in “place of dark” due to the “hate, criticism and bulls**t” he received. The Australian has played only a handful of tournaments since tennis resumed following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic as he has opted to skip several events in order to protect his mental health.
John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentOscilloscope Laboratories has acquired U.S. rights to “Stanleyville,” starring “Goodnight Mommy’s” Susanne Wuest, ahead of the film’s world premiere at this month’s Fantasia Film Festival.One of the high-profile Fantasia deal announcements, the pick-up, brokered with Yellow Veil Pictures, will see Oscilloscope open “Stanleyville” in U.S.
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Afterpay offers a “buy now, pay later” credit option that allows users to purchase a product immediately and then pay for it later in four equal payments, an option that became increasingly popular during the pandemic. The sale will see Square adopt that option while Afterpay will gain a bigger foothold in the U.S.
Producer Adam McKay (“Vice,” “Don’t Look Up“) and Searchlight Pictures had teamed for a new dark comedy “The Menu” that will be helmed by “Succession“s Mark Mylod with a cast that already includes Anya Taylor-Joy (“The Northman,” “The Witch,” “The Queen’s Gambit“), Oscar-nominee Ralph Fiennes (“No Time To Die,” “Schindler’s List“), and Hong Chau (“Downsizing,” “Inherent Vice,” “Watchmen,” “The Whale“).
EXCLUSIVE: Australian actor Luke Cook has joined the second season of the Hulu Original Comedy Dollface in a recurring guest star role.
Shiny’s Democracy (★★★☆☆) features the Irish-born, Australian psychedelic rocker reenacting an iconic photo from the ’70s, with a trace of irony — the original photo of the Australian Prime Minister being dismissed from parliament represents for Shiny Joe “a failure of democracy.” But the artist’s first solo album in seven years is anything but a failure, with a catchy, accessible sound that is still very much his own.As a founding member of Pond and sometime collaborator with their Western
Naman Ramachandran Australia is set to host the Olympics for the third time, after Brisbane was confirmed as winning the bid to host the 2032 Olympic Games and Paralympics.Melbourne hosted the Games in 1956 and Sydney in 2000.
Naman Ramachandran The Calculus Creative Content EIS Fund, and other funds managed or advised by Calculus, has invested in Brouhaha Entertainment, a newly formed outfit which combines the slates of seasoned producers Gabrielle Tana, Troy Lum and Andrew Mason.Tana produced the Oscar-nominated “Philomena,” “The Invisible Woman” and “The Dig.” Lum founded Hopscotch Films which became Australia’s leading independent distributor before being acquired by Entertainment One in 2011.
Though “Nitram” never depicts the unspoken horrific massacre that its protagonist commits, the entire film queasily pulses in the anxious anticipation of the unspeakable event. It’s not an easy film to watch, knowing what’s coming but remaining completely powerless, not unlike watching a car crash in motion and being unable to stop it.
A decade after making a strong impression with his debut feature, The Snowtown Murders, Australian director Justin Kurzel has turned up at the Cannes Film Festival with another arresting mass-murder drama in Nitram. The subject is the worst lone-gunman mass killing in the country’s history, and the film disturbingly teases out the misfit’s unstable personality, along with the ease with which he assembled a massive collection of artillery.
Jessica Kiang Justin Kurzel’s exceptionally disturbing, horribly plausible “Nitram” opens with an excerpt from a 1979 Australian news report on firework accidents. A boy of about 12 is being interviewed from his Hobart hospital bed, and when the posh, compassionate voice of the presenter asks if the injuries he sustained will discourage him from playing with fireworks in future, he smiles a strange, sly smile, and says no.