, 1h50 Réalisé parTim Burstall GenresDrame ActeursColin Friels, Judy Davis, John Walton, Julie Nihill, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Peter Hehir Note61% In 1922, an English writer (Colin Friels) migrates to Australia with his wife (Judy Davis). There he resists joining both a paramilitary group and a socialist group, is caught in a riot, sees a death and loses love and friendship.
, 1h43 Réalisé parRichard Lowenstein GenresDrame, Musical ThèmesMaladie, La mer, La musique, Psychotrope, Transport, Musique ActeursMichael Hutchence, Chris Haywood, Saskia Post, Noah Taylor, Lian Lunson Note63% Dogs in Space centers on a group of young music fans sharing a house in the inner Melbourne suburb of Richmond. Sam (Michael Hutchence) and Tim (Nique Needles) are the key members of a band called Dogs in Space, and share a house with a variety of social misfits, including Sam's girlfriend Anna (Saskia Post), a university student called Luchio (Tony Helou) and a transient and apparently nameless teenager known only as The Girl (Deanna Bond).
, 1h30 Réalisé parNadia Tass GenresComédie, Action, Policier ThèmesLa mer, Transport, Le train, Hold up ActeursColin Friels, John Hargreaves, Chris Haywood, Heather Mitchell, Bud Tingwell, Ian McFadyen Note70% At the start of the film Malcolm is working for the Metropolitan Transit Authority (then operator of Melbourne's trams). Socially awkward and shy, Malcolm is obsessed with trams, but he is also a mechanical genius whose modest inner-city cottage is fitted with a variety of remarkable gadgets. When his boss (Bud Tingwell) discovers that Malcolm has built himself a cut-down tram during work time and using work materials, and has taken it out on the tracks, Malcolm is sacked. With his mother dead and no other income, the local shop-owner advises him to take in a boarder, Frank (John Hargreaves). Frank's brassy girlfriend Judith (Lindy Davies) soon moves in with him, and Frank reveals that he is a petty criminal who has recently been released from gaol. Despite their differences, the trio develop an awkward friendship, and when Malcolm learns of Frank and Jude's plans to stage a robbery, he decides to use his technical ingenuity to help them. In his first demonstration, he shows Frank the "getaway car" he has built, which splits into two independently powered halves, and they use this to successfully elude police after Frank steals some cash from a bank customer.
, 1h42 Réalisé parStephen Wallace GenresDrame, Romance ActeursSam Neill, Helen Buday, Hugo Weaving, Naomi Watts, Hugh Keays-Byrne, John Polson Note53% In the 1930s, Teresa (Buday) is a naive young woman dealing with the oppressive attitudes of society and her father's austere ways. She has a fling with university Latin professor Jonathan Crow (Weaving). It takes her a while to figure out that he will not get serious with her. Teresa then starts dating liberal-minded banker James Quick (Neill). Once she's settled down with Quick, the idealistic Teresa becomes enamored with another intellectual, poet Harry (Williams). Quick encourages the affair, hoping that Teresa will come to realize that there's more to true love than mere sexual impulsivity.
, 1h31 Réalisé parBill Bennett ActeursChris Haywood, Peter Hehir, Pat Evison Note69% Colin Turner (Chris Haywood), a Vietnam War veteran, blames Agent Orange for his cancer, and sues for compensation.
, 2h20 Réalisé parGraeme Clifford GenresDrame, Aventure, Historique ActeursJack Thompson, Nigel Havers, Greta Scacchi, Chris Haywood, Drew Forsythe, Susannah Harker Note62% Burke and Wills are portrayed as bold but flawed figures. Burke is anxious to return to his sweetheart in Melbourne, and win fame and honor for himself in the 'race' across Australia. Wills is the consummate English gentleman and faithful follower to the end. Impressive Australian desert vistas help to build the dramatic tension as Burke's rash decisions come to a head.