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Proof **** (1991, Hugo Weaving, Geneviève Picot, Russell Crowe) – Classic Movie Review 10,033

Writer-director Jocelyn Moorhouse’s 1991 Proof stars Hugo Weaving as Martin, a blind 30-something photographer who is cared for by housekeeper Celia (Geneviève Picot), who behaves spitefully towards him when he does not return her love. A […]

Jul, 13

The Delinquents * (1989, Kylie Minogue, Charlie Schlatter, Bruno Lawrence) – Classic Movie Review 9789

Director Chris Thomson’s 1989 romantic drama The Delinquents stars Kylie Minogue, who strips off, uses a four-letter word and does a bit of acting in her ill-fated movie début as Lola, an Australian teenager hot […]

May, 19

Smiley *** (1956, Colin Petersen, Ralph Richardson, John McCallum, Chips Rafferty) – Classic Movie Review 9659

Director Anthony Kimmins’s 1956 comedy drama Smiley is based on the 1945 novel by Moore Raymond, and narrates the sweet Australian Huckleberry Finn antipodean adventures of a naughty youngster who lives in the small country town […]

Apr, 21

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll [Season of Passion] ** (1959, Ernest Borgnine, Anne Baxter, John Mills, Angela Lansbury, Vincent Ball) – Classic Movie Review 9657

Director Leslie Norman’s 1959 black and white comedy drama Summer of the Seventeenth Doll [Season of Passion] stars Ernest Borgnine, John Mills, Angela Lansbury and Anne Baxter, and Norman brings back Dana Wilson, the little […]

Apr, 20

The Shiralee **** (1957, Peter Finch, Dana Wilson, Elizabeth Sellars) – Classic Movie Review 9656

Director Leslie Norman’s 1957 British Australian Western film The Shiralee is produced by Michael Balcon, made by Ealing Studios, and stars Peter Finch, Dana Wilson and Elizabeth Sellars. It is based on the debut full-length […]

Apr, 20

The Getting of Wisdom **** (1977, Susannah Fowle, Julia Blake, Dorothy Bradley, Kay Eklund, John Waters, Hilary Ryan, Barry Humphries) – Classic Movie Review 9350

Director Bruce Beresford’s attractive, episodic 1977 Australian coming-of-age film The Getting of Wisdom about turn-of-the-last-century girls’ school life is taken from an autobiographical novel by Henry Handel (Ethel) Richardson, with an effective screenplay by Eleanor […]

Feb, 05

A Cry in the Dark **** (1988, Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Nick Tate, Charles Tingwell, Lewis Fitzgerald, Bruce Myles, Dale Reeves) – Classic Movie Review 8899

Director Fred Schepisi’s 1988 A Cry in the Dark stars Meryl Streep, who gets to try an Aussie accent this time as Seventh Day Adventist Lindy Chamberlain who goes on a camping trip with husband […]

Sep, 12

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