Ivan Sen.s Mystery Road and Kim Mordaunt.s The Rocket shared the best film honours at the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards presented last night.
The Great Gatsby collected four awards followed by The Rocket with 3 and Mystery Road and The Turning with 2 awards each.
Naomi Watts was named best actress for her role in the little-seen Adoration and Aaron Pedersen was best actor for Mystery Road. Sen was best director.
There was another tie for the supporting actor prize: The Great Gatsby.s Joel Edgerton and Mystery Road.s Hugo Weaving. The Turning.s Rose Byrne was best supporting actress. The Rocket.s Sitthiphon Disamoe was on hand to receive the gong for best young performer.
Best script award went to The Railway Man.s Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Paterson. Haydn Keenan's Persons of Interest was named best documentary.
An Acknowledgment Award was presented to...
The Great Gatsby collected four awards followed by The Rocket with 3 and Mystery Road and The Turning with 2 awards each.
Naomi Watts was named best actress for her role in the little-seen Adoration and Aaron Pedersen was best actor for Mystery Road. Sen was best director.
There was another tie for the supporting actor prize: The Great Gatsby.s Joel Edgerton and Mystery Road.s Hugo Weaving. The Turning.s Rose Byrne was best supporting actress. The Rocket.s Sitthiphon Disamoe was on hand to receive the gong for best young performer.
Best script award went to The Railway Man.s Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Paterson. Haydn Keenan's Persons of Interest was named best documentary.
An Acknowledgment Award was presented to...
- 3/11/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
To anyone well aged and jaded, or fresh out of a Sundance screening, the term ‘coming-of-age’ drama is likely to engender a nervy shudder. There’s only so many varying ways to present a child’s realisation of who he/she is, or what he/she wants to be – at least, this belief has been instilled in us by many films within the genre; Jordan Vogt-Robert’s recent Kings of Summer is a prime example of a film that’s content to play things by the book, relying on a youthful humour to distract us from its thin, cautionary tale of humility. Other films, like the Palme D’or winner Blue is the Warmest Colour, apparently adopt a bolder approach in confronting true desires at the heart of a flowering emergence into adulthood (not that I’ve seen it yet, mind you).
Australian director Catriona McKenzie’s Satellite Boy is...
Australian director Catriona McKenzie’s Satellite Boy is...
- 6/27/2013
- by Ed Doyle
- SoundOnSight
Zombies stalked Australian cinemas last weekend as World War Z topped the chart, raking in a juicy $6 million plus about $80,000 in previews.
The zombie thriller had a high profile thanks to the premiere attended by Brad Pitt and director Marc Forster, which followed months of media coverage as Paramount decided to spend an extra $20 million on reshoots.
The studio.s investment in a film budgeted at $US190 million (in real terms $150 million after location rebates) now looks pretty shrewd in light of the $US66 million Us debut and $46 million opening haul in a bunch of other territories including Oz and the UK.
Here, the top 20.s box-office takings surged by 40% to $22 million in the lead up to school holidays. Universal/Illumination Entertainment.s Despicable Me 2 launched with a hearty $5 million, elevating its total to $7.2 million including previews.
Pixar.s Monster.s University, the sequel to Monsters, Inc., drew plenty of children,...
The zombie thriller had a high profile thanks to the premiere attended by Brad Pitt and director Marc Forster, which followed months of media coverage as Paramount decided to spend an extra $20 million on reshoots.
The studio.s investment in a film budgeted at $US190 million (in real terms $150 million after location rebates) now looks pretty shrewd in light of the $US66 million Us debut and $46 million opening haul in a bunch of other territories including Oz and the UK.
Here, the top 20.s box-office takings surged by 40% to $22 million in the lead up to school holidays. Universal/Illumination Entertainment.s Despicable Me 2 launched with a hearty $5 million, elevating its total to $7.2 million including previews.
Pixar.s Monster.s University, the sequel to Monsters, Inc., drew plenty of children,...
- 6/24/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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