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Sweet Country | Review

Once Upon a Time in Australia: Thornton’s Western-inspired Saga of Violent Racial Discrimination Racial tensions in Australian society are given historic treatment in the outback-Western...

Criterion Collection: Breaker Morant |Blu-ray Review

Following the mid-70s wave of critically acclaimed Australian cinema, thanks to names like Peter Weir, Fred Schepisi and Gillian Armstrong, director Bruce Beresford would...

Kill Me Three Times | Review

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kill Me: Stenders’ Comedy Noir a Blend of Standard Tricks Australian filmmaker Kriv Stenders lands his highest profile project yet with...

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Paper Tiger | Review

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TheyDream | Review

Frames That Mend: Caballero Unevenly Probes Puerto Rican Family...

The Devils (1971) | Review

Sympathy for The Devils: The Suppression of Ken Russell’s...

Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.