Movie News and Reviews
Bent Thumbs October 29, 2015 Cinema Nova, 05/10 6:30pm Running time: 118m Country: Australia Classification: M (Mature themes, violence, coarse language and sexual references) Release date: 29/10/15 Cost: $0.00 (AFI member screening) Rating: 10/10 (ME 5/5, DP 5/5) It’s 1951 and Myrtle ‘Tilly’ Dunnage (Kate Winslet with a flawless Australian accent) returns from Paris to […]
Read The Rest →
Spicy Pulp Samuel Hames October 29, 2015 Revenge is an occasion to dress up for, and that’s just what the brilliant Kate Winslet does as dressmaker Myrtle “Tilly” Dunnage in Jocelyn Moorhouse’s superb new filmThe Dressmaker. Here’s a quick synopsis: In the 1950s, Myrtle “Tilly” Dunnage returns to her Australian hometown of Dungatar to take care […]
Read The Rest →
Her Canberra Ros Hull October 29, 2015 A glamorous woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong. IMDb I propose a notion – let’s rename ‘Wednesday’ ‘Revengeday’ and dress up like Tilly […]
Read The Rest →
Sunrise October 29, 2015 Our favourite stars from the big and small screens are set to come together for the AACTA Awards. The AACTAs are Australia’s answer to the Oscars and the BAFTAs. The AACTA Awards recognise film, television, documentary and short film excellence across more than 40 Awards. This year’s star-studded nominees include local […]
Read The Rest →
SMH Garry Maddox October 29, 2015 The nominations for the fifth Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards are dominated in film by The Dressmaker (with 12 nods), Mad Max: Fury Road (with 11) and Last Cab To Darwin (with eight). In television, the Seven network’s Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door leads […]
Read The Rest →
SMH Garry Maddox October 29, 2015 In the year that Australian films bounced back, Oscar winners Kate Winslet and Charlize Theron are among the nominees for the country’s main film and television awards. Winslet is up for best actress for her role as an internationally successful designer returning home in The Dressmaker, which leads the […]
Read The Rest →
The Daily Telegraph Michael Bodey October 29, 2015 Two Australian films produced by Hollywood studios — The Dressmaker andMad Max: Fury Road — have dominated the feature film nominations for the fifth AACTA (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) awards. And the Seven drama Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door and Foxtel’s Deadline […]
Read The Rest →
The Daily Telegraph Vicky Roach October 28, 2015 IT’S been 21 years since Hugo Weaving last frocked up to prove a point to a bunch of hostile country folk in a dusty Outback town. While Horatio Farrat, the cross-dressing police sergeant Weaving plays in the hotly-anticipated revenge comedy The Dressmaker, shares his The Adventures of […]
Read The Rest →
News.com.au Leigh Paatsch October 28, 2015 THE DRESSMAKER (M) Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse (Proof) Starring: Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Hugo Weaving, Liam Hemsworth, Sarah Snook, Shane Jacobson, Alison Whyte, Rebecca Gibney. Rating: 4/5 Between a frock and a hard place SEDUCTIVE fashion is a destructive weapon in the proudly unconventional, yet highly entertaining new Australian film […]
Read The Rest →
Movie Review October 28, 2015  It’s been a while since we saw an Australian film that pushed the boundaries in much the same way asPriscilla Queen Of The Desert and Muriel’s Wedding did, in other words, a film which is… camp! space space The Dressmaker has broken the drought and this fine version of […]
Read The Rest →
