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Check out our monthly streaming guide to see what’s streaming. Check out our annual film festival guide for all upcoming film festivals in Australia. Featured Australian movies this month: In the Room Where He Waits Koala Emu War Australian film guide for June 2024 June 6th Bad Boys: Ride or Die Frameborder=”0″ allowed=”Accelerometer; Autoplay; Clipboard writing; Encrypted media; Gyroscope; Picture-in-picture; Web sharing” Referrerpolicy=”strict-origin-when-cross-origin”allowfullscreen> Will Smith and Martin Lawrence reunite with the directors of Bad Boys for Life for this fourth installment of the Bad Boys action series, which depicts their escapades. When they discover that their deceased police chief has…

Comedy fans, brace yourself. American comedy stars Andrew Santino and Bobby Lee, co-hosts of the popular podcast Bad Friends, have announced that they will trek underground on the Bad Friends Tour this November. Santino and Lee’s podcast venture established them first among the American comedy elite and garnered them a devoted following online. With over 1.5 million subscribers on YouTube, the pair share an unpredictable, often controversial, and heartbreaking chemistry from the podcast studio to the live stage. The ‘Bad Friends Tour’ will give Australian and New Zealand audiences the chance to witness the duo perform live together for…

If you think Australian movies are all about Clock Dundee and tourists being terrorized by outback madmen, think again. Not only is God’s homeland a vibrant force in global cinema, producing an impressive list of Hollywood directors and stars, but it also boasts many authentic homegrown masterpieces. Directed by George Miller, Furiosa: The Mad Max Saga is a reminder of how great and completely unique Australian cinema can be, with its ancient landscapes, rich lighting and social commentary. . What other country could produce a horror film as singular and disturbing as “Awakening of Terror” or a comedy as raucous…

2024 05 30 – Media release Lee Sung Jin and Joanna Caro Australian Film, Screen Australia and Big Screen have announced FUTURE VISION, a think tank and industry conference of courageous ideas. The ground-breaking World Television Summit will be held over three days from July 15th to 17th at ACMI in Melbourne. The headline guests for this first creative conference are: Three-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner Lee Sung-Jin created, wrote, executive produced and directed the award-winning Netflix series BEEF. Joanna Caro, the award-winning co-showrunner, executive producer and director of The Bear, also wrote…

Veteran Australian film executive Joel Pearlman is stepping down as CEO of Roadshow Films after 30 years with the Village Roadshow organization. During his tenure, this high-profile executive was responsible for Warner Bros., Lionsgate, Village Roadshow Pictures, A24, FilmNation, Makeup Stories and Arena Media. Highlights include launching the Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Hunger Games and Dark Knight franchises at ANZ. Perlman also invested in Film Nation, an independent production, financing and distribution company in which Village Roadshow owns a 31.03% stake, and co-founded TV drama producer Roadshow Rough Diamond with John. He was also instrumental in securing a…

Writer, director and co-producer Amy-Lee Shushen explains how the coronavirus lockdown influenced her new online series. During Sydney’s coronavirus lockdown, filmmaker Amy-Lee Shushen, like most people in 2021, was spending more time online. This led her to join a community group on Facebook. “I joined because I found it interesting and noticed that there was a lot of comedy in people’s posts,” Shushen reveals. “I actually started taking screenshots of people’s community group posts and then worked some of the screenshots directly into the episodes.” In this behind-the-scenes video, Shushen talks about the challenges he had…

Chaz Poot began his journey into the water as a child after winning a state gold medal in nippers. At the start of his high school career, the 14-year-old Cronulla local took up water polo as it was the perfect option for a summer sport that involved water.After many years of developing as an athlete through the Sutherland Shire Water Polo Association and the NSW Institute of Sport, Chaz finally got his chance to shine for his country at the 2016 Junior World Championships.Playing in all seven games for Australia and scoring 12 goals in the process, Chaz established himself…

Australia is currently in a high-stakes battle for free speech. eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant is embroiled in a battle with X boss Elon Musk over internet freedom. Incredibly, Inman Grant wants the power to control the Internet, not just in Australia, but across the world. The controversy was sparked by a violent knife attack on an Assyrian Christian bishop in a Sydney church last month. The attack occurred during a live streaming service, and as a result, the footage quickly spread online and went viral. Inman Grant almost immediately demanded that social media companies remove the video due to…

Federal government investment in television drama has increased, but Australians are receiving less cultural and social value in return, according to a four-year study by QUT researchers. . Australian TV drama hours are down 55 per cent from their peak in the early 2000s, and poor government policy means that dramas produced are aimed at the international streaming market, leaving the community disappointed. says a new QUT report. The Uncertain Future of Australian Television Drama: Australian Cultural Policy Fails is produced by the Making 21st Century Australian Television research team within QUT’s Digital Media Research Center and funded by an…

Ryan Kang/Getty ImagesNFL executive vice president Peter O’Reilly confirmed the league was considering adding Australian games to its international calendar, but warned it might not be right away.”When you start talking about Asia-Pacific and Australia, you talk about distance, logistics and the football element in that. Those elements are real,” O’Reilly said. told reporters Tuesday.Melbourne, Australia is 14 hours ahead of US Eastern Standard Time. In contrast, Germany and Spain are 6 hours ahead.NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has vowed to expand the size of the NFL by offering more international regular season games. The 2024 season will feature three matches…