australia
‘Anyone But You’ Director Will Gluck’s Guide to Sydney, Australia
For me, my love of Sydney, Australia — where I shot Anyone But You starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell — boils down to two things. One, it’s not only a beautiful city, but every small neighborhood has the water right next to it. There’s beach everywhere, and even ferries as public transport. Second, the […]
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Australia Travel: Where Hollywood Hangs in Sydney and Byron Bay
With its lush golden beaches trimmed in eye-popping emerald waves, whale-studded waters, rugged mountains and the laid-back urban equivalent of Los Angeles, New South Wales — home to Sydney as well as perhaps the planet’s coolest surf town, Byron Bay — is an attractive proposition. And that’s not even taking into account its culinary and […]
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‘Faraway Downs’ Review: Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Australia’ Expansion Comes Up Short
The director's 2008 epic starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman becomes a six-part Hulu miniseries that incorporates previously cut footage and an alternate ending.
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Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Faraway Downs’ Trailer Builds on ‘Australia’
Hulu’s Faraway Downs might be the most unusual limited series of 2023 — in that it has its roots in a film from 2008. Director Baz Luhrmann (Elvis, Moulin Rouge!) reimagined and expanded his film Australia into the six-episode series, which is set to premiere Nov. 26 on Hulu in the United States and Disney+ and […]
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‘The New Boy’ Review: Cate Blanchett Is the Star But Not the Standout of Warwick Thornton’s Striking Drama About Spiritual Survival
Gifted discovery Aswan Reid plays the title character, a First Nations Australian thrust from tribal life into the ordered 1940s world of a remote monastery orphanage run by a rule-breaking nun.
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‘Limbo’ Review: Simon Baker Is Superb as a Jaded Detective in Ivan Sen’s Visually Striking Outback Procedural
Generations of interracial damage and distrust fuel roiling undercurrents of tension in this cold-case thriller set in an Australian desert mining town.
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Disney+ Series ‘The Artful Dodger’ to Star Thomas Brodie-Sangster, David Thewlis and Maia Mitchell
Disney+ unveiled the starring cast of its upcoming Australian period drama The Artful Dodger Wednesday at its Asia-Pacific content showcase event in Singapore. Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Pistol, The Queen’s Gambit), David Thewlis (Landscapers, Fargo) and Australian actress Maia Mitchell (Good Trouble, The Fosters) will lead the cast, with Brodie-Sangster taking on the role of Jack Dawkins, […]
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Hulu Takes Aussie True Crime Drama ‘Vanishing Act’
Hulu has picked up U.S. rights to the Australian series Vanishing Act, a mystery crime drama based on the real-life disappearance of Australian high-roller Melissa Caddick. Caddick was an Australian businesswoman who allegedly swindled her family and friends out of millions of dollars to bankroll her lavish lifestyle of designer clothes, fast cars, expensive real […]
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Baz Luhrmann Expands His ‘Australia’ Film Into Limited Series
Baz Luhrmann’s 2008 epic Australia is getting a second life — as a limited series. The Elvis filmmaker will expand and reimagine the film as Faraway Downs, a six-part series that will run on Hulu in the United States and Disney+ and Star+ internationally. The project will be assembled entirely from footage Luhrmann shot for […]
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‘Lonesome’: Film Review
Lingering trauma from his rural hometown follows a young gay Australian cowboy to the big city in writer-director Craig Boreham’s erotic drama of sex, solitude and human connection.
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‘Clean’: Film Review | SXSW 2022
Sandra Pankhurst, the founder of a trauma cleaning service whose own life experience would leave many people damaged beyond repair, is the inspirational subject of Lachlan McLeod’s documentary.
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News Corp, Google Agree to Landmark Deal to Pay for News
The commercial deal will see premium content from the global news publisher led by Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch land on the Google News Showcase.
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