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Interview: Richard Roxburgh and Peter Greste on bringing The Correspondent to the big screen; “There has to be some deeper understanding of what it is, or was, that journalists actually did before the world changed.”

While covering the news desk in Cairo for a colleague over the Christmas holidays, Australian journalist Peter Greste was arrested and accused of terrorism. He became a pawn in the middle of a deadly game full of corrupt officials and ancient rivalries. The subject of his own worldwide news story, where only his wits and…

Peter Gray

Interview: Director Kriv Stenders on bringing Peter Greste’s true story to the big screen with The Correspondent; “If the film makes us think for a moment, it’s done it’s job.”

Peter Gray

Film Review: The Correspondent is a stark Australian thriller grounded by the understated work of Richard Roxburgh

Having already carved out a sense of the absurd regarding the legal system with their work on the TV series Rake, star Richard Roxburgh and writer Peter Duncan take on a far more serious aspect of such risibility in The Correspondent through the incarceration of Australian journalist Peter Greste and the dubious charges of terrorism…

Peter Gray

Interview: Australian filmmaker Kriv Stenders on directing Lee Kernaghan’s concert film Boy From The Bush; “His story is still being told”

Part concert film and part road movie celebrating the life and music of multi-award winning and much loved Australian country music artist Lee Kernaghan, Boy From The Bush is a unique and personal insight into one of the country’s most celebrated artists. Ahead of the film’s local release, Peter Gray spoke with its director, Kriv…

Peter Gray

The first teaser trailer is released for Red Dog‘s origin story, Red Dog: True Blue

Featuring classic Australian scenery and a very familiar dog, the first teaser for the anticipated prequel Red Dog: True Blue, has been released. The film is positioned as an origin story to Kriv Stenders’ 2011 film Red Dog, which starred Josh Lucas and was a massive box office hit; the number one Australian film in the Box Office…

Larry Heath

Kriv Stenders’ Kill Me Three Times to tour Australia with Q&A screenings this August

Most films get a cinematic release and then, a couple of months after their run, are released to DVD for viewers to purchase and keep. In a different take on the release strategy, the new film Kill Me Three Times from Kriv Stenders (Red Dog) and starring Simon Pegg will receive a unique press tour and release…

Carina Nilma