Keyword results: Australian
Not Quite Hollywood
It's ironic that some of the most recognisable faces in Not Quite Hollywood are American. Why does Quentin Tarantino know more about Australian genre cinema than we do? A nationwide awkwardness about our own film history has distracted us from this stash of glittery fool's gold for far too long.
The Square
The Square follows in the well-worn footsteps of classic noir, and, like its predecessors Blood Simple and Shallow Grave, it knows the giddy thrill of throwing forbidden love and easy money at men until they destroy themselves.
Even though it's a first feature, The Square is an assured enough debut to avoid beating the audience silly with explanations.
Lucky Miles
Can we shift gears into First Person for a moment? Thanks. I’m not proud of it, but should admit my occasional cultural cringe towards Australian cinema. When I heard “first time director” alongside “refugee comedy” Ifeared the worst – well-meaning choir-preaching combined withblunt-force political laughs – so no one was more surprised than me to find that Lucky Miles is actually very, very good.
Fashion Face, Fashion Photography by Robyn Beech
In the 1980s Australian Robyn Beech was a portrait photographer in London. From relative obscurity she fell in league with the Westwoods, the Rhodes and the McLaurens in an elite fashion, music and art circle as it was breaking the high end and carving a place in pop-culture history.
This was a time where just one shot on camera made the cut, where Photoshop was obsolete and touch ups were done through the talent of the makeup artists and hair stylists at each shoot.
Youth World SS 06-07
More often than not, dressing is a balancing act. Lean too far one way and you’re more masculine than Annie Hall, too far the other and Alannah Hill’s your auntie.
Youth World seems to have the balance just right, mixing classic tailored forms like the pencil skirt, the cigarette pant and waistcoat by seasonal touches.
Macbeth
When word has it that your country’s film industry is putting $3.5million into a production directed by Geoffrey Wright, starring astrong cast of Australian acting talent and written by Shakespeare - you expect big things.
Macbeth is definitely big, but in all the wrong places. The gun-fights are big, the words are big, even the cast’s wardrobe is well, big.
Aesop
Melbourne brand Aesop have been saving face for almost 20 years, minus the crap chat that’s often packed into the jars of other beauty brands.
Targeting everything from shaving rash to dry hands, Aesop’s ingredients like black pepper, rose otto and parsley seed sound good enough to eat, but they work better on your skin.
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