The Dry

all australians know is pokies, drought, be scared of threat of bushfire and lie

Lawrence

Pokies being used as a plot device is what Australian cinema is all about!

Zander

My man grant said a dead woman was “masturbatory”

Daniel Kulic

A tragic story made even more tragic by the fact that the protagonist seemingly lives in the Docklands. My condolences Aaron.

Ruby Freakland

my mum: we have to support australian cinema

rosie

“When you’ve been lying about something for so long, it becomes second nature” The Dry is a surprisingly good mystery thriller, especially by Australia’s film standards. Even though it leans into many of the expected flaws of an Aussie movie; slightly stilted performances…

braden

As someone who has worked at a cinema for over 4 years, and is also a film student, it’s often depressed me seeing the lack of attention for Australian films. Majority of them rarely seeing admissions over 20 people, or longer than a couple of weeks being shown at the…

Max Kearsley

A dusty, volatile little town in the middle of nowhere, this slice of Australia is going to burst into flames at any minute. That’s just a fact of life in this fictional place. The whole area around Kiewarra has been parched in a drought for at least the last 10 years, and…

davidehrlich

sharp objects without teeth. or anything resembling subtext, really. love that small towns exist solely for city slickers to romance old friends and solve murders shaved off nearly a whole star for the way this wraps up, with an absolutely inane motive tied to the most…

mimi