Launched March 25 on Foxtel Channel 414, this exciting new destination brings audiences a curated selection of timeless Australian stories – from coming-of-age tales to gripping dramas and thrilling adventures.

The channel offers an extensive collection of films and TV series spanning the 1940s to the 2010s, with a strong focus on the golden era of Australian cinema between 1979 and 1990. Viewers can rediscover the stories that shaped Australia’s entertainment landscape and see early performances from some of today’s biggest international stars, including Nicole Kidman (BMX Bandits, Windrider), Hugo Weaving (The Right Hand Man), Mel Gibson (Attack Force Z, Tim), Sam Neill (Attack Force Z, Death in Brunswick), Hugh Jackman (Erskineville Kings), Ben Mendelsohn (The Big Steal) and Russell Crowe (Heaven’s Burning, Spotswood).

The line-up will include Aussie favourites such as Walkabout, Storm Boy, Don’s Party, Puberty Blues, Dating the Enemy and TV classics Heartbreak High and Skippy.

Brollie founder Ari Harrison said “Aussie Classics is a chance to revisit the legends of Australian film and television while introducing a new generation to the classics that shaped our cultural identity and defined generations. We’re excited to bring these iconic stories to audiences when Aussie Classics launches on March 25 on Foxtel Channel 414.”
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Hailed for their highly original sound, combining a brilliant melodic touch with a genuine dark aggression and effortless cool, The Stranglers are now recognised as one of the most credible and influential bands to have emerged from the punk era.

Now over 45 years on, with 24 top 40 singles and 18 top 40 albums under their belt, The Stranglers are still finding the time to hit the road, making their return to Australia this February 2020 hitting up Peth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide.

First forming in 1974, the band’s no bullshit attitude saw them blaze an experimental trail, from Art Rock to Goth to New Wave Pop, inspiring a wave of prog rock guitar players and confrontational vocalists to find their roots in The Stranglers’ unabashed confidence. Their longevity and impact solidified with hits like Golden Brown, Always the Sun, No More Heroes, Strange Little Girl and Peaches – all establishing the legend of The Stranglers.

Australian fans are in for a treat when punk rock rabble-rousers The Stranglers return February 2020 to deliver a set for the ages, drawn from their eloquent and extensive catalogue spanning over 40 years.

“Carefree fun” – Independent

“the gig of the year” – The Rock Pit

“Unexpectedly poignant – ★ ★ ★ ★” – The Guardian

“…deeply confrontational and musically accomplished.” – BBC

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

The Stranglers 202 Australian Tour
5 February – ASTOR THEATRE, PERTH
7 February – THE FORUM, MELBOURNE
8 February – ENMORE THEATRE, SYDNEY
9 February – THE TIVOLI, BRISBANE
11 February – THE GOV, ADELAIDE
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Life Will Be The Death Of Me: Chelsea Handler’s Stand-Up Comedy Tour, taking the same name as her just-released #1 NY Times Best Selling sixth book, Life Will Be The Death Of Me, will see the disarmingly honest and riotously funny Handler, head to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne from October 4.

Fresh from her 27-date tour in the US, this brand-new stand up show is classic Chelsea Handler. The brash candour and self-deprecating humour that fuelled her previous bestselling essays collections and wildly successful TV shows is here in spades. Regarded as one of the most successful figures in entertainment today, Chelsea Handler’s talk shows, best-selling books and stand-up comedy have attracted millions of fans worldwide.

Don’t miss the irrepressibly candid Chelsea Handler live and on-stage this October.

Life Will Be The Death Of Me: Chelsea Handler’s Stand-Up Comedy Tour
Friday, 4th October – Qpac Concert Hall, Brisbane
Saturday, 5th October – State Theatre, Sydney
Monday, 7th October – Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne
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Showcasing a 3 hours program of the most heartfelt, inspiring and entertaining films celebrating adventurous women from independent film makers around the globe.

Featuring a unique selection of films of varying lengths and styles, covering topics relevant to women in the outdoors the Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour will connect with both the avid adventurer and the armchair adventurer alike.

The 2019 tour showcases Samantha Gash on her quest to run across India, a committed paddler who doesn’t let size get in the way of her passions, big wave surfing champion Paige Alms, rock climber Hazel Findlay, a crew of rad Alaskan fat tyre snow bikers who know how to dream big and more.

By celebrating the female adventurous spirit, we aim to make women in the outdoors more visible. But Gutsy Girls screenings are not just for women – they are for all of us to celebrate diversity and inclusion and the rad ladies of the adventure world.

Gutsy Girls Adventure Australian Film Tour 
ACT:
Canberra, National Film & Sound Archives: Saturday 17 August 2019

NSW:
Albury, Albury Entertainment Centre: Friday 23 August 2019
Avoca Beach, Avoca Beach Picture Theatre: Friday 2 August 2019
Byron Bay, Byron Bay Theatre: Sunday 28 July 2019
Katoomba, United Cinemas: Thursday 1 August 2019
Newcastle: Event Cinemas Kotara Saturday 3 August 2019
Sydney East, Ritz Cinema: Thursday 25 July 2019
Sydney North, Hayden Orpheum: Wednesday 24 July 2019
Wagga Wagga, Forum 6 Cinemas, Wednesday 21 August 2019
Wollongong, Anita’s Theatre: Wednesday 31 July 2019

NT:
Alice Springs, Araluen Arts Centre: Saturday 24 August 2019
Darwin, Deckchair Cinema Wednesday 14 August 2019

QLD:
Brisbane, Schonell Cinema: Thursday 18 July 2019
Cairns, Cairns Performing Arts Centre: Friday 26 July 2019
Gold Coast, Home of the Arts: Saturday 27 July 2019
Noosa, The J : Saturday 10 August 2019
Townsville, TBC

SA:
Adelaide, Capri Theatre: Saturday 3 August 2019

TAS:
Hobart, UTAS Stanley Burbury Theatre: Saturday 17 August 2019
Launceston, The Tramsheds: Thursday 15 August 2019

VIC:
Ballarat, Regent Cinemas: Thursday 22 August 2019
Geelong, Village Cinemas: Friday 9 August 2019
Melbourne City, Village Crown Cinemas: Tuesday 6 August 2019
Melbourne, Astor Theatre: Thursday 8 August 2019
Warrnambool, Capitol Cinema: Tuesday 20 August 2019

WA:
Perth, State Theatre Centre of WA: Friday 26 July 2019
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Gutsy Girls Adventure Film Tour – 2019 full trailer from Adventure Reels on Vimeo.

Tapsell plays Lauren, a lawyer climbing the ladder at a law firm in Adelaide. Her boyfriend Ned (Gwilym Lee) is also a lawyer but is sick of his job as a prosecutor. On the day he quits his job, he also proposes to Lauren. They have to plan a rushed wedding to fit the demands on her time placed by her single minded boss, Hampton (Kerry Fox).

When Lauren returns home to the top end, her mother has left her father and gone walk about. She doesn’t want to tie the knot without Mum there so the search is on. Her and Ned continually arrive just that little bit too late at various locations where her mother has been and the activities Mum has indulged in are quite humorous.

When the wayward parent is found, the film turns quite touching. Lauren and her Mum return to their ancestral home, the Tiwi Islands and get back in touch with the old ways. The Aboriginal culture is shown in rich vibrant colours and both mother and daughter share some very heartfelt moments together. There are times the actors play second fiddle to the surrounds but there is still enough story to hold it all together quite nicely.

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Recently released to rave reviews, Remind Me Tomorrow veers towards the driving, dark glimmer moods that have illuminated the edges of Van Etten’s music and pursues them full force. The breadth of her passions (musical, emotional and otherwise), of new careers and projects and lifelong roles, have inflected this album with a sense of warped-time perspective. It reckons with the life that gets lived when you put off the small and inevitable maintenance in favour of something more present.

Expect an honest and subtle approach to love and longing, with an upbeat energy that offers an unexpected gift to Van Etten’s celebrated minimal-meditative sound.

Sharon Van Etten World Tour
Friday, 7th June – QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane
Sunday, 9th June – Dark Mofo, Hobart
Tuesday, 11th June – Hamer Hall, Melbourne
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This heartwarming romantic comedy tells the story of successful Sydney lawyer Lauren (Tapsell) and her fiancé Ned (Gwilym Lee). Engaged and in love, they have just ten days to pull off their dream Top End Wedding.

First though, they need track down Lauren’s mother, who has gone AWOL somewhere in the Northern Territory.

Top End Wedding will be in Australian cinemas May 2!
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His approach is unique, using dogs as calming agents and approaching the children with a clam but concerned demeanour. He is approachable and more a friend than disciplinarian. Director Catherine Scott was given long term access and the story she weaves is both heartbreaking and encouraging.

We follow two boys through life in the home and the travails of dealing with the legal system. These boys were rudderless in their upbringing and had no good adult role models growing up. Bernie uses his heart and his head in getting these children to value themselves and to answer directly for their bad behaviour. He gives his all and isn’t immune to growing to care deeply about his keeps.

It’s this deep caring that informs the viewer with how much heartbreak there is when things run off the rails. It is also to director Scott’s long term commitment to the project that she got an more optimistic ending than one was led to expect. The lesson here is that real people can make a real different if they put actions into words. It also show a government that pays more lip service to the subject than real actions.

Rob Hudson
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It was a straight jacketed life for the women who had to follow their man’s lead even if it meant a life spent in the kitchen while the man of the house runs down to the local pub. In the context of the slowly emerging freedom that women would have to work so hard to achieve, the main players here are forbearers of a better time.

Foreigner Julia Ormond as Magda is married to Stefan (Vincent Perez) and together they form an unusually equal union. Lisa (Angourie Rice) is just discovering herself as she strives to free herself from the life her mother (Susie Porter) has of servitude to an unappreciative husband played by Shane Jacobson. Rachael Taylor as Fay is distancing herself from Australian men and their boorish behaviour by dating Rudi (Ryan Corr) an immigrant with old world charm.

These women and their life stories are told with little judgement but as a direct sign of the times. In some ways it shows how far things have come but in others how little has actually changed.

Rob Hudson
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THE NIGHTINGALE, which enjoyed its world premiere on September 6 in Venice, was the only female-directed film to screen in competition at the festival. On receiving the Special Jury Prize over the weekend, Kent said “To all those women out there wanting to make films, please go and do it, we need you.”

THE NIGHTINGALE is Ganambarr’s first performance onscreen, where he stars in a lead role as Billy. He is a passionate dancer and actor, and performs with the internationally acclaimed Djuki Mala dance group.

Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past. THE NIGHTINGALE stars Aisling Franciosi (Game of Thrones) and Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games) alongside Australia’s Baykali Ganambarr, Damon Herriman (Justified, Breaking Bad), Harry Greenwood (Hacksaw Ridge) and Ewen Leslie (Sweet Country).

This is the second year in a row an Australian film has been awarded the Special Jury Prize at the festival, with Warwick Thornton’s SWEET COUNTRY taking home the coveted prize in 2017. The film went on to make over $2 million dollars at the Australian box office.

“The Nightingale is a powerful and important story, one that we feel privileged to be working on. For the filmmaking team and newcomer Baykali Ganambarr to receive this recognition on the international stage is wonderful,” said Transmission Films Joint Managing Directors Andrew Mackie and Richard Payten.

THE NIGHTINGALE premieres in Australia on 13th October at the Adelaide Film Festival, with tickets now on sale. THE NIGHTINGALE will release nationally in Australia in 2019.
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