Latest Articles: Writers
THE FAVOURITE continues winning streak
Tony McNamara and Deborah Davis’ THE FAVOURITE continues wowing audiences and critics alike picking up a slew of awards at the BIFA’s as well as the Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards overnight. Read all about the good news here!
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Studio Canal Back Keith Thompson and Katherine Thomson
Studiocanal Australia and Goalpost Pictures are developing a feature based on the true story of members of the Vienna Mozart Boys’ Choir and their choirmaster who were trapped in Australia during World War II. Keith Thompson (The Sapphires, Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly Devoted to You, Hoges) is writing the first draft and Goalpost’s Rosemary Bright will produce. The second project backed by the fund is Helena, a biopic about the Polish-Australian-American cosmetics businesswoman, art collector and philanthropist Helena Rubinstein. Set in 1928, the film follows ...
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Louis Nowra: The Playwright Born To Shock
“Every day, I think how did I get here?” he says. “How did I get to be writing books and plays and going to Hollywood, how? I am lazy but I have this other persona that does all the work. And I’ve never reconciled my upbringing with this persona who has done so much.” MARTIN PORTUS profiles LOUIS NOWRA, the remarkable talent behind the Australian classic Cosi and much more. Read it here.
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THE FAVOURITE
Venice Film Festival Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize Congratulations to producers Ed Guirney, Ceci Dempsey, Lee Magiday; writer Tony McNamara and director Yorgos Lathimos.
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Jane Campion Wins NSW Premier’s Literary Prize
The New South Wales Premier’s literary awards winners were announced last night among them Dame Jane Campion was announced the joint recipient of the Betty Rowland Prize for Script writing. The fourth episode of TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL entitled Birthday was written by Campion and co-creator Gerard Lee. Here’s what the judges had to say: The Birthday episode script effectively combines reinvented elements of the thriller, the melodrama and film poetry to create a mode of storytelling in a heightened register ...
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THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE is welcomed back to the Lyric Hammersmith
Praise for Andrew Bovell’s THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE in its successful return season at London’s Lyric Hammersmith. “Easily the finest production I have ever seen at the Lyric Hammersmith” – Evening Standard “An articulate piece of drama about the dangers of unarticulated emotions.” – The Telegraph “This production’s searing honesty about family relationships stays with you long after the curtain falls.” – RadioTimes
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Muriel’s Wedding the Musical: A resounding hit
Congratulations to the Muriel’s Wedding: the Musical team. After opening night this Saturday the reviews are flooding in. Here are just some of the terrific responses: “Muriel’s Wedding feels like the complete package: a beloved film seamlessly updated; a central character who retains all the ambiguities that made you root for her in the first place; a conspicuously inventive score peppered with classic pop hits, and a mainstage debut that will be talked about for years.” SMH “Director Simon Phillips has the ...
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Tommy Lee Jones Joins STONER
Andrew Bovell’s adaption of John William’s book STONER adds another star to the list as Tommy Lee Jones joins the cast. To be directed by ATONEMENT’s Joe Wright STONER follows a dirt-poor farmer (Casey Affleck) turned academic who emerges as an unlikely existential hero while making his way through the first half of the 20th century. Read more here.
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