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  • Goldstone (2016)
    Review preview for Goldstone

    This is psychogeography, a place outback and beyond, where licit and illicit and moral and immoral are buried in shades of grey.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    An indigenous detective arrives in a frontier town on the hunt for a missing person.
  • The Proposition (2005)
    Review preview for The Proposition

    Cave's screenplay is full of rich incidents, impossible moral choices and, most of all, complex characters, brought to grimy life by the excellent ensemble cast.

    Anton Bitel · 4.5 out of 5
    In the 1880s, an Australian outlaw is offered a pardon if he tracks down and kills his psychotic elder brother.
  • Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
    Review preview for Rabbit-Proof Fence

    Christopher Doyle's cinematography has a rawness that belies the romance of the outback. The

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    True story of three mixed race Aboriginal girls who walk home across the breadth of Australia.
  • Ten Canoes (2006)
    Review preview for Ten Canoes

    This is storytelling in its truest sense and the cast rise to the occasion.

    Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
    An Aboriginal hunting party passes the time by retelling an old fable that has a particular resonance for the youngest member.
  • Walkabout (1971)
    Review preview for Walkabout

    The cinematography is stunning, as one would expect given Roeg’s background, and conveys the vastness of the landscape even as the drama remains small and intimate.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    Two white Australian children are stranded in the Outback and survive with the help of an Aboriginal youth.

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