Jennifer Kent’s follow-up to her breakout film The Babadook is a brutal tale of revenge set in the early days of Australian colonial history. Following a female convict who goes bush on a vendetta to bring justice to the men … Continue reading The Nightingale (Review)
Forever consigned to popular culture as Ned Kelly’s little brother, Dan Kelly was a young man of only nineteen when he lost his life fighting the police. Like so many “boy bushrangers” his young life was snuffed out without him … Continue reading Dan Kelly: An Overview
His last words were supposedly “Tell ’em I died game.” but how was outlaw Fred Lowry’ s death recorded and reported? Continue reading Spotlight: The capture and death of Fred Lowry as it was reported
Surprisingly, the only Chinese bushranger that seems to be of note is Sam Poo, whose career as a highwayman was as short-lived as it was violent. Continue reading Forgotten Bushrangers: “Cranky Sam” Poo
Perhaps one of the most important figures in the formative years of law and order in Australia is Michael Howe, a ruthless bushranger who sought survival and liberty at any cost. Continue reading Michael Howe: An Overview
A studio portrait of Jimmy Nesbitt of the Wantabadgery bushrangers. Continue reading Spotlight: Portrait of James Nesbitt
The Legend of Ben Hall is available in Australia and Germany on DVD and Blu-Ray, iTunes, Ozflix and YouTube Movies. It has also been signed up for HBOEurope and is released in America on DVD and Blu-Ray on August 1, 2017. Continue reading Spotlight: THE LEGEND OF BEN HALL (2017) Clip – “The bills are cut in half”
Philippe Mora’s 1976 film Mad Dog Morgan is, to date, the only depiction of Morgan’s life on screen. Starring Dennis Hopper, it mixes fact and fiction to create a version of Morgan that tries to examine the man behind the … Continue reading Spotlight: Trailer – Mad Dog Morgan (1976)
Harry Power was one of the last bushrangers during the height of the bushranging era. He had a reputation for escaping from tight situations and traversing large distances in short periods of time. One of his most renowned deeds was … Continue reading Spotlight: How Harry Power Escaped from Pentridge
This engraving of Ben Hall was published twenty days after his death. Continue reading Spotlight: Ben Hall, the Bushranger.