The first image of Angelina Jolie as the evil queen in Disney’s revisionist take on the Sleeping Beauty legend, Maleficent, has arrived online (courtesy of Slashfilm). Those horns look mighty threatening. Almost as sharp as her cheekbones! Elle Fanning stars as the slumbering Princess Aurora, tormented by Jolie’s title character. Brenton Thwaites, Juno Temple, Imelda Staunton, Lesley Manville, […]
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Aussie to play Prince in Disney’s Maleficent
May 31, 2012 
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Australian actor Brenton Thwaites has been cast opposite Angelina Jolie in Disney’s upcoming take on the Sleeping Beauty saga, Maleficent. According to Deadline, the former Home and Away star will play the young prince to Elle Fanning‘s Princess Aurora and Jolie’s evil queen. Robert Stromberg will direct. Discuss: Glad to see another Aussie actor break-out?
Continue readingElle Fanning in talks to play Sleeping Beauty
March 9, 2012 1 Comment
Hollywood has fairy tale fever at the moment, and Elle Fanning looks to be the latest young starlet to jump on the bandwagon. Twitch reports that Fanning is in talks to star as Princess Aurora (aka Sleeping Beauty) in Disney’s upcoming Maleficent. Though Sleeping Beauty is the big name, the film itself is titled after the […]
Continue readingThe 10 best Australian films of 2011
December 26, 2011 3 Comments
The 10 best Australian films of 2011. By Simon Miraudo. It’s the final week of 2011, so we’re sharing with you, once again, our end-of-year lists. This was originally published on December 1, 2011. It’s officially December – let the end-of-year list onslaught begin! With the announcement of the AACTA nominations yesterday, we thought it best […]
Continue readingWaking nightmare – Sleeping Beauty review
November 22, 2011 0 Comments
Sleeping Beauty – Starring Emily Browning, Rachael Blake and Peter Carroll. Directed by Julia Leigh. Rated MA. Originally published June 8, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. I remember seeing a production of Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days with my high school drama class. For those unfamiliar with the play, it features a woman trapped in a mound […]
Continue readingEmily Browning joins Michael Cera in Magic, Magic
October 28, 2011 0 Comments
Australia’s own Emily Browning (Sucker Punch, Sleeping Beauty) is set to join Michael Cera in Sebastián Silva’s upcoming indie thriller Magic, Magic. According to FilmInk, Browning has scored the lead role of a young woman who goes on vacation with friends to a remote Chilean village and slowly begins to lose her mental faculties. It was […]
Continue readingSydney Film Festival – Video Interview: Rachael Blake (Sleeping Beauty)
June 19, 2011 0 Comments
We spoke with Rachael Blake, one of the stars of Sleeping Beauty, at the 2011 Sydney Film Festival. Check out our chat below! You can read the full transcript of our interview here. You can also read our review of Sleeping Beauty. Discuss: Did you catch Sleeping Beauty at SFF?
Continue readingSydney Film Festival – Interview: Rachael Blake (Sleeping Beauty)
June 15, 2011 1 Comment
Interview: Rachael Blake (Sleeping Beauty). By Simon Miraudo. Sleeping Beauty is set to become one of the most talked about movies of 2011. Julia Leigh’s first feature film made its premiere at Cannes, where it played in competition beside the likes of Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life and Lars von Trier’s Melancholia. It has […]
Continue readingSydney Film Festival – Day Three
June 10, 2011 1 Comment
Sydney Film Festival – Day Three Three days into the 2011 Sydney Film Festival and we already have a few frontrunners for ‘Best of the Fest’, as well as two contentious flicks battling it out for the equally sought after title of ‘Oh My God, How Did That Pretentious Rubbish Get Picked? Overrated!’ (It’s a […]
Continue readingSydney Film Festival – Sleeping Beauty review
June 8, 2011 4 Comments
Sleeping Beauty – Starring Emily Browning, Rachael Blake and Peter Carroll. Directed by Julia Leigh. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Sleeping Beauty makes its Australian debut at the Sydney Film Festival on Friday June 10. It also screens on Saturday June 11. I remember seeing a production of Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days with my high […]
Continue readingThe 2011 Sydney Film Festival line-up revealed
May 11, 2011 0 Comments
The complete lineup of flicks playing at this year’s Sydney Film Festival has been revealed, with Joe Wright’s Hanna announced as the opening night film. Mike Mills’ Beginners will close the fest. Two Cannes-bound Aussie movies – Julia Leigh’s Sleeping Beauty and Ivan Sen’s Toomelah – will screen in the festival’s official competition. They will compete […]
Continue readingFirst look at Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In
May 9, 2011 0 Comments
The 2011 Cannes film festival is getting closer, and all those films we’ve been eagerly anticipating – The Tree of Life, Sleeping Beauty, Melancholia, Drive, This Must Be The Place – are all set to compete for the prestigious Palme d’Or. Also in competition for the top prize is Pedro Almodóvar newie, The Skin I […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: Sleeping Beauty
April 29, 2011 0 Comments
The sensual new poster for Julia Leigh’s Cannes-bound Aussie drama Sleeping Beauty has debuted online. Transmission brought it to our attention via Twitter. (Haven’t you heard? Everyone’s doing it that way now.) Sleeping Beauty stars Emily Browning as a young prostitute who submits herself to the ‘Sleeping Beauty Chamber’, in which her clients can do to […]
Continue readingSnowtown heading to Cannes
April 19, 2011 1 Comment
Justin Kurzel’s Snowtown has been selected for Cannes Critics’ Week, where it will compete for the Critics’ Week Grand Prize as well as the prestigious Camera d’Or. The Aussie film depicts the Snowtown murders orchestrated by John Bunting, and stars Daniel Henshall and Lucas Pittaway. Kurzel is eligible for the Camera d’Or, awarded only to […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Sleeping Beauty
April 15, 2011 3 Comments
The trailer for Australian novelist-turned-director Julia Leigh’s Cannes-approved debut Sleeping Beauty has landed online. It stars Emily Browning as a young prostitute who submits herself to the ‘Sleeping Beauty Chamber’, in which her clients can do to her as they please while she sleeps. As you would expect for a film with this title – […]
Continue reading2011 Cannes lineup announced!
April 15, 2011 2 Comments
A bunch of exciting, controversial and most-likely confounding feature films will compete for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival this year. The competition lineup was announced yesterday, confirming rumours that Terence Malick’s The Tree of Life and Lars von Trier’s Melancholia would make their debut on The Croisette. Other big names debuting their […]
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