Australia

Baz Luhrmann teams with fellow Aussies Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman for this romantic action-adventure epic.

"...Moulin Rouge's courtesans and dwarves and murderous dukes, but Australia is cut from a different cloth. It's a fairly..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Australia's Lost Gold: The Legend of Lasseter

One man; one mystery; two latter-day explorers; no gold

"...the turn of the 20th century, Harold Lasseter, an Australian explorer and stymied inventor, claims to have discovered a..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

From Beaumont to Australia

Texas Rollergirls book their 2011 travel schedule

"...packing for points from the Pacific North West to Australia, this could be the flat track league's busiest year...."

Feb. 12, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Wine of the Week: Zinfandel from Australia? Why Not?

Australian winemaker Groom produces world-class Zinfandel.

Feb. 22, 2013 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Australia vs. Obama ... Not Really

Why does the anti-Obama crowd suddenly care what foreign politicians have to say?

"...Fox 7 repeated the strangely irrelevant story Sunday that Australian Prime Minister John Howard bad-mouthed Barack Obama over his..."

Feb. 12, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Oh, Sister

Adelaide, South Australia, sibling city and state of Austin, Texas, is a delicious destination for food and wine lovers

"...Adelaide, the capital city of the state of South Australia, came to Austin a courtin' business...."

April 21, 2006 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

The Babadook Director Sings a Song of History With The Nightingale

Jennifer Kent honors a commitment to the Aboriginal people of Australia

"...The colonial history of Australia is one of blood and horror. With her new..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

'Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oi Oi Oi'

Boomerang's celebrates Australia Day with food, beer, fun, games

"...25, Austin’s own Boomerang’s Pies threw their eighth Annual Australia Day Party, complete with face painting and a bouncy..."

Jan. 27, 2014 Food Post by Mac McCann

The Black Balloon

This prize-winning Australian film is a moving, youth-oriented work, featuring lovely performances by Toni Collette and Gemma Ward.

"...who arrives at a small army community in Queensland, Australia, with a number of petty targets already on his..."

April 10, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Local Aussie Rallies for Fire Relief

As wildfires continue destroying swaths of Australia, Go Fever frontwoman Acey Monaro rallied local bands for her homeland

"...and my government." Monaro worked for environmental nonprofits in Australia and zeroed in on First Nations Communities of Australia..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

The Water Diviner

Russell Crowe stars in and directs this historical drama

"...Crowe, the actor, acquits himself admirably as Australian farmer Joshua Connor whose ability to divine subterranean rivers..."

April 24, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Japanese Story

An off-the-charts performance by Toni Collette is just one of the many rewards of this unconventional love story.

"...named. Though its setting is the desert of western Australia, whose roseate sands are sumptuously filmed by Ian Baker,..."

March 5, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Women's World Cup Schedule and Groups

"...Group C Norway Canada Australia Ghana..."

Aug. 29, 2007 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Let There Be Rock

Australia vs. New Zealand in a SXSW rugby death-match

"...but most of what you think you know about Australia is wrong. They don't throw shrimp on the barbie..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Checking In: Go Fever’s Acey Monaro Paints Houses Down Under

“So, so, so relieved about the outcome, can’t wait to get back now”

"...“Hello from the sunny, COVID-free East coast of Australia,” emailed Acey Monaro after the U.S. election from New..."

Nov. 30, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Sweet Country

The modern Western goes to Northern Australia.

"...Questions of morality are ever-present in this lyrical Australian Western in which racism, colonialism, and the merits of..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Dressmaker

Kate Winslet stars in this adaptation of the Australian best-seller

"...swept up a bevy of awards in its native Australia – for the script, by Moorhouse and P.J. Hogan;..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hillsong: Let Hope Rise

Christian rock group takes over the world

"...rise of the Hillsong United band, based out of Australia, whose Christian rock songs achieved international popularity...."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Mechanic: Resurrection

Jason Statham returns as the beleaguered assassin

"...reluctantly agrees, and so let’s hop around to Thailand, Australia, Bulgaria, and wait: Hold up, is that Tommy Lee..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Light Between Oceans

Gorgeous period melodrama fails to connect

"...otherwise unoccupied Janus Rock off the western coast of Australia, 100 miles from the nearest human contact, the isolation..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Home

Jim Parsons and Rihanna pleasingly voice cartoon characters

"...her cat named Pig, has escaped benign exportation to Australia, along with all the other indigenous humans, while she..."

March 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Summer Fun: Woody on Ice

Nina Hernandez talks to Disney on Ice's lead skate cowboy

"...Grab the kids: Adorable Aussie Daniel Harries has been..."

May 15, 2013 Chronolog Post by Nina Hernandez

15 Minutes With Kasey Chambers

Aussie songstress promises to leave the lights on

"...in Central Texas as she is back home in Australia. She returns to her favorite U.S. city Thursday night,..."

Aug. 15, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Bob Byington Sees the World, Writes Home About It

Harmony and Me's adventures in Australia

"...Bob Byington took his comedy Harmony and Me to Australia, we asked him to keep a journal for us..."

March 8, 2011 Screens Post by Bob Byington

Animal Kingdom

An Australian family that commits crimes together avoids time together in this brutal look at the human survival instinct.

"...the cub thrown into the den of his Melbourne, Australia, relatives, who form a pathological clan of armed robbers..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

December Boys

In his first film role post-Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe plays an orphan in Australia who's pals with a bunch of other boys born in December.

"...their pleasant, nun-run orphanage to the southern coast of Australia, where they spend a week or two of officially..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Heyy Babyy

Hindi remake of Three Men and a Baby is set in Australia.

"...remake of Three Men and a Baby set in Australia...."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pissyourpantstastic

They're still streaming into SXSW from the land down under

"...year wasn't a particularly good one to be an Australian. If you were John Howard, you lost your party...."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

The Protector

Thai martial arts star Tony Jaa, who made a strong stateside impression in the recent Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, stars in this follow-up action picture, that plays like an invigorating Free Willy with elephants.

"...whose animal is stolen by mobsters and taken to Australia. Unfortunately for the mobsters, all protectors train in Muy..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Brian Clark

Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

Part concert film and part fascinating biography, this deft film is a moving tribute to Leonard Cohen’s musical legacy.

"...the film took place in January 2005 in Sydney, Australia, and titled, “Came So Far for Beauty,” after one..."

July 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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