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Bushranger Ben Hall to step out of Ned’s shadow

© Jane Freebury Bushranger movies did a brisk business early last century until the authorities put a stop to them. What influence were they having on an impressionable…

The Kid Stakes gets the Jan Preston treatment

© Jane Freebury Boogie woogie and blues pianist Jan Preston often has a twinkle in her eye. When she accompanies the early Australian silent comedy classic, The Kid…

Introductory remarks: on Rolf de Heer’s The Tracker

My introduction to Rolf de Heer’s The Tracker that screened as part of a special program at the National Film and Sound Archive during Reconciliation Week in Canberra,…

German Film Festival 2015

© Jane Freebury Curators had plenty to choose from when they decided what to showcase at the German Film Festival this year. They always do. Well over 200…