Director: Mirrah Foulkes Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Damon Herriman, Tom Budge, Gillian Jones, Terry Norris The case of Mia Wasikowska and Alice in Wonderland is an object lesson in not throwing out the baby with the dirty bathwater. Tim Burton’s alternately bland and ghastly 2010 film remains one of my least favourite moviegoing experiences, its astronomical success baffling and its diminishing popularity vindicating. The film was my first exposure to Wasikowska as an actress, and I wrongly dismissed her as the nondescript centre of a garish designer black hole. The ensuing years have proven me wrong about Wasikowska, and I’ve been consistently impressed with her performances and choice of collaborators (including Chan-Wook Park, Jim Jarmusch, David Cronenberg, and Guillermo del Toro) across films like Jane Eyre , Lawless , Stoker , Tracks , Only Lovers Left Alive , Madame Bovary , Maps to the Stars ,...
Australia has an impressive and eclectic national cinema, but too often its films struggle to attract attention, receive brief theatrical runs, are ignored by audiences, and simply fall through the cracks. Down Under Flix was created to shine a light, show some love, and where necessary throw shade at obscure, forgotten, neglected, or under-appreciated Australian films