It's hard to believe now, but back in 1980, when the first "Mad Max" film was lobbed into American movie theaters like a hand grenade, filmgoers didn't know quite how to handle it. Australian director ...

Australian film history is as intrinsically interesting as it is plucky, punchy, and profoundly phenomenal. In the aftermath of WWII, the nation’s industry came to a grinding halt, even coming to the ...