Ozploitation classic Wake in Fright holds a mirror up to some of the ugliest parts of Australia. Fifty-five years after its premiere, audiences can’t get enough. In the 1970s and early ’80s, a wave of ...

Over the course of a 60-year career, director Ted Kotcheff mastered just about every genre there was to conquer. He helmed a literate, witty Gregory Peck Western ("Billy Two-Hats"); fast and funny ...

Over the course of a 60-year career, director Ted Kotcheff mastered just about every genre there was to conquer. He helmed a literate, witty Gregory Peck Western ("Billy Two-Hats"); fast and funny ...

"What happened to John Grant? The Outback happened to John Grant." Arrow Video has revealed their 4K restoration trailer for the cult classic Australian thriller called Wake in Fright – the US release ...

Editor's Note: The following contains graphic details regarding animal abuse. George Miller's Mad Max Saga has made a name for itself off of its bonkers stunts and the worldbuilding that creates the ...

After watching John Curran’s upcoming Tracks, in which a woman (Mia Wasikowska) travels across the Outback, and David Michôd’s recently released The Rover, in which a man (Guy Pearce) does the ...

Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant (Gary Bond), a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough Australian outback mining town of Bundanyabba, planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to ...

In an early scene in Jack Clark and Jim Weir’s Birdeater, we catch a glimpse of a poster of Ted Kotcheff’s Wake in Fright (1971). More than in any other film of the period, Kotcheff managed to capture ...

Halloween has quietly crept its way into becoming one of America's biggest holidays. Technically, it's second only to Kris Kringle and the Yuletide, but the gap's getting smaller every year. Americans ...

Exclusive: Arrow Video will release "First Blood" director Ted Kotcheff's 1971 classic on 4K UHD for the first time in North America this summer. IndieWire shares the new trailer. The tale of a ...