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Tagged: sexuality

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I love Bowie
Lillian Roxon boldly declares ‘I love [David] Bowie’. Seamlessly interweaving criticism, fandom, wit, gossip and personal narrative, journalist Roxon is a fine storyteller. This anecdote about Angie...
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Single Ladies
The misadventures of unlikely trio Catherine (Megan Hollier), Nina (Alexandra Nell) and Hashim (Jad Abid) as they try to save their sex-positive radio show from the conservative owners of the station...
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Head On: Toula wants to dance
Ari (Alex Dimitriades) dances a males-only traditional Greek dance in the ‘Steki’, admired by the man he has gone there to meet, Sean (Julian Garner) and Sean’s date, Ariadne (Katerina Kotsonis). The...
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Cate Shortland: Writing female anti-heroes
This interview with Cate Shortland from 2000 gets to the heart of what makes her films so visceral, unsettling and refreshing all at once. She is prepared to go into terrain that others aren't. Cate...
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Somersault: Do you love me?
Joe (Sam Worthington) and Heidi (Abbie Cornish) order dinner at a Chinese restaurant, after Joe’s mates have humiliated Heidi in the street outside. Heidi asks him if he loves her. He evades the...
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Somersault: Your eyes are intense
At the local service station, Heidi (Abbie Cornish) inquires about a job. The young woman behind the counter, Bianca (Hollie Andrew) is curt and unfriendly. Heidi buys a pair of red gloves and goes...
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Somersault: ‘I’ve done bad things’
Abbie Cornish was 21 years old when this film was made and the integrity and vulnerability of her performance is astonishing. After an unhappy first night in Jindabyne Heidi (Abbie Cornish) returns...
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Pussy Pumps Up
In Pussy Pumps Up, which can be viewed here in full, a feline female figure assumes more masculine characteristics. Summary by Dr Marian Quigley.
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The Year My Voice Broke: School bullies
Danny (Noah Taylor) gets a dunking from classmates for writing secret love poetry; Trevor (Ben Mendelsohn) rescues him and wins favour from his love interest, Freya (Loene Carmen). Summary by Paul...
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The Year My Voice Broke: Hypnosis on the hill
In their secret place on the hill, Danny (Noah Taylor) offers to hypnotise Freya (Loene Carmen) to help her stop smoking – but he has something else on his mind as well. Summary by Paul Byrnes.
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