Rolf de Heer on his ‘radical’ new film: ‘It made no sense to make it with old, middle-class codgers’
Both Covid and Black Lives Matter inspired the Dutch-Australian director to make The Survival of Kindness – with a lead actor who had never been inside a cinema before
February 2023
The Survival of Kindness actor Mwajemi Hussein: ‘They were about to kill us’
The Survival of Kindness review – an elegant reverie about violence and stoicism
March 2015
Rewatching classic Australian films
Dingo rewatched – Rolf de Heer curio featuring a magnetic Miles Davis
The Charlie’s Country director coaxes a great performance from the jazz legend, who plays a version of himself in his first and last feature film role, writes Luke Buckmaster
May 2014
David Gulpilil wins Cannes best-actor award
It is his greatest role to date, the director of Charlie's Country, Rolf de Heer, says