Gillian Jones – MRQE

Heatwave

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

During a Christmas heatwave, a community activist attempts to stop a redevelopment project that is displacing residents in the Kings Cross section of Sydney.

Acute Misfortune

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The film adaptation of Erik Jensen’s award-winning biography of Adam Cullen is the story of the biographer and his subject, as it descends into a dependent and abusive relationship.

Shame

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Hardened prosecutor Asta Cadell leaves home for a road trip down the coast of Australia. But Cadell’s relaxing ride turns tense when her motorcycle malfunctions and she makes a pit stop in a remote town. Cadell meets teen Elizabeth Curtis, who confides that she has just been raped, and Cadell helps the young woman report the crime to the authorities. When police corruption stands in the way of justice, she takes matters into her own hands.

Terra Nova

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A disturbed young woman runs away from her New Zealand home and hides away in an Australian boarding house, named Terra Nova. There she finds that every one else in the boarding house is just as zany as she is, and on some levels make her seem sane despite the voices in her head and her strange visions.

Last Train to Freo

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two thugs from the Perth suburb of Midland catch the last train to Fremantle. When a young woman boards the train a few stops later, they begin talking and find out not everyone on the train is not who they seem to be.

Twelfth Night

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. Orsino sends her to help him woo the Lady Olivia, who doesn’t want the Duke, but finds that she likes the new messenger the Duke’s sending. Then, of course, Viola’s brother shows up, and merry hell breaks loose. Meanwhile, Olivia’s uncle and his cohorts are trying to find some way to get back at Olivia’s officious majordomo, Malvolio.

What I Have Written

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This intellectual, witty Australian drama offers an intriguingly sophisticated look into adultery. Too say too much about this plot would give away the secrets and surprises that gradually unfold, so what follows is the barest sketch. The story features two couples from Melbourne (both played by the same actors) whose lives and romantic troubles seem to overlap or perhaps intertwine in unexpected ways. University lecturer Christopher and his wife Sorrel comprise the main couple. A recent trip to Europe seems to have brought their marriage close to ruins. Avery and Gillian also experience marital turmoil when Avery gets involved with an older French seductress, Catherine.