Hugo Weaving
How to Make Gravy review – a well-intentioned, mawkish misfire
This soupy Christmas drama based on Paul Kelly’s song tips into corny sentimentalism – and comes dangerously close to suggesting that gravy is actually magic
Luke Buckmaster
30, Nov, 2024 @7:00 PM
‘Inside the Kellyverse’: how Paul Kelly’s How to Make Gravy became a Christmas film
Megan Washington and Hugo Weaving share how Kelly’s anthem inspired a ‘beautiful opportunity for redemption’, while Kelly reveals he’s ‘playing around with a sequel’ to his song
Jenny Valentish
29, Nov, 2024 @2:00 PM
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert sequel in works with original cast, director confirms
Stephan Elliott says Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce and Terence Stamp are ‘onboard’ and the sequel will be set partly in Australia but will also head overseas
Sian Cain
20, Apr, 2024 @3:04 AM
The President review – Hugo Weaving satire verges on an endurance test
Sydney Theatre Company
Weaving delivers a funny, commanding performance but this rarely performed 1975 Thomas Bernhard play feels neither relevant nor prescient
Weaving delivers a funny, commanding performance but this rarely performed 1975 Thomas Bernhard play feels neither relevant nor prescient
Steve Dow
18, Apr, 2024 @3:17 AM
Hugo Weaving: ‘This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done’
Thirty years after Priscilla, Queen of the Desert thrust him on to the international stage, the actor discusses tiring of Hollywood villains and his most challenging role yet
Elissa Blake
12, Apr, 2024 @3:00 PM
The Royal Hotel review – outback noir shows sinister sexism behind the banter
Kitty Green’s film stars Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick as backpackers forced to take a dodgy-sounding job dealing with the boozy miners in the dusty middle of nowhere
Peter Bradshaw
02, Nov, 2023 @11:00 AM
The Royal Hotel review – feminist thriller starts strong but can’t stay the course
Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick are both impressive in an uneasy Australia-set film toying with genre expectations but tension dissipates in the finale
Benjamin Lee
15, Sep, 2023 @8:01 PM
Proof is an Australian classic – it’s a shame almost no one has seen it
Starring a young Hugo Weaving as a blind photographer and Russell Crowe as his hapless friend, Jocelyn Moorhouse 1991 film is elegant and subversive
James Walsh
12, Sep, 2023 @3:00 PM
The Rooster review – Hugo Weaving kicks this study of masculinity into gear
Actor turned film-maker Mark Leonard Winter’s directorial debut, which pairs veteran Weaving as a slobbering hermit with Phoenix Raei’s broken cop, doesn’t hurry towards anything
Luke Buckmaster
07, Aug, 2023 @3:00 PM
Love Me season two review: very middle class, very Melbourne – and very compelling
You’ll enjoy being in the company of all the characters in this gently crafted show, with Hugo Weaving as good as ever as the sweet everyman Glen
Luke Buckmaster
05, Apr, 2023 @3:00 PM
Loveland review – Hugo Weaving sci-fi flick is big, bold and ponderous
Ryan Kwanten plays a weary assassin working in a futuristic Hong Kong who calls on Weaving’s enigmatic doctor after a romance leaves him mysteriously ill
Luke Buckmaster
21, Mar, 2022 @4:30 PM
Love Me review – a Melbourne family looks for love in a good-looking city
Binge’s first original series is gentle, polished and cinematic, following siblings and their father on a quest to grow – and learn to love
Luke Buckmaster
26, Dec, 2021 @4:30 PM
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