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The Guardian: The Killings at Parrish Station review – a whacked-out murder mystery packed with twists
☆☆☆☆ Jumping between timelines, the pacy and pulpy series gets weirder as it goes on, with plot turns that can't help but keep you engrossed.
Jun 241 min read


The Sydney Morning Herald: Impeccable and ambitious, this cosmic outback crime drama is Australian TV at its best
☆☆☆☆ The Killings at Parrish Station is impeccable, ambitious Australian television - a six-part series with an unnerving, cosmic take on the classic outback mystery. Propelled by a razor-sharp script filled with tension, terror, humour and a dash of existential pondering (think Midnight Mass or True Detective, with fewer philosophical monologues), the series follows Detective Georgia Cooke, a woman haunted for 34 years by an unsolved massacre in the desert.
Jun 221 min read


Variety Australia: Trailer Drops for Stan Thriller Series ‘The Killings at Parrish Station’ Starring Mia Wasikowska and Xavier Samuel
Stan has unveiled the first trailer for its upcoming original thriller series “The Killings at Parrish Station,” a paranormal murder mystery led by Mia Wasikowska and Xavier Samuel. Set across two timelines, the series begins with the brutal 1987 massacre of four scientists at a remote research station in the Australian desert. Wasikowska stars as Detective Georgia Cooke, who, alongside partner Detective Michael Thorne (Samuel), becomes consumed by the disturbing case as the
Jun 181 min read


Empire Magazine: The 25 Best Zombie Movies Of All Time
Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke's feature-length expansion of their 2013 short film Cargo offers up a delicately balanced, distinctly more emotional kind of zombie movie, evoking the likes of The Road, The Last Of Us, and — with its devastatingly beautiful outback cinematography — Wolf Creek. Martin Freeman is heartbreakingly believable here as a father trying to do everything to secure his daughter’s safety in an apocalyptic wasteland after being bitten by a zombie, while Howl
Oct 15, 20251 min read


Deadline: Mia Wasikowska, Heather Mitchell & Xavier Samuel Leading Stan & ITV Studios Drama ‘The Killings: Parrish Station’
EXCLUSIVE: Mia Wasikowska, Xavier Samuel and Heather Mitchell will lead an Australian cold case drama for streamer Stan. The Killings:...
Sep 22, 20251 min read


Collider: This Australian Drama Is a Hit on Prime Video
Prime Video is finding major success in the outback with the release of Season 2 of the hit Australian drama, Troppo. Following the...
Aug 4, 20241 min read


Inside Film: Screen Australia to support 47 projects with $1.2 million
Nearly 50 projects will benefit from $1.2 million through Screen Australia’s Premium and Generate Funds, including new work from Class of 07 creator Kacie Anning and multi-hyphenate Leah Purcell. A total of 29 feature films, 13 television dramas, and four online projects will be supported as part of the story development funding, with 28 coming under Generate and 19 backed by Premium.
Jun 20, 20241 min read


Variety: Season 2 of Tropical Noir ‘Troppo,’ Starring Thomas Jane, Nicole Chamoun, Wraps
The second season of the tropical noir crime drama “Troppo” has completed production in Queensland, Australia, with Thomas Jane (“Boogie...
Oct 15, 20231 min read


Variety: Australian Crime Drama ‘Troppo’ Sets Amazon Freevee Premiere Date
The Australian murder mystery series "Troppo" will premiere on Amazon Freevee May 20, as one of the first originals to launch on the newly renamed streaming platform.
Apr 20, 20221 min read


ScreenHub: The Cargo and Troppo writer and director used stepping stones in both Hollywood & Sydney
In Australia, building a career in writing and directing is a tough ask, a chancy business with great stretches of credit card anxiety and moments of brutal self-doubt. But Yolanda Ramke, along with her working partner Ben Howling, has gone from a viral short film, to a feature with an International actor, to direct in North America, to receive two AWGIES from the Writers’ Guild, to then create Troppo, the drama series currently running on the ABC. All in less than ten years.
Apr 20, 20221 min read


Screen Australia: The Road To Troppo
From viral short films to Netflix features, the global Haunting series and Australian TV with Troppo, writer/director Yolanda Ramke...
Mar 17, 20221 min read


Sydney Morning Herald: The Backwaters Are Infested With Crocs And Crime In Jungle Noir Troppo
As weather presenters go, Thomas Jane is definitely a straight shooter. “It’s pouring down rain, complete with lightning and thunder,” says the American actor, sheltering in a Queensland shed as a summer downfall pounds the tin roof above him. “It’s our last week and we’re shooting rain or shine, so I have a feeling I’m getting wet tonight.”
Feb 17, 20221 min read


TV Tonight: AWGIE Awards 2021
Writing awards go to Nitram, New Gold Mountain, The Great, Neighbours, The Feed.
Dec 9, 20211 min read


Inside Film: Nominations Announced For 54th AWGIE Awards
Nominees for the 54th Australian Writer's Guild awards have been announced. In contention for Telemovie or Miniseries of 4 Hours or Less...
Oct 29, 20211 min read


Inside Film: Nicole Chamoun To Go ‘Troppo’ With Thomas Jane
Nicole Chamoun will star opposite US actor, Thomas Jane, in ABC crime drama Troppo, with cameras now rolling in Queensland.Produced by Beyond Entertainment and EQ Media Group in association with Jane’s production company Renegade Entertainment, the FNQ-set series is created by Yolanda Ramke and based on the novel Crimson Lake by Candice Fox.
Aug 13, 20211 min read


Screen Australia: Queensland Crime Drama Troppo Coming To ABC
Filming on the Gold Coast later this year, Troppo is created for television by Yolanda Ramke (Cargo, The Haunting of Bly Manor). AACTA Award-winner Jocelyn Moorhouse (Wakefield, Stateless) is set-up director. Further cast and crew announcements to come.
Apr 23, 20211 min read


The Hollywood Reporter: ABC Australia Gives Greenlight to Thomas Jane Crime Series 'Troppo'
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has given the greenlight to Troppo, a new Oz-set crime series starring Thomas Jane (The Expanse). Jocelyn Moorhouse, director of the Cate Blanchett-led series Stateless, has come on board to helm the eight-part series. Yolanda Ramke (Netflix’s Cargo) is writing the show based on Candice Fox’s bestselling novel Crimson Lake, the first in Fox's Detective Ted Conkaffey series.
Apr 23, 20211 min read


IndieWire: 35 Overlooked Netflix Original Movies You Need To Stream
The lucky Netflix movies become hits. Some seemingly come out of nowhere to become word-of-mouth streaming blockbusters (“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before,” “Bird Box”). Other titles Netflix prioritises for Oscar season and supports with massive marketing campaigns (“Roma,” “The Irishman,” “Marriage Story”). Some Netflix movies just have the star-power to attract attention (“6 Underground,” “Triple Frontier”). But the majority of Netflix movies that get released are simply p
Nov 26, 20201 min read


Inside Film: 12 Features In Line For AACTA'S Byron Kennedy Award
While AACTA’s Byron Kennedy Award is typically given to an individual or organisation who demonstrates “outstanding creative enterprise”, this year the award will go to a film. The nominees for the honour, which celebrates the legacy of Dr George Miller’s original producing partner and Mad Max co-creator Byron Kennedy, are a short-list of the last decade’s best indie features. The films are diverse, spanning comedies, Westerns, thrillers, horrors and sci-fis, but AACTA has de
Nov 24, 20201 min read


Deadline: Nominations For Inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards
After creating the Critics Choice Awards for both movies and television achievements, plus spinoff shows for the best in documentaries and reality TV, the Critics Choice Association announced nominees for its latest awards-show venture, the Critics Choice Super Awards. Designed to honour popular forms of entertainment for both movies and series, the virtual pre-recorded television presentation honouring superhero, science fiction/fantasy, horror, action and animation will air
Nov 20, 20201 min read
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