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Strictly Ballroom is a film about who is allowed to teach the steps

Baz Luhrmann's 1992 comedy is sold as a story about dance. It is also a story about an Australian champion who has to be taught his own steps by a Spanish-Australian family in their own house.

MARA DENG01.10.2026

Typographic cover for a reported piece on Australian films at the 2026 box office.

INDUSTRY№ 02

Spider-Man took more in one weekend than Australian films took in six months

Cinemas had a record first half of 2026, and Australian films took $17.1 million of it, more than half from two studio-distributed titles.

ODETTE MALOUF13.09.2026

MUSIC№ 03

Baz Luhrmann re-scored Australia and called it Faraway Downs

Luhrmann re-edited his most contested film into a six-part series, swapped half the score, and the musical logic changed everything.

KIERAN BOUSTANY20.02.2023

MUSIC№ 04

Baz Luhrmann uses music the way other directors use architecture

The soundtrack is not accompaniment; it is the load-bearing wall of every scene Luhrmann builds.

KIERAN BOUSTANY08.12.2022

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