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form y separately published work icon The Royal Hotel single work   film/TV   thriller  
Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 The Royal Hotel
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'Hanna (Garner) and Liv (Henwick) who are best friends backpacking in Australia. After they run out of money, Liv, looking for an adventure, convinces Hanna to take a temporary live-in job behind the bar of a pub called ‘The Royal Hotel’ in a remote Outback mining town. Bar Owner Billy (Weaving) and a host of locals give the girls a riotous introduction to Down Under drinking culture but things turn nasty when their jokes and behaviour cross the line. Soon Hanna and Liv find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.'

Source: Screen Australia press release.

Notes

  • Inspired by Pete Gleeson's 2016 documentary Hotel Coolgardie.

  • One of the Guardian Australia’s 10 Australian films to look out for in 2023.

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Works about this Work

Outback Noir Given a New Spin Stephen Romei , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 November 2023; (p. 9)
— Review of The Royal Hotel Kitty Green , Oscar Redding , 2023 single work film/TV
The Royal Hotel Examines 'Fragile Male Egos' in the Australian Outback, Seen through the Eyes of Two Young Female Backpackers Keva York , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , November 2023;
— Review of The Royal Hotel Kitty Green , Oscar Redding , 2023 single work film/TV

'Midway through the Australian gothic classic Wake in Fright, the leading man peels off from one of many manic, beer-fuelled brodowns in order to seek out the company of the woman of the house.'
Director and Screenwriter Kitty Green Anthony Frajman , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 14-20 October 2023; 'Australian director Kitty Green’s highly anticipated second feature, The Royal Hotel, continues her lifelong quest to challenge imbalances of power. By Anthony Frajman.'
The Royal Hotel Examines 'Fragile Male Egos' in the Australian Outback, Seen through the Eyes of Two Young Female Backpackers Keva York , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , November 2023;
— Review of The Royal Hotel Kitty Green , Oscar Redding , 2023 single work film/TV

'Midway through the Australian gothic classic Wake in Fright, the leading man peels off from one of many manic, beer-fuelled brodowns in order to seek out the company of the woman of the house.'
Outback Noir Given a New Spin Stephen Romei , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 November 2023; (p. 9)
— Review of The Royal Hotel Kitty Green , Oscar Redding , 2023 single work film/TV
Director and Screenwriter Kitty Green Anthony Frajman , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 14-20 October 2023; 'Australian director Kitty Green’s highly anticipated second feature, The Royal Hotel, continues her lifelong quest to challenge imbalances of power. By Anthony Frajman.'
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