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You could be forgiven for assuming that having every single cinema and film set closed for over six months would render any list of this year’s best Australian movies a slightly truncated one, the only possible upside being an accompanying dearth of ‘worst films’.
But while popcorn and choc top sales dipped alarmingly, there was no shortage of homegrown cinematic excellence, even if most of it never reached an actual big screen.
Depending on your viewpoint, the streaming behemoths are either providing life support for motion pictures by chucking big bucks at every single script they see, or downloading the final nail into the box office coffin as the lounge becomes the default location for movie viewing.