Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), 2010’s The Way Back was met with critical acclaim but little box office success and, as of the time of writing, is Weir’s last feature film. Since then? Nothing. That’s genuinely upsetting for fans of Australian cinema, given that the Sydney-born 76-year-old is without a doubt the finest filmmaker this country has produced. That’s an assertion that might prompt the beginning of a pushback, until you realise that even if he had only made, say, Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and Gallipoli (1981), he’d have a fair claim on the title. Consider his entire body of work, including the satirical