John Flaus Movies

An Australian widower living in New Guinea starts a relationship with a woman very similar to his much-beloved wife, but their life together turns...

The allure of pleasant weather, a carefree lifestyle and better job prospects in Queensland appeal to Doug, a downtrodden factory worker from...

A schoolteacher (John Waters) becomes obsessed with the idea that his wife (Joy Bell) did not die in a car accident, as everyone else thinks.

Benny and Grandad are best friends and never leave each other's side. They also run the most successful light refreshment stand in town. Yet all...

Eddie is a principled man, with a wife, a daughter and a mortgage and leads a seemingly stable and happy life as a government land assessor. Yet when...

Whether you’re a fan of Sydney's iconic genre film festival A Night of Horror, or just a fan of the best and bloodiest in new horror cinema,...

Made as an exercise in my animation class at Swinburne University in 1990, Tatlin is rumination on the life & work of Vladimir Tatlin.

A classic Australian underground comedy in which a group of people fight over how to make the truly collective/revolutionary/existential movie....

During the 1860s, Dave Powers, apprentice to a horse trainer, volunteers to ride Archer to the Melbourne Cup race. Their start is 600 miles from...

Conflicts of interest arise when a country couple are visited by a couple from the city.

A portrait of the actor, film teacher, critic, and legendary cinephile, John Flaus, in a unique film mosaic structured around cryptic crossword clues...

Set in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick, we see life through the eyes of Salvatore Bono, returning to his parents home after completing his...

Two brothers working as news cameramen for competing companies in '50s Australia find their lives dramatically affected by the constantly changing...

Two brothers become conflicted after one goes on the run and the other has an affair with a Greek woman and takes care of an old rich lady who could...

Welcome to the far-famed and most reliable Balanced Particle Freeway, a magical adventure that can take you anywhere in the world in no time at all!...

Berlin, 1934: John Flaus plays Goethe, the puppeteer whose mechanical clockwork knife-throwing act is under surveillance by a slimy SS agent (Heinz...

For forty years Lilian Singer has been locked up in a 'loony bin' by her father. Her release is eventually secured by her eccentric Aunt Kitty and...

A violent man (Bryan Brown), who ostensibly has a slight mental illness due to fillings in his teeth, continues to write letters to his estranged...

The story of Grady, a former soldier who is in prison for his part in a major money-laundering operation. Whilst inside, he learns of the brutal, yet...

Three vampires wander the streets of Melbourne killing, screwing and taking drugs. They decide to carry out a heist, stealing three million and...