In the past week Animal Kingdom's diminutive crime matriarch Janine 'Smurf' Cody -- played by Australian acting queen bee Jacki Weaver -- has been getting a lot of awards notice, capped off by a well-deserved Golden Globes nomination for best supporting actress.
With David Michod's debut also sweeping the Australian Film Institute awards with 10 wins, the film's local distributor Madman is bringing Animal Kingdom back into cinemas for a limited release.
So far this is only happening in Australia, where the film has also been available on DVD for a few months -- actually I recommend you grab a copy, if only to hear the awesome cast commentary track featuring Weaver still playing "mum" to her brood.
Seeing the film in cinemas is worth it for Sam Petty's sound design and Antony Partos' score alone -- but the film is also an intricate, menacing, amazing ensemble piece examining the downfall of a crime family, twisted tense-as-fuck by Luke Doolan's editing powers, and helmed by a young director already displaying a measured master hand.
You can catch Animal Kingdom for a brief time at these cinemas from Thursday 16 December: Cinema Nova (VIC), Dendy Newton (NSW), Dendy Portside (QLD) and Dendy Canberra (ACT).