Crossing, The

Aroview: A fresh-faced Russell Crowe plays an art student in the sixites who up-and-leaves for the Big City, much to the dismay of his then girlfriend. Returning to his hometown 18 months later, he finds her now on the verge of marrying his best friend.

Made during Australia’s most fertile period in cinema, this impresses as a sweltering evocation of unrequited love. Soundtrack includes Crowded House, David Bowie, among others.