Heroes & myth

espite its title, and Australian as director Justin Kurzel and screenwriter Shaun Grant may be, ‘True History Of The Kelly Gang’ warns early on that “nothing you are about to see is true”, setting the agenda for a forthright shake-up of historical tradition. Kruzel pins himself to that promise with punk-literate purpose in his fierce fractured take on Australian outlaw legend. Rediscovering the psychopathological clout of ‘Snowtown’ and ‘Macbeth’ after ‘Assassin’s Creed’, Kurzel