If you've read Peter Carey's marvelous 2001 True History of the Kelly ... both myths and digs deeper to give Kelly an origin story in three parts, told by Ned himself in a letter he writes from ...

At the beginning of “True ... the story around a series of letters Ned is seen scribbling by firelight, recounting his life and justifying his actions to his unseen child. That Kelly is not ...

“The True ... Ned Kelly is an iconic figure who is considered by some to be a murderous criminal and by others to be a kind of Robin Hood folk hero. This isn’t the first time Kelly’s story ...

(Oppressed white people, that is.) “True History of the Kelly Gang” takes the form of Kelly’s story as told by Ned himself. While not well versed in letters, he writes a lengthy missive to ...

“Nothing about this is true ... Story” apple falls from the cinematic tree. It also gives director Justin Kurzel the freedom to push his tale — a recounting of the life of Ned Kelly ...

Justin Kurzel’s latest film, True History of the Kelly Gang, marks the tenth screen version of the 1878-1880 Ned Kelly outbreak. It began in 1906 with Charles Tait’s The Story of the Kelly Gang.