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Peter Weir

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Five days on a Greyhound bus into an anxious America

Catching a Greyhound bus across the “rust belt” swing states gives an extraordinary insight into the psyche of American voters ahead of the US presidential election.

  • Matthew Cranston

March

The Oscars are the film awards by which all others are judged.

Spurned, slighted, rejected: Oscar snubs critics will never get over

There are some movies and artists that memorably – and some would say outrageously – got the brush off from the academy.

  • Brooks Barnes

January 2022

On set at Sydney's Fox Studios: Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge.

Because we can-can: Australian film costumes in the spotlight

Muriel’s wedding dress and a borrowed 1920s couture gown are just part of the story of Australian cinema, on display now at a dazzling new exhibition.

  • Lauren Sams

September 2021

Ingrid Weir has written a book on making a tree change.

How to nail a tree change, from a woman who did

In Ingrid Weir’s new book, she catalogues her journey from city girl with a famous film family pedigree to passionate landholder.

  • Fiona Carruthers

January 2020

Guy Pearce, left, and Robert Pattinson in director David Michod's panned The Rover.

Australia's worst movies: a screen test

So long as we see our first priority as being ‘supportive’ to our film industry, Australia will continue to make movies that nobody wants to watch.

  • John McDonald

June 2019

Still from the 1992 production, Turtle Beach.

Australian film producers take another stab at making it in the region

The Australian film industry's on-again, off-again attempts to build links to Asian audiences has taken a new turn.

  • Andrew McCathie

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