Lifting the veil on the horror abuse Jelena Dokic faced as a young tennis player
Of the many harrowing stories in the documentary, Unbreakable: The Jelena Dokic Story, the worst is when her father beats her in a locked bathroom after a loss.
- by Garry Maddox
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Australians love a laugh, so why aren’t we making more comedies?
Decades after Babe, The Castle and Muriel’s Wedding became hits, the head of the country’s screen producers’ association has declared we should be making more funny films.
- by Garry Maddox
From MTV to TikTok: Why nothing can kill the video star
Award-winning director Shane Drake says music videos are just as important for artists today as they ever were - even if a lot has changed.
- by Garry Maddox
Richard Scolyer didn’t expect to be still alive. Now he’s meeting the King
The joint Australian of the Year is still well after almost 17 months since his diagnosis of terminal brain cancer.
- by Garry Maddox
‘Before, I was just invisible’: How an Oscar-nominated film changed Dolly de Leon’s life
The Filipino actor was so broke her electricity was being cut off before she was cast in Triangle of Sadness.
- by Garry Maddox
‘Any early ideas I threw away’: horror filmmaker on creating Smile franchise
Rising American writer-director Parker Finn is on to his second Smile film in the lead-up to Halloween.
- by Garry Maddox
New doco celebrates an epic, forgotten Australian adventure
The Great White Whale tells the story of the little-known venture to climb Australia’s highest mountain on remote Heard Island.
- by Garry Maddox
Like Spinal Tap? Try this cult documentary about Tom Petty
The director of Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous has restored a wild lost documentary for a cinema release.
- by Garry Maddox
‘I thought I’d go completely blind’: Cruellest blow for a movie critic hits David Stratton
The beloved film buff has built a life around cinema, but pursuing his passion has become a challenge.
- by Garry Maddox
What happened to all the closed Pizza Huts? These filmmakers found out
In hundreds of towns and cities, former stores are having new, unexpected lives.
- by Garry Maddox
From Egypt to Peru: the Australian Museum’s next golden gamble
A new blockbuster exhibition, Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru, will feature more than 100 artefacts and a virtual reality tour next month.
- by Garry Maddox
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