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Why School of Rock director Richard Linklater is obsessed with new wave cinema

Why School of Rock director Richard Linklater is obsessed with new wave cinema

The US filmmaker who also gave us Before Midnight and Slacker looks at a key moment in cinematic history in his latest project.

  • by Stephanie Bunbury

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Ignore the reviews, this cult classic reboot is so much fun

Ignore the reviews, this cult classic reboot is so much fun

It was definitely worth Jennifer Love Hewitt coming out of retirement.

  • by Robert Moran
The screen queens building Brisbane’s answer to Pixar

The screen queens building Brisbane’s answer to Pixar

West End-based Nadine Bates and Kristen Souvlis have produced seven feature animations since 2020, with more and bigger to come.

  • by Nick Dent
Dying For Sex has earned this talented Australian an Emmy nod

Dying For Sex has earned this talented Australian an Emmy nod

Shannon Murphy’s high school teacher urged her to pursue drama as a career. It was sound advice.

  • by Peter FitzSimons
Superman’s real-life kryptonite: The incredible shrinking cinema business
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Superman’s real-life kryptonite: The incredible shrinking cinema business

My wife and I went to the movies, only to be bombarded by ad after ad for 20 minutes – ad nauseam. No wonder this industry is in trouble.

  • by Bill Wyman
‘So bad, it’s good’: The two-minute soap operas changing the way we watch TV

‘So bad, it’s good’: The two-minute soap operas changing the way we watch TV

With romance and “crazy shenanigans”, vertical dramas such as Captured and Bound by My CEO are a multi-billion-dollar business – and Australia is on board.

  • by Nell Geraets
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Nepo curse or gift? The pros and cons of being Bjork’s daughter

Nepo curse or gift? The pros and cons of being Bjork’s daughter

Isadora Bjarkardottir Barney explores family dynamics in her first lead film role.

  • by Stephanie Bunbury
Paul Rudd, Tim Robinson and the art of social suicide

Paul Rudd, Tim Robinson and the art of social suicide

The new film Friendship is a comedy of embarrassment as a man with no friends teams up with an adventurous TV weatherman.

  • by Sandra Hall
I Know What You Did sequel is hooked on setting up another sequel

I Know What You Did sequel is hooked on setting up another sequel

This reboot of the 1997 slasher movie has more ideas than the original, but makes less sense than these films usually do

  • by Jake Wilson
‘A nasty, horrible human being’: Wolf Creek’s John Jarratt on Bradley John Murdoch

‘A nasty, horrible human being’: Wolf Creek’s John Jarratt on Bradley John Murdoch

Any similarities between Wolf Creek’s psycho killer and real-life backpacker killer Bradley John Murdoch are purely coincidental, says the franchise’s star.

  • by Karl Quinn
Redeem free passes to see The Friend*

Redeem free passes to see The Friend*

Starring Naomi Watts, Bill Murray and Bing the Great Dane, The Friend is the heartwarming and human story of unlikely companionship.

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