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Review
The Fantastic Four’s real superpower is bringing the fun back to Marvel
Starring Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby, this retro resuscitation is a welcome return to Marvel’s once familiar tongue-in-cheek tone.
- by Sandra Hall
Latest
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
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
West End-based Nadine Bates and Kristen Souvlis have produced seven feature animations since 2020, with more and bigger to come.
- by Nick Dent
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
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
Opinion
Cinema
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
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
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
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
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
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
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