Film
‘Rules go out the window’: Why Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons can’t say no to Yorgos Lanthimos
The actors star in the ‘really weird’ Kinds of Kindness, which was made before the Oscar-winning Poor Things was even released.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
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What does Michelangelo have to do with Baby Reindeer? You’ll never guess
Long before Taylor Swift, conspiracy theorists were joining the cultural dots.
- by Jordan Prosser
She was the most talked-about star at the Oscars. What is Lily Gladstone doing now?
The break-out star from Killers of the Flower Moon has two fast follow-ups from her award-nominated performance.
- by Michael Idato
Long before streaming, video stores offered happiness for hire
Youth groups were too holy, malls too expensive and skate parks too unpredictable when I was growing up. Thank goodness I had somewhere else to get my dopamine hit.
- by Simmone Howell
Fame, glamour and tragedy: Griffin Dunne’s touching memoir
The actor, writer and producer’s memoir is a warm portrait of an unusual – and celebrity-filled – upbringing.
- by Miriam Cosic
Why romcoms are the only thing we’re going to be watching this year
From Anne Hathaway to Nicole Kidman and Ryan Gosling: your favourite long-suffering genre is getting a big injection of star power.
- by Meg Watson
Here’s a balm for teen angst: the movie soundtrack is back
Just when it looked like streaming might have killed the soundtrack, several recent films show the artform might be entering a new golden age.
- by Esther Zuckerman
Angourie Rice brings Hollywood star power to the Sydney Writers’ Festival
The talented young actor and her playwright mother Kate appeared on stage to discuss their debut novel, Stuck Up & Stupid.
- by Andrew Taylor
‘Brilliant’ but ‘basically repugnant’: How we reviewed the original Mad Max
With the fifth instalment in the franchise hitting screens this week, we took a look at how The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald reviewed the first, now iconic, film.
- by Kate Lahey
Masterpiece or disaster? Megalopolis and the art of the self-funded passion project
Bold new films from The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola and Kevin Costner show there are still mavericks in American cinema, but can they pull it off?
- by Garry Maddox
On the road with the Blues Brothers and a mission from God
Journalist Daniel de Visé tells the story of the classic comedy starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi.
- by Nathan Smith
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