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From top left: The Substance; Conclave; Anora; Emilia Perez; Wicked; and The Brutalist.

Reviewed: How our critics rated the Oscar best picture nominees

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Nicole Kidman in Babygirl

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Clockwise from top left: Guy Pearce in The Brutalist, Naomi Watts in Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, Cate Blanchett in Disclaimer and Nicole Kidman in Babygirl.

Everything you need to know about the 2025 Golden Globes

As Hollywood fires up its award season, find out where to watch the festivities, who the front-runners are, and our critics’ take on the key films.

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Guy Pearce, Naomi Watts, Cate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman are nominated for Golden Globes.

Kidman, Pearce, Blanchett and Watts nominated for Golden Globes

There’s a strong Australian showing among an especially star-studded list of nominees for the revamped awards.

  • Kate Lahey

Priscilla at 30: How queens of the desert made Australian film history

The people behind the cinematic legend relive the colour and chaos behind the scenes – and how one casting misstep might have changed everything.

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Highlights of the Melbourne International Film Festival 2024.

Megalopolis to a ‘must-squatch’: 13 highlights at the Melbourne International Film Festival

From Francis Ford Coppola’s extravagant folly to a movie about Bigfoot and the premiere of Adam Elliot’s new animation, here are our top MIFF picks.

  • Cameron Williams
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Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne as Rangimai and Guy Pearce as Thomas Munro in The Convert.

Once Were Warriors director returns with ‘raw and vicious’ The Convert

Guy Pearce stars in Lee Tamahori’s story about a lay preacher in New Zealand stuck between two warring Maori tribes.

  • Sandra Hall
Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne as Rangimai and Guy Pearce as Thomas Munro in The Convert.

Thrice Were Warriors: Director wraps trilogy with The Convert

The figure of the Maori warrior was central to Lee Tamahori’s first film, and his latest. But is he at peace with it at last?

  • Karl Quinn
Margaret Qualley, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe in Kinds of Kindness.

Midnight Oil to a ‘jaw-dropping’ Demi Moore: 15 highlights of the Sydney Film Festival

From Cannes award winners to local documentaries and big-name stars, these are the festival’s top picks.

  • Garry Maddox
A sequel has been written for The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

Fabulous, darling! Priscilla to ride again in film sequel

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – an Australian classic – is getting a sequel, according to director Stephan Elliott.

  • Ashleigh McMillan

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