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Timothee Chalamet deserves best actor, and Demi has the edge
While Adrien Brody is favourite, Chalamet’s performance in A Complete Unknown deserves recognition, as does Fernanda Torres in I’m Still Here.
- Michael Idato
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Pamela Anderson shines in showgirl tale that’s all dazzle, no razzle
The star brings an air of innocent gentility to her role as Las Vegas dancer facing the end of her career.
- Sandra Hall
Acclaimed Grand Tour is weirdly compelling yet totally disorienting
Miguel Gomes won the Best Director Award at Cannes last year for this mash-up of Asian travelogue, colonial satire and an ill-begotten love story.
- Sandra Hall
Why Muster Dogs’ new collies v kelpies contest is like Holden v Ford
The new season of Muster Dogs pits these two breeds against each other, but trainer Mick Hudson says it’s difficult to pick.
- Nicole Elphick
‘I was a pain’: Why Idol judge Marcia Hines takes the ‘kind’ route
The singer aims to be constructive in her criticism on Australian Idol, well remembering what it was like when she had to audition.
- Nicole Elphick
Gerard Butler’s new heist movie strains credibility, but I was won over
There’s plenty of testosterone in Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, but the star gives an unusually restrained performance.
- Sandra Hall
How Ralph Fiennes prepared for his pacy new Vatican drama
Directed by Oscar-winning Edward Berger, Conclave tracks the emotion and intrigue of a papal election.
- Stephanie Bunbury
Stephen Fry and Lena Dunham lack spark in Holocaust survivor tale
German director Julia von Heinz’s Treasure is an adaptation of Too Many Men, Lily Brett’s highly regarded novel about a daughter who travels to Poland with her father, a Holocaust-survivor
- Sandra Hall
Niche sports get their time in the Olympic spotlight
Broadcasters Adam Papalia and Caroline Buchanan will be bringing sports such as judo and BMX cycling to the widest possible audience.
- Nicole Elphick
Psycho star’s son directs Nicolas Cage in this creepy new horror movie
Director Osgood Perkins, the son of the star of Psycho, mixes familiar scary elements in Longlegs, but adds something extra.
- Jake Wilson
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