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Soheila Golestani (left), Mahsa Rostami and Setareh Maleki as mother and daughters in The Seed of the Sacred Fig.

The film that was so controversial, its director had to flee the country

Set during the women’s uprising in Iran, The Seed of the Sacred Fig is courageous indictment of that country’s system.

  • Sandra Hall

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Elle Fanning and Timothee Chalamet in A Complete Unknown.

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
Pamela Anderson shines as a Las Vegas dancer in The Last Showgirl.

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
Gonçalo Waddington plays a man running away from his fiancee in Grand Tour.

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
Nathan Obst and his dog Chief in Muster Dogs: Collies and Kelpies

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
Marcia Hines is back on Australian Idol.

‘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
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Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jackson Jr. in Den of Thieves 2: Pantera.

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
Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Lawrence in Conclave.

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 in Treasure.

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
Olympic Games Paris 2024, pic is of Caroline Buchanan

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

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