Horror flicks were once barely a rung above porn: that’s all changed
Saw writer Leigh Whannell is set to discuss the new-found appeal of horror at a five-day festival dubbed ‘Sundance at Surfers’.
- by Garry Maddox
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Bluey movie is heading for cinemas as creator steps away from series
Wackadoo! The Heelers are heading to the big screen.
- by Garry Maddox
‘I’m not going to tamp it down’: Michael Moore welcomes anger stirred by Luigi Mangione
The director of Sicko says the emotion directed at the American healthcare industry is “1000 per cent justified”.
- by Garry Maddox
‘My last day in journalism’: Chris O’Keefe follows Ray Hadley out the door at 2GB
Adding to the dizzying number of end-of-year changes in radio, the Drive presenter told listeners he is starting his own political and media advocacy business.
- by Garry Maddox
Twenty-five years on, Australian classic Two Hands is set for a sequel
Garry Maddox revisits the beloved crime comedy that helped catapult a teenage Heath Ledger and Rose Byrne into stardom.
- by Garry Maddox
A monkey playing Robbie Williams in a film was a gamble. But it appears to be paying off
Michael Gracey’s follow-up to The Greatest Showman, Better Man, has set a record for most AACTA Award nominations.
- by Garry Maddox
These movies have got Aussies back to the cinema. But what comes next?
The year’s biggest week at the movies has come with the surprising popularity of Moana 2.
- by Garry Maddox
Forget books, we should make more movies based on songs
It’s time to adapt classics such as Flame Trees, From Little Things Big Things Grow and Somebody That I Used To Know.
- by Garry Maddox
Musical drama that shows another side of troubled Alice Springs is heading for cinemas
Under Streetlights was inspired by a hip-hop song by a young Indigenous rapper.
- by Garry Maddox
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Australian film
If Paul Kelly’s classic Christmas song makes you tear up, this film will too
Nick Waterman’s film adaptation, written with Meg Washington, captures the spirit of How to Make Gravy.
- by Garry Maddox
Opinion
Cinema
Please stop talking about ‘Glicked’. It’s bannoying
The clumsy combination of Gladiator II and Wicked is an over-hyped attempt to capture the “Barbenheimer” success.
- by Garry Maddox
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