Famous faces in the most private of places
Overwhelmed by the celebrity crowd I slipped off to the bathroom for some respite. Who I saw next, touching up her lipstick in the mirror, did little to calm my nerves.
Film
This film will hold you in a morbid spell
There is not one scene shot inside Auschwitz. We do not see one camp inmate. Instead we hear what is going behind that wall: dogs barking, gunshots, orders delivered, people screaming.
Elordi under scrutiny after alleged pub fight
Australian actor Jacob Elordi is alleged to have assaulted a reporter outside Sydney’s Clovelly Hotel, with NSW Police investigating.
Carl Weathers, Rocky and Predator actor, dies
The Louisiana-born film star was a successful football player before setting his sights on acting.
In a world full of followers, John Belushi seemed like the last free man
John Belushi, at 33, was gone too soon. Even if you hated physical comedy, you could not stop watching him. Where would he be now?
Arresting visions from the austere
An exhibition of Tacita Dean’s film work, and her observations of art and artists, focuses on the idea of generating new creativity.
Final farewell to John Embling
He did not want his death noted, let alone commemorated. Sorry, my friend – but this is a column I had to write.
Life as Hollywood’s most famous ‘other half’
Matthew Broderick’s career took off with Ferris Bueller’s Day Off in 1986. But most people just want to know, what’s it like being married to Sarah Jessica Parker?
Secrecy’s star role in Alliance Francaise festival highlight
The biggest program of French film outside France will this year feature Catherine Deneuve as Bernadette Chirac, and Johnny Depp as King Louis XV.
Watch this film with someone you can bounce ideas off afterwards
This psychological drama has been nominated for best original script and draws on a real scandal. There’s so much to unpack. Every scene is there for a reason.
Supergirl Milly Alcock is DC’s new star
The Australian actor, who broke through in the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, has joined the DC Universe.
Seeing red over Barbie Army’s pink stink
Margot Robbie is a formidable star, not a formidable actor. And before you accuse me of sexism, I think the same about Bradley Cooper.
Robbie to come home for AACTA Awards
She may have missed out on her Oscars best actress flowers, but Australian superstar Margot Robbie will be honoured in her hometown at next month’s AACTA Awards.
The gruelling shoot Anna Torv will never forget
Anna Torv is talking about one of 2024’s most anticipated films and the conversation soon turns to leeches. As in, hundreds of bloodsucking critters. ‘People had them on their eyeballs’.
Fallen Leaves worthy of an auteur in the autumn of his career
A hard-drinking metal worker in Aki Kaurismaki’s film Fallen Leaves may or may not be based on the eccentric filmmaker’s own experiences.
A yes for ‘No’ in powerful retelling
‘Hell no!” That’s the unofficial anthem of the latest incarnation of The Color Purple, a musical drama that draws on its Broadway counterpart and Stephen Spielberg’s 1985 film adaptation of Alice Walker’s 1982 novel.
Women and humour confuse the Academy
The Academy appears to have gotten together at the ‘mojo dojo casa house’ to decide that record-breaking, critically acclaimed, cultural phenomenon Barbie wasn’t that worthy.
Oppenheimer tops Oscar nods as Barbie is snubbed
It was a somewhat disappointing announcement for Barbie, the other half of last year’s ‘Barbenheimer’ box office phenomenon and the year’s highest-grossing film.
Behold, the very worst films of the year … the nominees are
Sylvester Stallone’s annoyingly-titled action sequel, Expend4bles, leads the nominees at the 42nd Golden Raspberry Awards.
Purple patch a Blitz of music and ‘magic’
Backed by producers Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey, director Blitz Bazawule takes on the iconic story.
Alec Baldwin faces manslaughter charge again
The New Mexico grand jury’s move over the fatal Rust movie shooting comes months after prosecutors dropped the same charge against the actor.
Is Christopher Nolan a genius or has he fooled us all?
Kevin Maher’s take-down of Christopher Nolan is a lot of fun to read, and perhaps that – comedy – is his intention.
Oppenheimer leads BAFTA nominees
Australian stars Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi, and Sophie Wilde all scored acting nods, with Oppenheimer emerging as the film to beat.
The love which outlives death
All Of Us Strangers is a mysterious, absorbing, slightly surreal film about love, in all its complexity, beauty and sadness.
Slow burn drama turns white-hot
In Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or-winning film, starring Sandra Hüller and Samuel Theis, a marriage and a death are subject to courtroom scrutiny.
Stars shine in tug of romance
If his new movie is like the great screwball comedies, says Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage, ‘we’ve done our job right’.
It’s two for three for Snook and Debicki
Australian starlets Elizabeth Debicki and Sarah Snook dominated the acting categories, and the Margot Robbie-produced blockbuster Barbie finally got its dues.
Schooled by a story that hurts and warms the heart
The final 45 minutes of this film are worth four stars. The three leads are brilliant. Paul Giamatti and Da’Vine Joy Randolph each won a Golden Globe on January 8. Dominic Sessa is an actor to watch.
Robbie on a high after stellar year
Since breaking out with The Wolf of Wall Street a decade ago, superstar Margot Robbie has constantly subverted our expectations.
Meet Hollywood’s next big things
These nine emerging talents stood out in a raft of films and television shows last year, and we can expect to see more from them in 2024.
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