What not to expect
Roman Polanski’s 1968 horror Rosemary’s Baby (on SBS2, Wednesday) is still as unsettling and potent as ever.
Film
Senior moments
Subtle comedy Nebraska centres on a father-son relationship and earned Bruce Dern an Oscar nomination.
Critical New York wins for Carol
Carol, with Cate Blanchette and Rooney Mara, has boosted its profile with four New York Film Critics Circle awards.
Thoughtful films are a hard sell
Truth, the new film starring Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford, is having only a very limited release this week.
Point Break opens in China
The long-awaited remake of the 1991 action-drama classic, starring Aussie Luke Bracey, makes a historic premiere in Beijing.
Bounty exposes Indian bigotry
Hindu nationalists have offered a 100,000 rupee bounty to anyone who slaps film star Aamir Khan.
That sinking feeling
Ocean-set films present unique logistic challenges.
Mad Max on road to top honour
Like the unstoppable convoy of mayhem in Fury Road, Mad Max is vanquishing all before it on the road to film award glory.
New Alien movies filmed in Sydney
Ridley Scott has confirmed possibly three Prometheus sci-fi films will shoot in Australia before tying up with Alien.
All eyes on Ejiofor
With Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts as his co-stars, Chiwetel Ejiofor could have found his latest role intimidating.
Dark memoir of war
Oliver Stone’s searing war film Platoon set the standard for subsequent examples of the genre.
Sometimes stupid works
It’s not the best TV series you’ve never seen but this American drama could be your next guilty adult pleasure.
The hills are still alive
Two hugely popular musicals from opposite ends of television history are among the highlights of films this week.
Shaken and stirred
If Daniel Craig isn’t prepared to do another Bond film, who will fill his patent leather shoes?
Wins for regional culture
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards assessed films from 70 countries representing the 4.5 billion people in the region.
Google’s Star Wars secret search
There are clearly a lot of Star Wars fans at Google. Put this search term into the engine to go full hyperspace.
Chinese connection has its limits
Gaining profitable access to the film industry is no picnic.
Appetite lost for Hunger Games
The final Hunger Games instalment opened with $9.8m at the Australian box office, lower than previous entries.
James Bond was here
Snow scenes in the latest 007 movie were filmed in Austria’s sleepy Solden.
Vicious cycle of lies
Why cyclist Lance Armstrong’s deliberate doping and eventual fall from grace was not a sports story.
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