He ‘enriched our cultural fabric’
Jewish survivor of Nazi Germany and original Blinky Bill animator Yoram Gross dies, aged 88.
Film
US film producer right on song
American film producer Amy Ziering can’t believe the amount of funding Australian documentaries receive.
Not exactly two of a kind
They are both thrillers, but Metro Manila and The Drop take vastly different approaches to their genre.
An unexpected delight
The most consequential narrative question in A Royal Night Out is whether the future queen kissed a boy.
It’s a funny business
Judd Apatow stretches the limits of screen comedy with his film Funny People, starring Adam Sandler and Eric Bana.
Deep and meaningful
Once the domain of kids’ films, 3-D is being used to tell adult stories with emotion and impact.
Who is Cara Delevingne?
She’s a society girl, supermodel and movie actress. But who would really want this 23-year-old’s life?
Old Bill still bearing up
Australia’s favourite koala, Blinky Bill, is 80 but his latest incarnation sees him very much full of life.
Jobs unlikable in fiction, fact
A new feature and a documentary bring us closer to the man behind the iMac, iTunes, iPad and iPhone.
Life after the apocalypse — on TV
Zak Hilditch’s Perth apocalypse movie, These Final Hours, will be adapted for TV by Luc Besson’s Europa Corp.
Fairy penguins and a dog
Animals are to the fore in a film that seeks to revive the Aussie family genre.
World of cinema floats into Venice
Australia was particularly well represented at Venice this year with three features.
Hollywood’s demolition Jobs
Apple chief Steve Jobs’s reputation gets a mauling in hotly-anticipated films about the visionary’s dark side.
Cruise flew ahead of crashed plane
Star flew across the Colombian Andes just 10 minutes before a small plane on the same flight path crashed killing two.
Captain America is a marvel
There is a general consensus amoung critics that Captain America is one of the better Marvel films to date.
Genre flicks fail to excite us
The West Australian landscape is the best character in a movie poorly balanced between its crime and comedic elements.
Frat boys in the house
National Lampoon’s Animal House was a proving ground of future talent — John Belushi, Kevin Bacon and Peter Riegert.
A life of sizing up the stars
Orry-Kelly’s Hollywood tales are enjoyable, but the most vividly recalled sections relate to his time in Sydney.
The kiss of Life
Australian poet and novelist Luke Davies has made the grade as a Hollywood screenwriter.
Dark road
The critically acclaimed London Road explores how an ordinary community becomes caught up in a string of murders.
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