Western’s modern makeover
Kevin Costner’s Open Range is one of the best examples of the modern western.
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Dangerous liaisons
French director Emmanuel Mouret’s romantic comedy Shall We Kiss? explores emotional entanglements with no escape.
Muso goes wildly west
Slow West was filmed in New Zealand but is pretty much half Australian in terms of cast and crew.
Gibson back after 30-year hiatus
Mel Gibson is about to make his first film in Australia in 30 years, a World War II drama set mainly in Okinawa.
Brando from beyond the grave
Eleven years after his death, Marlon Brando has narrated a ground-breaking film that sheds light on his life.
Oz film in Venice competition
A drama starring Richard Roxburgh and Radha Mitchell has made the cut for top honours at the Venice Film Festival.
Mad Max goes wild
The latest Mad Max film was shot amid the bleak but beautiful Namibian landscape.
Brando solid on debut
Marlon Brando plays a bitter paraplegic in his 1950 film debut, The Men, airing Wednesday on the ABC.
Paul Cox’s parallel lines
Paul Cox has stared death in the face, and the experience continues to enrich his highly empathetic films.
Otto’s age of innocence
Barry Otto is taking on his first stage role since his dramatic pullout from the Adelaide Festival in 2013.
Mind-bending Aussie thriller
Ethan Hawke discovers a temporal paradox in Predestination, based on Robert A. Heinlein’s All You Zombies.
Conversation killers
Streaming services have increased choice for viewers but have they killed the water-cooler cultural moment?
Middling fare from masters
There are redeeming features in both these new releases, but they barely compare with the best work of the two directors.
LeBron‘s shot at movie empire
Basketball icon LeBron James is the latest sports star to make the leap to the screen – on and off camera. | GALLERY
A bigger picture for film school
Changes are afoot at AFTRS, but is it still our top talent nursery?
Five in running for $100,000 film prize
Which five films are in the running for the CinéfestOZ Film Prize, the biggest prize available for an Australian film?
Hollywood’s 3-D piracy threat
The spectre of digital piracy hangs over the multi-million dollar merchandise industry with the rise of 3-D printing.
Life of Jaws
Forty years after Spielberg’s classic Jaws was released, meet the film’s Australian inspiration, Valerie Taylor.
Parallel relationships flourish
Before Dallas Buyers Club director Jean-Marc Vallee made the deeply rewarding 2011 melodrama Cafe de Flore.
Seventh Son doesn’t shine
Sergei Bodrov’s Seventh Son indulges in visual excess at the expense of the essentials — plot, for instance.
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