The Artist wins top BAFTA
SILENT movie The Artist has had a night to shout about, winning seven prizes including best picture at the British Academy Film Awards.
Film
Brits lure Hollywood with ‘wow’ factor
OVERSEAS stars are in frigid London for the BAFTA awards party.
Secrets and spies
SAFE House is a Hollywood action thriller shot mainly in South Africa and directed by Swedish filmmaker Daniel Espinosa.
London calling
CLARE Stewart’s hard yards in film here are paying dividends in her new home at the British Film Institute.
Memoirs to lift the lid on Hollywood
ACTORS, politicians and royalty are alleged to have used the services of Scotty Bowers.
Men’s business
FIFTEEN years after The Castle and 12 years after The Dish, the Working Dog team has come up with another Aussie comedy – this time a romantic one.
Naomi Watts to play Diana
NAOMI Watts will play Diana, Princess of Wales, in one of at least three films about her in development.
Basic instincts
ADDICTION is no laughing matter, and Steve McQueen’s Shame takes a decidedly unamused look at sex addiction.
Naomi Watts to star in Diana biopic
PRODUCERS say Naomi Watts will play Princess Diana in a film about the last years of the royal’s life.
Working Dog on trail of gen Y
ROB Sitch and his partners have trained their comic sights on the quarter-life crisis.
The hurt locker
RALPH Fiennes talks about his musular and propulsive version of Shakespeare’s core play Coriolanus, updated to here and now.
Communal disquiet
WRITER-director Sean Durkin’s chilling debut Martha Marcy May Marlene screened in the Un Certain Regard sidebar section at Cannes last year.
A star is born
THE Artist is more than a treat for film buffs; it’s a funny, heart-warming and emotional journey that honours cinema’s pioneers.
Character actress
CHARLES Dickens could have no better interpreter of the women in his novels than Miriam Margolyes.
World according to Dickens
THE most famous 19th century English novelist continues to exert his spell, on stage, in books and on screen.
Oscar frontrunner in sexist poster row
HOLLYWOOD’S new darling Jean Dujardin was in trouble back in France after his face appeared between a woman’s legs in a poster denounced as sexist.
Congress arrests filmmaker
AN Oscar-nominated filmmaker has been arrested at the US Congress building after trying to film without required media credentials.
‘Erotic’ Jesus film ban ends
THE only movie ever banned in Britain for blasphemy has finally been approved for distribution, 23 years after it was outlawed.
Old dog wins best in show
AT last the industry awards a film that audiences loved.
Red Dog nips awards
CINEMA’S year of the dog took another leap, with local hit Red Dog named best film last night at the inaugural AACTA Awards.
Sexy takes a seat at AACTAs
GLIMPSES of glamour emerged on the red carpet at the Sydney Opera House for last night’s inaugural AACTA awards.
Oscars favourites get silent treatment
THE big names in movies were largely ignored at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Stars come out to play
RACHAEL Taylor and Miranda Kerr were among the celebrities to walk the red carpet at Australian film’s big awards night in Sydney.
Box office best news
Box office figures reveal local comedy A Few Best Men to be Australian film’s latest hit.
Silent film star Dujardin wins award
JEAN Dujardin has been named best actor at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, bringing the Hollywood newcomer a step closer to claiming an Academy Award.
Moses set for Hollywood remake
IT could be Hollywood’s eleventh commandment: if you’re searching for a hit, turn to the Bible.
Aussie producer named Oscar nominee
AFTER a nervous few days waiting, Australian producer Grant Hill has officially been named an Oscar nominee.
The iron man
A NEW film directed by Clint Eastwood is something to look forward to, and he doesn’t disappoint with biopic J. Edgar.
Please explain
STEPHAN Elliott’s new film, A Few Best Men, might look like a smart romantic comedy but it’s more an exercise in crude farce.
One of those flings
BRITISH director Andrew Haigh’s film Weekend is among the most sensitive and moving studies of a gay relationship.
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