‘Pale, stale, male’? How Farnham film beat funding hurdles
The story of John Farnham will soon be told for the first time on film, but its creators were surprised by the response at their first meetings.
Film
Kidman’s life achievement award postponed
The American Film Institute has postponed its annual Life Achievement Award ceremony, slated to be the first to recognise an Australian actor
Princess Leia’s daughter strikes back in family row
Carrie Fisher’s daughter has accused her aunts and uncle of trying to cash in on the legacy of the Star Wars actress.
Son of fisherman becomes a spy in political thriller
A boy undercover is at the heart of Cairo Conspiracy’s story about political strings forcing the election of a new Grand Imam.
Mr Darcy meets Basil Fawlty in promising big screen debut
Nida Manzoor’s Polite Society starts out as a Pakistani Pride and Prejudice in today’s London and leaps an impressive distance from there.
Long walk to survival
First-time actor Mwajemi Hussein stars in Rolf de Heer’s haunting film about race, fear and contagion.
Salvation between the rocks and hard places
Ivan Sen has created a moody outback noir, with Simon Baker almost unrecognisable as a heroin-using detective.
Cancelled: ‘Fake Aboriginal identity’ film is banned
An Indigenous-made film about a white person who identifies as Aboriginal has been banned by the bodies that funded and commissioned it, over fears it is ‘harmful’.
Spielberg admits ‘mistake’ of censoring ET
The famed director revealed his regret at editing guns out of the beloved film and warned against pandering to modern sensibilities.
After one date she ghosts him
Ana de Armas has a surprising excuse for not texting back in action comedy Ghosted, an Apple TV film about a spy and a civilian forced to join forces to stop the baddies.
Jane Fonda flirts with footballers in 80 For Brady
The actor stars in this true story about four elderly friends who indulge in chicken wings, gambling and more at the Super Bowl.
End game: AI-generated movies ‘two years away’
AI is coming for cinema ‘whether we want it or not’, says Avengers director Joe Russo.
‘I‘m the means by which the mob makes its films’
Filmmaker Rolf de Heer on why he’s compelled to tell Indigenous stories, dodging claims of cultural appropriation and directing jazz legend Miles Davis.
Truly woeful Mafia Mamma sees Toni Collette as crime boss
Her lazy husband is unfaithful, her colleagues are mansplainers and she hasn’t had sex for three years. Then her life changes.
Joaquin Phoenix in surreal odyssey or three-hour anxiety attack?
The actor’s performance as a late-40s man with a medicine cabinet full of problems deserves four stars.
Films to see that are all in fashion
From searing analysis on the dark side of fashion’s glamour, to celebrating the impact of the industry’s many style icons on clothes, and beyond, here are 10 of the best sartorial films of 2023.
Leading actors put the ‘bro’ into bromance
Actors Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey have taken their bromance to the next level by revealing there is a chance they are, in fact, brothers.
Cannes director defends Depp film for festival opener
Jeanne du Barry marks the American star’s acting comeback after a three-year hiatus following his high-profile legal battle with ex-wife Amber Heard.
Movie: Florence Pugh broken and Oxy-addicted, finds hope in AA
The actor stars alongside Morgan Freeman in A Good Person, a film about the snowball effect of a devastating event.
Russell Crowe excels as Vatican exorcist-in-chief
The Pope’s Exorcist is a more fictional account that takes The Exorcist and adds a bit of the Da Vinci Code and a splash of Indiana Jones.
JK Rowling to produce ‘decade-long’ Potter series
A Harry PotterTV series is officially moving forward at HBO Max, with author JK Rowling set to executive-produce the series.
Dare to be different
Working outside the mainstream, microbudget film directors are making horror flicks for fun, not profit.
‘They were asking me to submit, to not be difficult’
As Australian Pallavi Sharda found out, India’s film industry is just like a bazaar: everything she did in pursuit of her cinematic dream was a transactional compromise.
No less than six donkeys played the hero in this impressive movie
This Oscar-nominated film about the life of a donkey shows how men are, on the whole, brutish, violent and self-serving.
Whodunnit sequel not quite a killer
In Murder Mystery 2 Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler peddle borderline dad jokes. It’s a Friday night movie; one to watch with a glass of something and the brain in sleep mode.
He’s got a nice take on nasty
Alexander Skarsgard likes to explore the darker side in his screen roles, from Nicole Kidman’s husband in Big Little Lies to his latest in sci-fi horror film Infinity Pool.
This Michael Jordan, Nike film deserves Oscars buzz
Ben Affleck’s Air is less a sports movie than a sports marketing movie. The script is sharp and the performances are tremendous.
Babies on the black market
Broker, a charmingly confronting film, is finally reaching Australian cinemas.
Paltrow accuser ‘had brain damage before ski crash’
A neurologist called by Gwyneth Paltrow’s legal team says there is no evidence of post-traumatic brain injury in scans taken of Terry Sanderson.
Pearce in retreat on trans roles argument
Guy Pearce says actors should not have to announce their gender identity or sexual preference to attain work, and it should not be used to preclude them from roles.
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