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.
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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.
‘Don’t they realise I’m 70 now?’
Liam Neeson’s latest film, Marlowe, is the 100th of his career, but the Taken star is still getting action scripts.
Pearce slams acting industry in trans stance
Guy Pearce has apologised for his tweets but is refusing to back away from the issue of casting and whether actors need to have ‘lived’ their roles.
Paltrow accuser says ski crash left him a ‘recluse’
The Oscar-winning actor and Goop founder denies a man’s accusation that she crashed into him on a run at an exclusive ski resort in Park City in 2016.
Creed star charged with assault and harassment
The actor was arraigned in Manhattan on several assault charges, after what the police describe as a ‘domestic dispute’.
Hollywood bets on fear
A boom in scary movies is here as studios seek to lure audiences back to theatres. Brace yourself for a new brand of horror.
Joni Mitchell biopic in the making
Director and journalist Cameron Crowe has been working with the folk singer-songwriter on the script in secret for two years.
Gwyneth Paltrow takes the stand in skiing trial
The Oscar-winning actor is being sued by a retired optometrist whose lawyers say that Paltrow caused him damages worth $US3.3 million.
‘When I talk about him, I literally burst into tears’
Sex Education’s Aimee Lou Wood can’t quite get over working alongside her idol Bill Nighy, the Netflix star living out a ‘fairytale’ after the pair became close off-screen as well.
John Wick 4: Are we watching Keanu Reeves in a video game?
Three hours of relentless shooting and little acting makes the fourth film in the Wick franchise an epic disappointment.
Addictive survival show gets the Down Under treatment
Ten Australians will be dropped in the Tasmanian wilderness, battling it out for a $250,000 cash prize.
Scream 6: Brutal, bloody and almost ticks all the boxes
The makers of the slasher sequel got one thing wrong when they cast Samara Weaving, Hugo’s talented niece, as a young woman who fronts up for a blind date.
Oh baby, you’re a load of trouble
An award-winning film explores child trafficking and the poignant reality of infants abandoned by their mothers.
Star takes strong position on sex ‘choreographers’
The Australian actor says that their presence on set makes her ‘anxious’.
Why these movies are among my favourites
From The Third Man to The Truman Show, Rabbit-Proof Fence and Lawrence of Arabia … What follows is no cinephile’s list of ‘best films’ – only those I’ve most enjoyed.
‘When you’re busy shooting guns, nobody’s got time to grab your ass’
Michelle Rodriguez wants to make it absolutely clear: she is no token female when it comes to acting roles. In fact, there was a time the Fast & Furious franchise star’s insistence could have jeopardised her career.
Say cheese? One was seldom impressed
The first time John Swannell photographed Queen Elizabeth II he asked the sovereign for a ‘little smile’. But ‘Her majesty doesn’t smile on cue. She smiles when she feels like smiling’.
Who’s that girl?
Before making a splash in her namesake city, US actor Sydney Sweeney was at the Berlin International Film Festival with a surprising new project.
How woke politics are reshaping the Oscars
The behind-the-scenes campaigning – combined with the film colony’s diversity push – are shaping the Oscars, while stoking concerns the awards once caned for being #OscarsSoWhite risk turning into #OscarsSoWoke.
‘Porno prequel’ shocks and delights
Pearl is a rare example of a horror film considered worthy of showing at a major film festival.
Fashion fantasia: elegance was the winner at the Oscars
Brides-to-be will find plenty of fairytale fuelled fantasy on the champagne-coloured red carpet of the 95th Academy Awards.
Weirdos and geeks drag Oscars into modern era
This year every award category was included in the official broadcast, meaning the diversity quota was up but the entertainment factor was about as compelling, and as sanitised, as a tampon commercial.
Everything dominates with seven wins
Everything Everywhere All at Once has cleaned up at the Oscars, with its star Michelle Yeoh taking Best Actress from Cate Blanchett.
Oscars ‘dream come true’ for student filmmaker
Brisbane director Lachlan Pendragon’s short film, which he made as part of his studies at Griffith Film School, is up for an Oscar.
And the best-dressed Oscar is awarded to …
La La Land’s hottest ticket is now the Versace party. Fashionistas are threatening to upstage the film stars.
And the Oscar goes to … who knows?
Isn’t it strange how we’re inclined to forget the Oscar no matter how much we’re excited by the nominations? The great lottery of show business awaits us.
Our critics pick the Oscar winner
From the The Banshees of Inisherin to Top Gun: Maverick and Tár, our reviewers dissect the nominees for the best picture Oscar — and predict the winner | CAST YOUR VOTE
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