‘Downton Stabby’: Aussie director’s new horror flick
‘I wanted her to look like prey’ – the women behind the camera on some of the year’s biggest films.
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Baldwin ‘pulled trigger’ in fatal film set shooting
Gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the Rust movie set couldn’t have been fired without someone pulling the trigger, says the FBI. The actor insists he didn’t.
The benefits of a sensitive sex worker
Emma Thompson plays a prim middle-age woman who wants to try the different kinds of sex her late husband wouldn’t attempt.
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Beijing box office over the moon at roo
Moon Man has given cinema-goers a break from jingoistic war films and led some to dream of holidaying in Australia.
Check your pulse if this film doesn’t make you cry
This filmmaker’s doco about his mother’s slide into dementia is both heartbreaking and heartwarming.
How Olivia won Grease role and became a star
Olivia Newton-John nearly didn’t star in Grease – it was a chance meeting at a dinner party that changed the Aussie’s life forever.
Dan’s ‘embarrassing’ Olivia gaffe
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is under fire after a tweet for Olivia Newton-John went awry and the star’s “magical” friendship with John Travolta is revealed.
‘Your Danny, your John’: Travolta leads tributes
Olivia Newton-John’s Grease leading man John Travolta pays tribute to the Australian star who passed away at her home in California.
The dark tragedies behind Olivia’s sunny smile
Olivia Newton-John’s incredible talent and radiant beauty dazzled the world. But her life was marked by a series of tragic events.
‘I was lucky’: Olivia Newton-John, singer, actress, campaigner
Olivia Newton-John was 28 when she was cast in the film that would change her life. Her 30-year battle with cancer gave her a new perspective on a life well-lived.
We swapped cultural cringe for Coca-colonisation
We dragged the Trojan horse of US soft power into our lounge rooms and lost our cultural distinctions by osmosis.
Granny gets her gun
Charlotte Rampling is brilliant as a cranky old woman who downs copious amounts of gin in Kiwi-produced film Juniper.
‘You’ll never be The Beatles, so what’s the point?’
The Triffids’ frontman David McComb died just shy of his 37th birthday. Everyone, with the possible exception of his father, agrees he was a tortured genius.
Celebrating Bowie’s life, not dwelling on his death
An ‘immersive’ documentary designed to be viewed at IMAX brings Ziggy Stardust to the next generation.
‘That cougar stuff is just vomit-inducing crap’
Emma Thompson, 63, opens up about sex scenes with a man more than 30 years her junior and the harm caused by depictions of conventional on-screen romance.
Artist turns her talent to first feature film
Acclaimed artist Del Kathryn Barton’s first feature film is a searing portrait of trauma that’s also very personal.
Stripping down a Grande gesture for art
When Emma Thompson joked to Australian director Sophie Hyde that she should strip down for a nude rehearsal for her new film, Hyde initially replied: ‘No way!’
Batgirl’s wings clipped over economic pains
The $US90m film has been axed because it’s not big enough for a cinema release but too big to stream.
Trailblazing Star Trek actress dies, aged 89
Nichelle Nichols played Lieutenant Uhura in the series and shared one of the first interracial kisses on prime-time TV.
Nick Cave, Brad Pitt, Marilyn… and me
Chopper director Andrew Dominik delves deeper into the life of an icon with his new feature, Blonde.
Fans of Netflix series Maid will love French film Full Time
Single mother Julie races against the clock everyday to pick up her children in heartfelt ‘commuting thriller’ Full Time. Their father won’t even pick up the phone.
Bryan Cranston almost does a Walter White again
In the entertaining American comedy-drama Jerry and Marge Go Large the Breaking Bad actor finds a similar – though not illegal – outlet for his particular talent.
No stopping Charlotte Rampling
Adding to a stunning repertoire of characters, Rampling discusses her latest role as feisty, heavy-drinking grandmother in the New Zealand film Juniper.
Venice lineup a parade of Australian heavyweights
A bumper programme of Australian stars and an actress on the rise. It may be the world’s oldest film festival but Venice is heaping on the glamour like perhaps never before.
Silver-haired silver screen
From Daniel Craig, 54, to Tom Cruise, 60, Hollywood stars are getting older, raising concerns about the health of cinema.
‘She showed me how a real star behaves’
Nicholas Hammond on acting in the original Sound of Music, what he learnt from Julie Andrews and his latest stage role.
Brutal clash of cultures
When an English doctor runs over an Arab youth in Morocco, his response is to put the body in the car and continue the journey.
Along came Gosling
The Gray Man spent time in production limbo, with Brad Pitt first cast as Court Gentry, then, in a gender switch, Charlize Theron. Then Ryan Gosling stepped in.
Heard and Depp set for rematch in trial sequel
Actress Amber Heard has signed on for a repeat performance in court with an official notice to appeal the Johnny Depp defamation verdict.
Volcano lovers
Pioneering volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft, the subject of a new film by Sara Dosa, saved thousands of lives and died doing what they love.
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