He plays regular folk and arch villains with equal ease. His list of co-stars reads like a roll-call of Hollywood’s finest. But Damon Herriman’s first crack at stardom was so demoralising it suggests that what came afterwards was nothing less than miraculous.
On Sunday, Paul Kelly’s 1996 Christmas song — now a treasured Australian classic — will cross creative disciplines when a film adaptation begins streaming on Binge.
Skin cancer prevention is taught in primary schools, but once kids hit their teens, that lesson flies out the window. About 80 per cent of them think having a tan rocks. This may change their minds.
Eddie Redmayne is particularly well chosen as the Jackal in this slick, astutely engineered adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s thriller.
Moana returns, three years later, as a lauded ‘wayfinder’ with a far more challenging task than the first time round. It doesn’t float my canoe – but I’m not the target audience. What does my co-viewer have to say?
From Donna Summer to Doctor Who, the world would sound very different without the groovy synthesiser that was invented 60 years ago.
As The Devil Wears Prada hits London’s West End, the fashion editor of The Times (and former Vogue assistant) reveals the reality of life at a glossy magazine.
Love Actually. Home Alone. A Christmas Carol… How to Make Gravy? It lacks the Hallmark warm and fuzzies but may be the most realistic depiction of a family Christmas going.
At first, it seemed like 94-year-old Clint Eastwood would be getting the full Hollywood treatment for what could be his final film. Then it essentially vanished from the spotlight. What happened?
Goodrich shows its star Michael Keaton’s range as a husband, father and businessman shocked out of complacency into reality.
The engaging scamps of Hugh Grant’s early career have given way to seedier, sometimes more sinister characters. His latest performance is a masterclass in controlled tension and possible threat.
Crazy Rich Asians director John M. Chu’s adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical is a visually stunning spectacle, brimming with star power and extravagance, but its sluggish pacing may leave some viewers gasping for restraint.
Universal’s strategy for launching a blockbuster franchise is about to be ‘just short of obnoxious.’ It’s the new industry playbook.
In recent years, the lives of Aboriginal people have featured in some of the best films made in this country, including a large number created by Indigenous directors and cinematographers. David Stratton names the films you must see.
Ralph Fiennes is tipped for an Oscar for his doubt-stricken cardinal in Conclave. He talks to Jonathan Dean about power, the problem with religion and why he’s never done a TV show.
The Irish actor trades in his art house cred for A-list status as he enters the arena in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II.
Blitz, set in London during the German air raids of 1940, is an old-fashioned movie in the best sense. It’s well worth seeing.
This is Paul Mescal’s sword and sandals Hollywood epic, as it was for the Oscar-winning Russell Crowe in 2000. Let’s start with the film’s strengths …
Photographer Eve Arnold spent 10 years photographing icon of the silver screen Marilyn Monroe and through the lens discovered a woman with a remarkable talent as a model … and a friend.
A new documentary charts the lives, and love, of filmmakers James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, who have left an indelible mark on film history.
American director James Ivory and Indian producer Ismail Merchant – partners in art and in life – made 43 movies between 1961 and 2005. This is their story.
When their high maintenance daughter falls into a coma, a family enjoys a new-found freedom in her absence.
Fans fear Juror No 2, potentially the director’s last project, is being brushed under the carpet by getting only a limited US release.
An enthralling documentary about the creation of a unique work of art charts the history of communism and its impact on one long-suffering family.
Is there anything she can’t do? From martial arts classics to the Oscars limelight, and now a starring role in the hotly anticipated Wicked, Michelle Yeoh is on a roll.
Anthony Daniels describes life in the Star Wars galaxy and living with the innocent and neurotic metallic gold droid, C-3PO, before appearing at this weekend’s Supanova pop-culture expo.
Paul Bettany, 53, and Kelly Reilly, 47, are the parents of Tom Hanks, 68, as the Forrest Gump team is reunited three decades later.
Kate Winslet is commanding as Lee Miller, the fashion model turned war photographer. But Alexander Skarsgard is miscast as her husband, and there are elements missing.
It’s the wildest scene in Gladiator II and Paul Mescal, chosen for the epic sequel by Ridley Scott, told the legendary director exactly what he thought when he read it – ‘like, what the f…?’
This German biographical drama tells the true story of two young Berliners who joined an anti-fascist resistance movement in Nazi Germany.
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