The film star credits a stable home life for allowing her to take artistic risks in the erotic thriller Babygirl; but while Kidman craves the ‘cocoon’, Aussie co-star Sophie Wilde is ready to break out of hers.
In the aftermath of the LA fires, there are calls to scrap the annual awards ceremony for the first time in its 96-year history.
Hollywood power couple Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are being sued for $US400m ($644m) for defamation by actor-director Justin Baldoni.
Alison Lester’s Magic Beach is now a charming, entertaining, visually beautiful film for youngsters.
Guy Pearce is the only Australian up for an award, recognised for his mesmerising turn in The Brutalist.
Wolf Man is so bad it is unintentionally funny, which is a shame given filmmaker Leigh Whannell is an established talent.
In 2003, aged 29, Adrien Brody became the youngest recipient of the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in The Pianist. I’ll be surprised if he is not nominated again for this film.
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The two films share a similar starting point – a rich man hires a beautiful prostitute – but Anora does what Pretty Woman thought about, but pulled back from.
Geographically speaking, Emilia Perez is one out of the box. It’s cheesy and loopy and fun to watch – but I’ll be surprised if it wins an acting or directing award at the Oscars.
For fashion – and some fiction – as stylish screen productions bring stories of renowned trendsetters to the screen.
Derided as a ‘popcorn actress’ and damaged by drugs, Demi Moore experienced difficulties in her career and married life. But at 62, she has finally received recognition at the Golden Globes.
A phoenix rising in custom Giorgio Armani Privé, 62-year-old Demi Moore won her first ever award on a night of surprises at the Golden Globes.
Award season is back, and the celebrities are upping the ante with opera gloves, sparkle and golden glamour.
Hiroyuki Sanada took home Best Actor in a TV Drama for Shogun, while his castmate Tadanobu Asano claimed Best Supporting Actor. Meanwhile, Guy Pearce was edged out by Kieran Culkin for Best Supporting Actor in a Film. In other news, a clearer frontrunner for Best Picture has emerged…
The author of Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother’s) Lifetime, reflects on books that made a special trip memorable.
Hollywood writer-director Jeff Baena, who was married to creative collaborator Aubrey Plaza, has died at 47.
Out of copyright, Popeye the Sailor Man will appear in two horror movies in 2025.
Acclaimed Australian actor Guy Pearce is poised for major film industry honours, including an overdue Oscar, and he is also nominated for The Australian’s Australian of the Year.
Sydney Festival marquee show Dark Noon inverts the usual westerns script, as a black South African cast depict three centuries of US history in 100 frenetic minutes: ‘This is what it looks like when you write someone else’s history. Can you see how ridiculous it is?’
The director accuses the newspaper of omitting information from its reporting of Lively’s allegations of sexual harassment on set of the film It Ends with Us.
Conclave piles on the Vatican intrigue as cardinals manoeuvre the politics of electing a new pontiff. It’s as tantalising as a murder mystery.
Nosferatu, written and directed by American filmmaker Robert Eggers, is a remake of the 1922 German film of the same name. I left the cinema thinking, ‘Hold on, is this a love story?’
For more than a decade, Hollywood had been in the era of the superhero, but over the past 12 months a new saviour of the box office has emerged.
Parthenope is a university student living a complicated life but although she is a ‘goddess’, the film built around her lacks depth.
Two young lions are at loggerheads, with a young lionness between them, and the baddies are on the trail and out for blood. If this sounds like a similar story, it’s because it is.
This year my film favourites are an eclectic bunch … but all of them are well worth your time. How many have you seen?
Future James Bond films are believed to have been put on hold while cultural differences are resolved between franchise owner Barbara Broccoli and rights owner Amazon.
The Aquaman star backs Lively in her legal battle against It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni, accused of orchestrating a ‘retaliatory social media campaign with help from the same crisis management expert used by her ex-husband Johnny Depp during his 2022 defamation trial.
I fell for the Blake Lively smear campaign. I did, and I’m sorry. But while many will dismiss this story as frivolous, there are dark forces at work here shaping the way we think, act and feel.
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