Stephanie Bunbury
Stephanie Bunbury is a film and culture writer for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
A woman, her stepson and the film that shocked France
Female sexual taboos have offered rich pickings for filmmakers. But this time around, a familiar tale caused outrage in Cannes.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
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Jane Campion receives lifetime achievement gong, and teases a return to filmmaking
Jane Campion, the director of The Piano and The Power of the Dog, has won the lifetime achievement award at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
‘Rules go out the window’: Why Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons can’t say no to Yorgos Lanthimos
The actors star in the ‘really weird’ Kinds of Kindness, which was made before the Oscar-winning Poor Things was even released.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
His crime shocked France. This film reveals why his wife stayed silent
A Silence unpacks the complicity that allowed a celebrated lawyer to commit horrific acts. For its director, it was also a reckoning.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
The star of this shocking play about rape wishes you hadn’t been warned
Carolina Bianchi will be drugged and probed while on stage in her Rising performance. But that’s not what she’s annoyed about.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
George Miller’s latest Mad Max instalment sends crowds wild at Cannes
During the six-minute standing ovation, star Anya Taylor-Joy directed cameras to Miller, standing next to her. Hemsworth slapped his shoulder. All three were wreathed in relieved smiles.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
Want to know what happens in ACMI’s playful new show? It’s up to you
Visitors need only keep moving to experience their own animated world inside ACMI’s Beings exhibition.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
This breakthrough Australian director is back with a safe house for misfits
Goran Stolevski changed his behaviour while filming in his homophobic home country. His partner almost paid the ultimate price.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
Was Juliette Binoche wary about acting with her ex? It’s complicated
The Taste of Things director Tran Anh Hung found his co-stars’ history was a recipe for success.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
This Oscar-nominated film is a gripping examination of today’s classrooms
A young teacher is outraged when a boy in her class is blamed for a series of thefts. It’s not a far cry from the director’s own school years.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
Drive My Car won him an Oscar. Now he’s tackling the battle between nature and capitalism
The enemy may or may not be glamping in director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s stirring new eco-parable.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
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