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Robbie Williams film and Boy Swallows Universe dominate AACTA Awards
A biopic of pop superstar Robbie Williams and the Netflix drama based on Trent Dalton’s bestseller cleaned up at the annual film and television awards.
- by Garry Maddox
Latest
‘Naur, the dingo’s got my baby!’: The best and worst Aussie accents on screen
Kaitlyn Dever nails the Aussie accent in new Netflix drama Apple Cider Vinegar. Her voice coach gives us the expert tips (that many other actors seem to miss).
- by Nell Geraets
You’ll struggle to define this film. Best just go along for the ride
Grand Tour is a “dysfunctional” romantic comedy in which language and love get lost in translation.
- by Jake Wilson
Analysis
Oscars
As the Emilia Pérez saga escalates, let’s shed a tear for poor old Netflix
The streamer must have thought that elusive best picture statue was finally within sight. But its dreams of glory are fast evaporating.
- by Karl Quinn
★★★★
Review
Steven Soderbergh injects new life into the haunted house mystery
In Presence, the director pairs the supernatural with the modern problem of social media driving young people to engage extreme in acts of humiliation and bullying.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★★½
Review
Based on a real story, this claustrophobic thriller could hardly be more timely
Set almost entirely in a broadcast centre, September 5 revisits the terror attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics and how one news crew covered it.
- by Karl Quinn
‘It had to be addressed’: Anthony Mackie on Captain America and racism
The significance of a Black Captain America is huge, but not everyone is delighted with Marvel’s latest direction.
- by Karl Quinn
Best Aussie actor nod? No face required
Meet the man behind the chimp who stole our hearts in the Robbie Williams biopic, Better Man.
- by Garry Maddox
Pamela Anderson had a secret. Revealing it has blown our minds
The Last Showgirl changed everything for the former Baywatch star, but the emotions she brought to it had been building for years.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
Another Bridget Jones? Rom-com sequels are an abomination
They are antithetical to the very genre that birthed them.
- by Jenna Guillaume
★★★
Review
Daniel Craig as a drunken letch couldn’t be less like James Bond in this steamy movie
The former 007 star plays against type in this adaptation of a William S. Burroughs novella.
- by Sandra Hall
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