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This film used to make Austria cringe. Now it brings in $1.8b

Residents used to wince when tourists asked directions to movie locations. Sixty years later, the city is embracing hordes of TikTokers channelling their inner Julie Andrews.

  • Rob Harris

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Director Jafar Panahi.

From prison to the Palme d’Or: Jafar Panahi’s defiant message to the world

Iranian director Jafar Panahi said seeing his secretly made film with an audience after 15 years was the most exciting liberty.

  • Stephanie Bunbury
Eiza González, John Krasinksi and Natalie Portman race around the world in Guy Ritchie’s new adventure romp Fountain of Youth.

‘You forget what country you’re in’: How Natalie Portman managed the ‘vibe’ on Guy Ritchie’s film set

Natalie Portman and John Krasinski star in the British director’s new action romp, Fountain of Youth, which comes with a big dollop of Indiana Jones.

  • Stephanie Bunbury
Australian ambassador to the United States Kevin Rudd at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles.

‘A tax on Bluey’: Rudd mocks Trump’s movie tariffs

Australia’s ambassador to the US lampooned the proposed movie tariffs and ridiculed the Trump administration’s bid to impose 10 per cent tariffs on uninhabited islands.

  • Michael Koziol
Andrew Forrest.

Why Andrew Forrest bankrolled David Attenborough’s last great project

The mining billionaire was a nature-loving teenager when he first fell in love with Attenborough’s films.

  • Rob Harris
US President Donald Trump tariffs

How Hollywood’s most powerful unions influenced Trump’s movie tariff plan

Donald Trump’s move against “foreign” movies was inspired by an ageing actor and two of Hollywood’s most powerful unions, but Penny Wong plans to push back.

  • Karl Quinn and Olivia Ireland
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US President Donald Trump’s tariffs hit Hollywood, car makers.

Now it’s Hollywood’s turn for a Trump scorching

If Donald Trump’s latest tariff thought bubble is as damaging as most expect, his resuscitation of the US movie industry will have more of a palliative feel.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Joseph Zada, who plays Charlie Roth in the new Australian series Invisible Boys, will star in the Sunrise on the Reaping film.

Young Australian star lands huge role in new Hunger Games movie

Speculation has run riot ever since prequel film Sunrise On The Reaping was announced. Now its leads have been revealed.

  • Nell Geraets
George Clooney hit back at Donald Trump’s jabs, saying: “My job is not to please the president of the United States”.

George Clooney claps back at Donald Trump as verbal spat continues

The Hollywood star made comments about press freedom on the US edition of 60 Minutes. They did not go down well.

  • Cindy Yin
Honey, Sophie, Lola, Raf, Nikki, Chiara and CEO of Palace Cinemas Ben Zeccola taking part in the Minecraft movie craze, where punters throw popcorn in the air at the Chicken Jockey scene.

A game of chicken (jockey): Melbourne cinemas embrace Minecraft mayhem

Theatres were prepared for the phenomenon when it arrived in Australia last week, even buying industrial vacuums to clean after each screening.

  • Alexander Darling

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