Movies
Thor: The Dark World
Totally hammering it
STEPHANIE BUNBURY Marvel's blockbusters meld commerce and art to staggering effect. Thor: The Dark World director Alan Taylor and Marvel chief Kevin Feige take us behind the scenes.
Editor's choice
Sebastian Coe
Daniel Radcliffe to play running legend
11:13am Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has signed on to play British Olympic runner Sebastian Coe in a movie about rivalries on the running track.
Dodgy DVDs
Pirates at the Caribbean a phantom menace
KARL QUINN 5:27pm Identified this week as one of the most 'notorious' physical markets on the planet, Caribbean Gardens is rather bereft of signs of the nefarious trade in illegal DVDs.
Big deal
Steven Spielberg snaps up teen's diary
NICK GALVIN 10:45pm A 1950s 'glamour guide for teens' has helped a 15-year-old girl earn a $300,000 book deal, as well as a Steven Spielberg movie deal.
Fright Night
Hooray for Horrorwood
Joel Meares Guilty pleasure or channelling of existential angst? Either way, the simple horror film offers some very complex pleasures.
Short Cuts
Green Porno coming our way
GARRY MADDOX 10:45pm Isabella Rossellini bringing Green Porno to Australia; Alex Proyas has eyes on Egypt; Tony Ayres starts Cut Snake.
Lawrence Johnston
Fallout endures from '50s classic
PHILIPPA HAWKER Melbourne filmmaker Lawrence Johnston's documentary Fallout has a multi-faceted engagement with On the Beach.
Nice queen
Deneuve does it her way
STEPHANIE BUNBURY At 70, Catherine Deneuve knows what she wants and is prepared to ask for it.
Mrs Carey
Teacher got harsh treatment: filmmaker
GARRY MADDOX Star of Mrs Carey's Concert left school because of "harsh and unwarranted treatment", says director Bob Connolly.
Movies
Everyone wants a piece of 12 Years a Slave
KARL QUINN It may give Brad Pitt his best shot of an Oscar but the success of 12 Years a Slave is also putting strain on his long-running deal with Paramount.
The Turning
Tim Winton film is Turning a dollar
KARL QUINN The multi-director adaptation of Tim Winton's The Turning has proven an unlikely box office success, passing the $1 million mark locally.
Vale Antonia Bird
Director of Priest, Ravenous, dead
KARL QUINN The British film director Antonia Bird, a frequent collabroator of Robert Carlyle, has died.
The Counselor
Penelope Cruz never plays it safe
Jenny Cooney Carrillo The star of the Cormac McCarthy-penned The Counselor insists the perception of Cruz control is just an illusion.
Latest reviews
Review
Thor: The Dark World
SANDRA HALL Comic-book superheroes have become so angst-ridden in recent years it's a relief to be around one who has hung on to his sense of humour.
Sister
PHILIPPA HAWKER Swiss writer-director Ursula Meier's Sister is a story of resilience and fragility that is heartbreaking, slow-building and matter-of-factly observational.
Lasseter's Bones
JAKE WILSON Nothing is more Australian than the tradition of turning losers into myths.
Fly Me to the Moon
PAUL BYRNES This is a naive domestic comedy without any breeding, and I'm not sure you'll be amused by its presumption.
Fallout
PHILIPPA HAWKER Lawrence Johnston's documentary Fallout skilfully weaves together several narrative strands related to On the Beach, the novel and the film.
Thor: The Dark World
JAKE WILSON Chris Hemsworth's performance has a pleasantly light, self-mocking quality but Thor is steadfastly at the jock end of the Marvel spectrum.
Fly Me To The Moon
PHILIPPA HAWKER A quirky romantic comedy that works best when it focuses on the calculated mismatch of its central characters.
Full coverage
Late Mailer: An Egyptian book of the dead now lives
Pip Cummings 9:57am Ancient myths run through artist Matthew Barney's latest film.
'Notorious'
'Notorious' pirated DVD market pinpointed in Australia by US authority
MICHAEL IDATO America's film industry watchdog, the Motion Picture Association of America, has fired a broadside at a number of countries, including Australia, which it has identified as "notorious marketplaces for the distribution of illegal film and television shows".
Hobbit fans to get sneak peek at Smaug
Wellington Hobbit fans will get a sneak peek at the second film of the trilogy - The Desolation of Smaug - at a global live presentation next month.
The Tribal Mind
The 3D reality show
David Dale You'd be mad to watch a great 3D film on your phone; you'd completely miss the gravity of the situation.
Ghost story
A fine bromance
Nick Galvin Artist Ben Quilty and filmmaker Warwick Thornton bonded over beer and a shared love of cars. The two good mates sit down to discuss their first artistic collaboration.
Press eject
Last bark of Video Dogs as buffs buy up treats
PHILIPPA HAWKER Video Dogs, the video rental store that has been servicing movie buffs for almost 15 years, is selling up its stock, yet another sign of the decline of the rental sector.
WA boom
Plans to build a $50m film studio in Perth
It is an ambitious goal, but a Perth film producer believes he can build Western Australia's first film studio within the next three years.
Columns
Green Porno coming our way
Isabella Rossellini bringing Green Porno to Australia; Alex Proyas has eyes on Egypt; Tony Ayres starts Cut Snake.
Did Fifty Shades of fandom chase away Charlie Hunnam?
If Charlie Hunnam really has backed out of Fifty Shades of Grey because the fans didn't want him, could it mark a tipping point in the relationship between studio and audience?
Get Flick'd
Giles Hardie's lifelong mission is to bring Gold Class to the masses.
Australian film wins prize in Venice
The Australian film Ruin, shot in Cambodia, was among the prizewinners in Venice.
Lesbian love epic wins Cannes' top prize
An audacious lesbian love story featuring hardcore sex by French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche has won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Trailers
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, is living quietly in Washington, DC trying to adjust to the modern world.
Anchorman 2
With the '70s behind him, San Diego's top-rated newsman Ron Burgundy returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Ben Stiller stars in a remake of the tale of a day-dreamer who escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a world of fantasies.
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The adventures of Gustave H, concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
After being "marked", Jesse is pursued by mysterious forces while his family and friends try to save him.
Fruitvale Station
The purportedly true story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.
Battle of the Year
Battle of the Year is an international dance crew tournament that attracts all the best teams from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in 15 years.
Devil's Due
After a mysterious last night on their honeymoon, a newlywed couple finds themselves dealing with an earlier-than-planned, and far from normal, pregnancy.
Walking With Dinosaurs
See and feel what it was like when dinosaurs ruled the Earth in this big-screen spin-off from the BBC series.
American Hustle
The story of a con artist and his partner in crime, who are forced to work with a federal agent to turn the tables on other cons, mobsters, and politicians.
Philomena
After her baby is whisked away by nuns to America for adoption, Philomena spends the next 50 years searching for him. Based on a true story.
In Bob We Trust
Documentary about the dynamic and sometimes controversial Melbourne Catholic priest Father Bob Maguire.
Ender's Game
In the near future, when a hostile alien race has attacked Earth, a boy named Ender is humanity's best chance of survival.
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Young covert CIA analyst Jack Ryan uncovers a Russian plot to crash the US economy with a terrorist attack.
Thor - The Dark World
Thor continues his battle to save the Earth and all the nine realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself.
Inside Llewyn Davis
A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.
