Put an alleged abuser in your movie and you're going to get some deservedly bad PR, film studio Warner Bros has learned.

A teenager with no acting ambitions has had rave reviews as a "magnetic screen presence".

Bryan Cranston has an exciting new cameo in James Franco's The Masterpiece - it's himself.

Mel Gibson​ the filmmaker is a divided soul – committed to Christian principles of peace and forgiveness, yet fascinated by violence of the most horrific kind. The pattern continues in Hacksaw Ridge.

With sweeping scenery, a stridently romantic score and heartfelt performances, Derek Cianfrance's film is almost irresistible in the strength of its emotions.

The television remake of the classic Australian film has sparked controversy before it has even started shooting.  

Ben Affleck's high-functioning autistic savant Christian Wolff has unique maths skills that are in demand in the world of organised crime.

Gabriel Mascaro's Neon Bull is a strange Brazilian hybrid of realism, surreal horseplay and erotica.

"The Walking Dead and Brad Pitt just sort of killed it all."

Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has made a global case, in the week leading up to the US election, that ignoring climate change will result in food becoming scarce and economic superpowers being brought to their knees.

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The former head of 20th Century Fox accepts that Mel Gibson's return to filmmaking might cost his film awards.

The book by Australian M.L. Stedman immediately begged for a screenplay, says director Derek Cianfrance.

A character's refusal to fight, rather than turning to violence, is the crux of the new Mel Gibson movie.

Australia's first Muslim romantic comedy could prompt more people from minority groups to share their stories through film, its creator says.

There are plaited rat's tails and penis flashers in this journey of damaged teenagers across the harsh landscape of America.

Reflecting on a past imperfect: TV star turned producer Alex Davies tackles the deeply personal subject of mental health.

Oscar contenders and aliens jostle for screen time as the stars align in a cinema near you.

You may think you've heard all the theories about what happened to the Australian PM, but one filmmaker is probing new ground.

The limited edition issue looks like a newspaper, feels like a magazine, and plays like an iPad. What a time to be alive.

The Australian actor is being widely predicted to be heading for the Academy Awards, with his latest film likely to join Australia's Lion in the best picture field.

A Russian film director got to remake a film he fell in love with as a teenager.

Mel Gibson's return to directing dominates nods for the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards.

Fictional US presidents might tell us more than real ones about what Americans really think of their leaders, writes Paul Byrnes.