How a Kung Fu Panda copyright lawsuit backfired
It doesn't always pay to make copyright claims against big studios like DreamWorks, especially when the claim is false.
Movies
HBO series Big Little Lies is 'nirvana' for Kidman and co
She joined forces with Reese Witherspoon to create more roles for women. In her latest project Australian producer Bruna Papandrea has hit paydirt.
'Is there something missing?': Wake in Fright director on TV remake
His film shocked audiences on its release, so maybe it is fitting that Ted Kotcheff should be taken aback by the idea it would be remade for TV
Exploring the conundrum that is Polanski
A retrospective of films by Roman Polanski will shine a light on the confounding director.
Garrett Hedlund pushed to cracking point
Director Ang Lee sent his cast to boot camp for an extreme bonding exercise.
Disney renames Moana in Italy due to confusion with famous porn star
It seems when Italians hear 'Moana', they don't think of a cute kid's cartoon.
Alexander Skarsgard declares War on Everyone
After seven years of vampires and a swing at Tarzan, Alexander Skarsgard plays a bad cop.
Say cheese, Gromit: Aardman characters to star in Australia
A major exhibition dedicated to the claymation creations of Aardman will arrive in Melbourne next year.
Kidman, Crowe and Kylie as you've never seen them before
New clips from the National Film & Sound Archive show Australian stars before they were famous.
Beastly tale needed firmer editing hand
JK Rowling's reign remains intact, even if Newt Scamander tale could have done with an edit.
Top five films
Our pick of what's showing on the big screen this week.
Kanye is making a movie about his life and he wants Will Ferrell to play him
Sure, okay.
Fantastic beasts let loose
The incredible is still close at hand but the menace isn't as compelling.
Ryan Reynolds reveals nervous breakdown
The 40-year-old actor said the movie was produced on such a tight budget they couldn't afford props in certain scenes.
Everyman tale a manipulative tearjerker
Ken Loach screenwriter Paul Laverty keep making films about characters and issues few filmmakers seem inclined to tackle.
Australian screen worth $3b a year, but Croc still tops
A groundbreaking report has put both a cultural and an economic value on Australia's screen industry.
Short Cuts: Film reviews in brief
At Monsterfest the morbid, the mutated and masterclasses mingle.
Is War on Everyone the worst film of 2016?
The director of the best film of 2014 gives us the worst film of 2016.
Beauty and the bore? Has Disney muddled their live-action remake
The long-awaited Beauty and the Beast remake with Emma Watson is a mess of CGI from what appears to be a trigger-happy animation department.
McDonald's success made to salesman's order
Michael Keaton shines as the travelling salesman who set the McDonald's arches on the march.
Is this the role that will win Michael Keaton an Oscar?
Having narrowly missed out in 2015 with Birdman, Michael Keaton is once again stirring Oscar talk with The Founder. But, he tells Karl Quinn, he won't let the chatter go to his head.
AI's mind and body grow in scientific hothouse
Gender gets a smart treatment in this flawed story on artificial life.
Go-Betweens doc for Kriv 'Red Dog' Stenders
The in-demand director is set to follow the release of his sequel Red Dog: True Blue with a documentary on legendary Brisbane band The Go-Betweens.
National Film and Sound Archive director resigns
The search is on for a new director of the National Film and Sound Archive, with the announcement Monday that chief executive Michael Loebenstein has resigned.
Nervous moments as filmmaker opens the comedy he sold his home to make
For a first-time director, the premiere was "the worst experience ever".
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