The Melbourne Film Festival offers a vast smorgasbord for cinema buffs. Here are seven highlights to start with.

The young actor taking over from Harrison Ford talks about being on the Millennium Falcon for the first time.

• ANALYSIS

When it came to remaking Ghostbusters, there were some smart and some not-so-smart decisions.

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A Star Wars world with a host of new characters and a new feisty female lead was unveiled at a special fan event on Friday, as the cast of the upcoming film Rogue One discussed the latest chapter of the much-loved franchise.

• COMMENT

The backlash against the all-female Ghostbusters is the last desperate cry of a patriarchy losing its grip.

Stephen King's It film has revealed the first look of Pennywise the Clown to instil permanent fear into a new generation of movie-goers.

A modern dance documentary, a comedy lacking context and an insight into Hitchcock can be found on the big screen.

Johnson reflected on the depression and financial hardship he suffered before his million-dollar Hollywood career.

Some have loved it some have loathed it, but the debut feature from the Daniels directing duo certainly stays with you, writes Karl Quinn.

Ghostbusters may be poised to become a blockbuster hit around the world, but audiences in China are likely to miss out on seeing the film.

Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and director Taika Waititi have shared light-hearted social media posts from the set.

Australian actor Joel Edgerton plays a man jailed in 1960s America for marrying a black woman in his latest film, Loving.

This would-be cult favourite, starring Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe, is premised on a blend of navel-gazing and gross-out comedy. Think Beavis and Butthead Do Terrence Malick,

John Carney musical teen movie doesn't hit many new notes, but it's an energetic riff on a familiar theme.

Veteran British TV director Susanna White gives us an elegant political thriller with a strong cast, but without the depth that flows from serious moral inquiry.

Jake Gyllenhaal has to deal with the aftermath of trauma in a disappointing Demolition.

Our pick of the best on the big screen this weekend.

It's something surprising that you won't see in the Legend of Tarzan. Director David Yates admits cutting a gay kiss scene from his recent Tarzan reboot.

For these characters, research into the paranormal is an intellectual adventure, maybe even a quest for beauty. But in the end, the ghosts are there to be busted.

The women take care of business with flair in this likeable remake of Ghosbusters.

Aussie stars are part of a $3 million groundbreaking program to encourage female film and TV talent.

Pokemon Go, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Ulzana's Raid, Grand Designs New Zealand, Bosch.

A gold-digger who's laughably blind to her own flaws is the centrepiece of a new movie take on Jane Austen.

By his own reckoning, Damian Lewis, as Hector in Our Kind of Traitor, is playing John le Carre – somebody who always wanted to speak the truth to authority but was compromised.