The actor found it hard to get in shape at the age of 45 for his fourth outing as the rogue CIA agent.

Cimino was one of the New Hollywood breed who had an uncompromising view – and paid the price for it.

Politically speaking, Australian director Wayne Blair and screenwriter Hanna Weg have to walk a tricky line, yet this leaves the film with no real dramatic centre.

Goldstone dramatises some unpalatable themes with power and clarity, and seems likely to be remembered as one of the key Australian films of its era.

Check out our quick cheatsheet to decide where you're going to put your cinema dollars.

This year's Scandinavian Film Festival is by turns bold and beautiful, writes Jane Freebury.

A gaggle of highly articulate people have children, swap partners and then wonder where it all went wrong in the new film Maggie's Plan.

Aussie Chris Hemsworth startled both director and cast with an unexpected talent for improvising on the set of Ghostbusters.

"How can you not be insulted by people making ridiculous remarks? But you really can't take it to heart. It's sad that people still feel that way in this day and age, and it's disappointing, but you just have to feel sorry for them and move on."

A dramatic retelling of one of Australia's most infamous murders will be a highlight of this year's Melbourne International Film Festival.

Ewan McGregor plays an unlikely hero in a John le Carre thriller at Europe's intersection of national security and organised crime.

Despite their very local, Iranian themes, Kiarostami's films - including 1997 Palmes d'Or winner Taste of Cherry - struck a chord with global audiences.

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Jake Wilson's top five films of the week.

Noel Neill, the petite film and television actress who played Lois Lane in 1940s Superman movie serials and on television in the 1950s, died on Sunday at her home in Tucson, Arizona. She was 95.

Director Rebecca Miller once again gets away with surprising us.

At 27, the former Swedish soapie star has the film world at her feet.

Daniel Radcliffe washes up on shore in a mix of Zombie movie, frat-house comedy and reflection on our death-denying culture.

The handsome new ''prince'' of Danish TV will be on hand at the Scandinavian Film Festival to talk about his two offerings.

Matt Damon is back for the fourth time as the elusive assassin in Jason Bourne and talks about revisiting his famous character and the issues ahead of the US election.

Out in the backblocks of New Mexico, Alex Russell is enjoying a well-earned day off. It's the Fourth of July holiday weekend and the in-demand Australian actor is cooling off after another taxing week on the set of Granite Mountain.

Comparing poorly to the Disney production's $187-million budget, the result has already started whispering in some quarters that Spielberg may have lost his touch.

Matt Damon almost brought Mars Down Under when filming his epic movie The Martian.

Michael Cimino, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker who earned a reputation as one of Hollywood's boldest directors with the haunting 1978 Vietnam War drama The Deer Hunter, and then all but squandered it two years later with Heaven's Gate, died on Saturday. He was 77.

The highest grossing box office actress of all time is not Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts or Meryl Streep.