A work of art or schmaltz? Critics divide over film adaption of The Light between Oceans.

A low budget Australian film about serial killers has become an unexpected darling of the Venice Film Festival

Jackie Chan, legend of martial arts cinema, is to receive an honorary Oscar.

The creative partnership between Australian producer Bruna Papandrea and Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon has been dissolved.

Australian actor and director Mel Gibson is planning a sequel to The Passion of the Christ.

Baz Luhrmann's Oscar-winning film Moulin Rouge is heading to the stage.

As his alter-ego Panti Bliss, Rory O'Neill became the face of Ireland's marriage equality campaign. What he thinks of a plebiscite may surprise you.

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One of the world's most famous bunnies is headed this way for a big budget live-action-meets-animated film.

An Australian film likened to The Towering Inferno will recreate the horrific attacks of 2008.

A compelling adventure about an app-based game where kids take riskier and riskier dares the more they play.

It has taken Terence Davies 18 years to bring Sunset Song to the screen, but it was worth it.

Spike Jones directs Margaret Qualley in a magnificent send-up of fragrance ads.

Director Oliver Stone found the stakes were high in making a movie about US whistleblower Edward Snowden.

The internet rumour mill which churns plot details for upcoming Star Wars movies has slipped into high gear over a possible story twist for the upcoming Episode VIII.

A little bit Wes Anderson, a little bit Napoleon Dynamite, Rosemary Myers' award-winning first treats the topic of geeky teens with poetry and grace.

Subversive thriller about delinquents who break into wealthy homes starts off well but doesn't carry through.

Edward Snowden's in exile but not afraid to speak his mind about his hosts.

In his latest role, Mel Gibson reminds us he's one of the few hardboiled heroes left standing.

With gentle words of farewell, former actor Peter Ostrum seemed to capture the outpouring of grief around the world for the late, great Gene Wilder: "It's kind of like losing a parent."

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Hugo Weaving knows that acting and celebrity are poles apart. But, he tells Karl Quinn over lunch, there are plenty who lose sight of that.

The skill set for his new film included skinning animals, martial arts, rock-climbing, playing guitar and gardening.

Hollywood actor Gene Wilder, beloved star of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory along with countless other comedy classics, has died at the age of 83.

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If 2016 is remembered for anything, it will be that it cut a swathe through our collective cultural memory, taking down some of the most enduring icons.

Weiner captures in excruciating detail the disastrous comeback of former US Congressman Anthony Weiner.