Denzel Washington shows the cracks in the persona of Troy, a black man denied in Fences.

We all know that cats seldom do as they're told, which is why cat videos on YouTube have the charm of the unpredictable. Making a cat into the centre of a dramatic narrative is a bigger challenge, even for a veteran director like Roger Spottiswoode, whose experience with animal movies goes back to the 1989 man-and-dog comedy Turner and Hooch.

Fractures, broken bones, trips by ambulance to hospital and a singular devotion to the trailblazing martial arts actor bonded Jackie Chan's stuntmen.   

The memoirs of Judy Garland's second husband, Sid Luft, claims the child star was assaulted by munchkins on the set of The Wizard Of Oz.

Fifty Shades of Grey star Jamie Dornan says fans of the erotic box office hit could look forward to more action when the sequel, Fifty Shades Darker, reaches cinemas this month.

The film tells of the women doing the maths behind the early NASA missions, while they battled segregation and discrimination.

With the toss of a wild mane of bleached blonde hair, the Australian actress Natasha Bassett has transformed into the pop star diva Britney Spears in an upcoming biopic which chronicles Spear's troubled rise to fame and her sudden flame-out.

The success of Rogue One ensures many more stand-alone movies as well as new episodes of the sci-fi saga.

While director Peter Berg may not have a great deal of insight into the mindset of those behind the bombings, he avoids turning them into simple demons.

A lack of gender and racial diversity in Hollywood is not merely limited to front-of-camera acting roles.

In Gold, Matthew McConaughey strikes an unattractive note as a businessman dreamer.

There's more high-spirited whimsy than laugh-out-loud humour in this film than its predecessor.

Director Han Jae-rim pulls a neat trick in his crime epic The King, a major hit in its native Korea.

The actor is stepping down as director on 'The Batman' but will remain as both the film's producer and titular star.

Viola Davis' depth counterbalances Denzel Washington's swagger in a film that reflects its stage beginnings.

Deepwater Horizon director Peter Berg has Mark Wahlberg again playing a certain type of hero in Patriots Day, on the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.

Oscar-nominated Toni Erdmann is a story of a father and daughter's bond.

Manchester by the Sea is vying for Best Picture against the more cheerful La La Land and the more transporting Moonlight, but so it should be, because it is the kind of movie you don't forget easily.

The movie about the smuggler and scoundrel's early days is underway.

Our pick of what's showing on the big screen this week.

His roles as an action hero were great fun, the actor says, but now, with Martin Scorsese in charge, Liam Neeson's career is taking a serious turn.

SHORT CUTS: Winter at Westbeth, Marcello Mastroianni, The King

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Cultural figures and institutions are calculating how Donald Trump's executive order seeking to keep many foreigners from entering the United States will harm their art and missions.