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Chinese fantasy epic a refreshing new step for Hollywood
This is rousing, pacey entertainment – and perhaps a preview of a future world film industry where Hollywood no longer has things all its own way.
This is rousing, pacey entertainment – and perhaps a preview of a future world film industry where Hollywood no longer has things all its own way.
Fist Fight has the thrown together, not-even-trying quality that now appears to be the norm for mainstream Hollywood comedy.
Quick, crank up the bat signal: Ben Affleck no longer wants to play Gotham City's caped crusader, according to reports.
Silence indicates that Martin Scorsese is still haunted by the questions that faith raises about us as a species.
At once deadly earnest and utterly comical, Werner Herzog has turned his unique and unflinching gaze upon the internet in his latest documentary.
It was a big hit on Broadway, but this musical treatment of the New York newsboys' strike of 1899 could be a tough sell over here.
Anna Biller's second feature film continues in her signature retro style, centring on a lonely witch whose ''love magic'' has fatal consequences.
Musical comedy La La Land has continued its award season domination, taking home five trophies at the 70th British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
Geoffrey Rush lived up to his name on Saturday by swooping in for just a few hours into the Berlin Film Festival, where he received an award for his contribution to film culture.
A Melbourne couple have developed a world-first app that will allow moviegoers to find tickets at far less than the regular price.
Jessica Chastain earned an Oscar nomination for her turn as a driven CIA analyst.
What's often called the world's biggest short film festival has moved west.
From overlooked black female mathematicians on the space program to overlooked white female astronauts.
Even before the iconic festival, a short about a huge barrier to refugees has won an award
It is profits, not security, that is driving America's military build-up in the Pacific - and we could all pay the price.
For supposed trash, Fifty Shades Darker offers a fair amount to ponder.
Denzel Washington shows the cracks in the persona of Troy, a black man denied in Fences.
A willingness to belabour the obvious can be a virtue, especially when the obvious truths in question are the kind we might be tempted to forget
Fancy buying yourself a Valentine's Day present?
T2 Trainspotting star Jonny Lee Miller tells why he's glad to have given up the celebrity game.
Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to... a spoof?
When Christian Grey isn't stalking Anastasia Steele in 50 Shades Darker, a former submissive partner of Grey's is stalking them both.
It's a story familiar to Melbourne, Goodnight Brooklyn, an alternately intimate and loud documentary about a popular performance space overwhelmed by a corporate behemoth.
From the filthy lanes of London to the red carpet, James Bowen tells of tale of a bossy cat and stardom.
The filmmaker says he has discovered Lion isn't a piece of entertainment - it's an experience.
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