"According to the boss, we are looking to start in August."

Well, that was quick.

Annette Bening is happy to have been born right in the middle of the 20th century.

One hit and your sins are forgiven, or so goes Hollywood's self-imposed laws of contrition.

Silence indicates that Martin Scorsese is still haunted by the questions that faith raises about us as a species.

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.

Grass skirts, penis sheaths and maybe a sighting of "Prat Pitt" are part of Australia's first nomination for best foreign-language film.

The new film from the director of The Adventures of Priscilla looks like a riot of kitschy colour.

The romantic comedy gods have blessed us all with a belated Valentine's Day gift: Love Actually, hands-down the greatest film of all time, is getting a sequel. But there's a catch.

Quick, crank up the bat signal: Ben Affleck no longer wants to play Gotham City's caped crusader, according to reports.

The redoubtable Emma Thompson has climate-change deniers in her sights.

The Great Wall is Chinese director Zhang Yimou's latest attempt to the true meaning of art.

Alone in Berlin rises above the familiar approach to screen depictions of Nazi horrors.

Our pick of what's showing on the big screen

At once deadly earnest and utterly comical, Werner Herzog has turned his unique and unflinching gaze upon the internet in his latest documentary.

Feel-good trumps fact in this tale of NASA's forgotten heroines.

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.

Non-mainstream films offer a lot to digest.

Acrobatic soldiers meet generic beasts in the big battles of The Great Wall.

This inspiring film about three brilliant women who took on the status quo should have reached the screen years ago.

Two decades after the film that helped define the '90s, the Trainspotting team has gone off the rails again.

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.

The writer never thought his second film would sell, let alone be nominated for an Oscar. Now he's got a shot at best screenplay.