An idiosyncratic romance about two Hungarian slaughterhouse workers who share dreams has won the $60,000 prize.

Stephen Furst, who played naive fraternity pledge Flounder in the hit movie Animal House, has died of complications from diabetes, his family says.

Joss Whedon, director of Marvel's Avengers blockbusters and the groundbreaking TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer is being accused of sexism after his unproduced Wonder Woman script has surfaced.

The Hollywood star died in December last year of sleep apnoea and 'other conditions'.

One of Hollywood's most versatile female stars says film depictions of women are often oversimplified.

The staff of the Australian Antarctic Division stations ran for many years an informal film society.

Barbara Blackman has led a full, yet unconventional life, one now explored in a new film, writes Sasha Grishin

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​Hollywood star Rebel Wilson stands to make millions after winning her high-profile court battle.

Behrouz Boochani recorded life inside the Manus Island detention centre for the sake of history.

The first feature film from Lucia Aniello, a key writer behind goofball New Yorker comedy Broad City, is disappointingly mainstream.

The two actors are appearing at Sydney's Supanova convention over June 16-18 and say they're always touched by meeting fans.

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A documentary follows two female Finnish backpackers as they confront the seedy underside of an Australian mining town.

Director Roger Donaldson's film McLaren is a fast-paced labour of love about a racing legend.

Anita Pallenberg, muse of the Rolling Stones and longtime girlfriend of Keith Richards, has died at 73.

Nick Broomfield's special subject is the lives of the rich, famous and dead.

An incendiary documentary about race is the frontrunner for the $60,000 prize.

A new film about an ex-bikie trying to reunite his family follows in the footsteps of Birdman.

There are some striking moments in this rather traditional biopic, but also some tedium, corniness and massaging of facts.

With the best story arcs already exhausted in previous instalments, this feels more like a drawn-out sitcom episode than a film.

Tense, character-driven scenes could be inserted, beat for beat, into a dramatisation of the Wikileaks story.

It's crude, lewd and hilarious: Lucia Aniello's new comedy features a night out gone horribly wrong.

The Melbourne Film Festival will open with a thrilling true story of survival from Wolf Creek director Greg McLean.

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

Una is so tense at points, you might forget to breath. ★★★★

Risk, Nahid, Whitney: Can I Be Me