Last updated: February 20, 2017

Battler spirit powered dream

Battler spirit powered dream
VERITY EDWARDS
When it comes to sport’s folklore, the Cods did the equivalent of a country town team winning the AFL flag.

Bitter sweet

Bitter sweet
Richard Guilliatt
His first film is up for an Oscar, but Martin Butler will have to walk the red carpet without his wife, the feisty journalist Liz Jackson, who is fighting Parkinson’s ­disease.

Saga of missionary misery

Saga of missionary misery
DAVID STRATTON
Martin Scorsese’s love/hate relationship with the church has been given another outing in his new film, Silence.

Scorsese’s spiritual quest

Scorsese’s spiritual quest
PHILIPPA HAWKER
The longer he pondered how to tackle Silence, the better the director understood that less is more.

Older and a bit less fun

Older and a bit less fun
Stephen Romei
The Trainspotting cast is reunited for the much-anticipated sequel. Sadly, it won’t be remembered as their best work.

Polanski bid to end sex case

Polanski bid to end sex case
The fugitive director is seeking to unseal a letter he believes crucial to his attempts to resolve his 1977 rape conviction.

Trainspotting actors resume journey

Trainspotting actors resume journey
Philippa Hawker
You can’t accuse the makers of Trainspotting of rushing to cash in on success. It has taken 21 years for a sequel.

Warning: do not wear white

Warning: do not wear white
MICHAEL OWEN
As one would expect, there are no safe seats in an immersive on-stage adaptation of cult classic Trainspotting.

Looking for complex characters

Looking for complex characters
Philippa Hawker
Viola Davis’s role in Fences could win her an Oscar.

Lion starts dreaming of Oscars

Lion starts dreaming of Oscars
Philippa Hawker
Two Australian films, notably Garth Davis’s Lion, have secured wins at Britain’s BAFTAs.

British prelude sets Oscars form

British prelude sets Oscars form
Philippa Hawker
La La Land again dominated, this time at the BAFTAs.

Froth, political hits at BAFTAS

Froth, political hits at BAFTAS
Musical “La La Land” took five prizes at the Oscars preview, which also attracted veiled political statements | GALLERY

The play’s the thing

The play’s the thing
DAVID STRATTON
The question of how to adapt plays for the screen has been around since movies began.

Claim to fame

Claim to fame
PHILIPPA HAWKER
Octavia Spencer has discovered that in the quest for Hollywood success, if you don’t ask, you don’t get.

Ana and Christian back at it

Ana and Christian back at it
Stephen Romei
Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson are back for EL James’s Fifty Shades Darker and both look in fine shape.

‘The ultimate acting job’

‘The ultimate acting job’
Megan Lehmann
She radiates strength and composure. No wonder Miranda Otto is landing roles playing whip-smart intelligence officers.

Syrians fear Oscars travel ban

Syrians fear Oscars travel ban
Hannah Lucinda Smith
Syrian search and rescue workers, who feature in an Oscar-nominated documentary, fear the US travel ban.

Man of the world

Man of the world
Ed Potton
Oscar hopeful Dev Patel is a star for a globalised age

Sparks fly as worlds collide

Sparks fly as worlds collide
Philippa Hawker
A work of detours and reversals will reward audiences who give it space.

Most wanted man

Most wanted man
Polly Vernon
Is Ryan Gosling, the star of La La Land, as perfect as he sounds (and looks)?
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