Aussie animators team with major production company for six big movies
A deal that could involve $500 million worth of production is expected to deliver more big movies to Australia.
Movies
Behind dreams and dramas of Dance Academy's move to movie
Dance Academy's cast talk about the hit show's impact and its next chapter on the big screen.
Frozen producer says Elsa was originally meant to be 'evil'
The most successful animated movie of all time might not have been a global hit had there not been some last-minute changes to the script.
Hugh Jackman says he had to audition despite producing
The Logan star's next movie has him playing a circus impresario in a musical.
Shocking, brutal post-war chapter revealed
 Land of Mine Written and directed by Martin Zandvliet Rated MA 15+, 101 minutes
Despite rise of Netflix, DVDs still selling surprisingly strongly
Australians with big-screen TVs and the Blu-ray players are still buying discs - a handsome 44 million of them last year.
Chilling trailer shows the return of evil clown Pennywise in remake of Stephen King's It
There are nightmares ahead as Pennywise returns to terrorise children from the sewers.
Australia's version of Boyhood shows an Aboriginal boy's journey to manhood
The acclaimed documentary Zach's Ceremony is getting a cinema release.
Too many awkward moments: why allocated seating feels wrong in cinemas
Undemocratic, unAustralian and sometimes uncomfortable.
Not even Daleks and Voldemort can save The Lego Batman Movie
Poorly crafted in-jokes and borrowed baddies make a disappointing spinoff to the successful Lego Movie.
Dance Academy: How has it impacted real life?
What do the heads of Sydney's top dance schools think of the screen hit Dance Academy?
Smurfs get a lesson in gender equality
You'd be forgiven for expecting much less from blockbuster children's entertainment.
Johansson's strangely absent body parts
Scarlett Johansson gets a new body in this live-action reimagining of a classic manga movie from 1995, set in the near future.
Cinemas screen 1984 in protest at Trump's 'alternative facts'
"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
Olivia hints at reprising iconic role for Grease's 40th anniversary
"We are thinking up ways. I can't believe [it]. Time goes so fast," she said.
Australia's version of Boyhood shows an Aboriginal boy's journey to manhood
The acclaimed documentary Zach's Ceremony
Trump's treasury secretary could face ethics probe over Lego Batman plug
Steven Mnuchin was a co-founder on the film's production company with Brett Ratner and James Packer.
Top five films
Our pick of what's showing on the big screen this week.
Zach's Ceremony an unguarded glimpse of secret men's business
"Knowledge is everything," the older Doomadgee tells his son, meaning traditional knowledge gained through initiation, but equally knowledge of the history of Indigenous relations with whites.
Screenwriter questions Hollywood diversity problem
The award-winning TV and film writer seemed shocked when the much-discussed subject of diversity and gender equity was raised recently.
Francois Ozon ruffles French feathers with Frantz
Creating a bridge between cultures motivated French director Francois Ozon to make Frantz.
How Groundhog Day and Jerry Maguire inspired The Lego Batman Movie
As well as playing with Lego bricks and Batman action figures, the Australian animation team had to watch some unlikely movies.
Skin-deep Shell could do with more filling
Scarlett Johansson is a 6 billion yen woman who's not sure who she is in the movie Ghost in the Shell.
The Country Doctor: A safety net stretched thin
A French doctor turned filmmaker captures an authenticity in the stories he uses to reflect on social change.
Lego Batman movie tinkers with DC Comics bible but is lots of fun
Inside jokes for Bat fans abound in this frenetic Lego take on Batman.
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