Sydney Film Festival
Movies
Danielle Macdonald gets a good rap in Patti Cake$
How did a girl from Sydney's northern beaches get to play a rapper from New Jersey?
Why Terence Davies watched Cynthia Nixon without sound
The work of Emily Dickinson was a siren's call to director Terence Davies, who felt he had much in common with the American 19th-century writer.
Top Five Films: our pick of the best of the big screen
What's showing on the big screen this week.
Festival documentary focuses on refugee's walk of hope
A documentary about a security guard on a 42-day trek to raise funds for a school in South Sudan premieres at Sydney Film Festival.
We shall fight them on the breaches
Churchill: the knives are already out for this depiction of Winston at war.
The Mummy toys with Cruise's screen persona
The threat to the world in The Mummy has the same banal familiarity as the last X-Men outing.
Menacing tale with present-day parallels
My Cousin Rachel is a sharply astute take on Daphne du Maurier's 1951 novel.
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SHORT CUTS: Hotel Coolgardie, Chauka, Please Tell Us the Time, Kedi
Genocide saga told with familiar formula
This historical drama had a difficult road to the big screen.
Actor says Rebel's career 'slowed' after mermaid moment
Actor Hugh Sheridan tells court how Rebel Wilson's career slowed after a series of articles.
Wonder Woman breaks 'superhero glass ceiling'
That ol' argument that female superheroes don't sell? Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman has given it a final death blow.
Wanted: $2.5m for 'definitive' Ned Kelly film
There's an ambitious new bid for another take on the story of Australia's most famous bushranger.
Why a gay law professor is trying to shut down women-only 'Wonder Woman' screenings
Stephen Clark almost let it slide.
Olivia Newton-John set to star Sharknado 5
Olivia Newton-John is set to star in an upcoming sequel (and before you get excited, no, it's not a Grease revival).
Chloe Grace Moretz appalled by 'body shaming' ad
Actress Chloe Grace Moretz says she is "appalled" by a billboard promoting her new film Red Shoes and the 7 Dwarfs.
Imagination takes flight at festival hub
Sydney Town Hall is about to morph into a fantasia of psychedelic puppets and androids, punk rockers and rollerskate dancers.
Pre-CGI footage from Beauty and the Beast looks a little less romantic
Hilarious footage of Dan Stevens on the set of Beauty and the Beast has emerged, with the actor sporting a very different look.
Wenham shrugs off risk of shooting 10 day film
David Wenham reveals himself as a filmmaker whose heart belongs to small, telling moments of human connection.
Dedicated followers of film
For Evan Shapiro, the Sydney Film Festival is more than just a place to watch movies – it is an immersive experience. This will be his 29th year of attending.
Lebanon bans Wonder Woman because its star is Israeli
Wonder Woman was pulled in Lebanon just two hours before it was due to premiere in theatres.
All in the family
Director Mike Mills has mined his father's story for one of his intensely personal films; now it's his mother's turn, with Annette Bening inhabiting the role.
Rebel Wilson's mum tells court 'I accept I'm a bogan'
If you live in Sydney's western suburbs you are a bogan, a court has heard.
Redgrave on directing: 'I want to save lives'
The acclaimed actor has taken a deeply personal approach to tackling the refugee crisis.
New footy comedy for team behind Backyard Ashes
A country coach recruits a team of asylum seekers in a new Australian film.
Shari Sebbens on 'the horrible side' of the country
The Sapphires actress, Shari Sebbens, stars in a provocative film that takes place on a day of national celebration.
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