![Vanessa Redgrave directed and features in the refugee crisis documentary Sea Sorrow, which she hopes will have an impact ...](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/f/v/9/t/image.related.landscape.300x200.gwf39j.gwh3pg.png/1496327388886.jpg)
Sydney Film Festival
Movies
![The post-CGI appearance of Dan Stevens as beast looks markedly different to the pre-CGI look.](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/1/y/5/9/image.related.wideLandscape.300x169.gwhwsd.png/1496296941456.jpg)
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.
Chloe Grace Moretz appalled by 'body shaming' ad
![Chloe Grace Moretz has said she was "appalled" by a billboard promoting her new film.](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/h/t/i/o/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwht6b.png/1496296144046.jpg)
Actress Chloe Grace Moretz says she is "appalled" by a billboard promoting her new film Red Shoes and the 7 Dwarfs.
Lebanon bans Wonder Woman because its star is Israeli
![Gal Gadot stars in Wonder Woman.](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/g/8/b/1/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwhpwd.png/1496297152852.jpg)
Wonder Woman was pulled in Lebanon just two hours before it was due to premiere in theatres.
All in the family
![Annette Bening: "I had all these associations and memories that came flooding back."](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/g/j/g/2/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwhanb.png/1496298139914.jpg)
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'
![Rebel wears tartan: Rebel Wilson appears outside court on Wednesday.](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/g/y/n/i/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwhbch.png/1496230012691.jpg)
If you live in Sydney's western suburbs you are a bogan, a court has heard.
Redgrave on directing: 'I want to save lives'
![Vanessa Redgrave directed and features in the refugee crisis documentary Sea Sorrow, which she hopes will have an impact ...](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/f/v/9/t/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwf39j.png/1496327388886.jpg)
The acclaimed actor has taken a deeply personal approach to tackling the refugee crisis.
New footy comedy for team behind Backyard Ashes
![New footy film: Damian Callinan.](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/h/1/v/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwfowx.png/1496243276712.jpg)
A country coach recruits a team of asylum seekers in a new Australian film.
Shari Sebbens on 'the horrible side' of the country
![Shari Sebbens: "Why would I want to audition for a film called <i>Australia Day</i>?"](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/g/w/q/b/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwgmbs.png/1496312390847.jpg)
The Sapphires actress, Shari Sebbens, stars in a provocative film that takes place on a day of national celebration.
Gadot the best thing about Wonder Woman's comeback
![Too coy: Chris Pine and Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman.](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/c/6/p/v/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwgysp.png/1496298696584.jpg)
Wonder Woman is inherently more interesting than yet another rehash of Batman or Spider-Man – and on its own terms, at least a qualified success.
Baywatch reboot is as shallow as you'd expect: review
![Buff daddy: Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron in the movie reboot of Baywatch.](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/0/z/r/2/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwh2h9.png/1496298505435.jpg)
It's never quite clear whether this Baywatch is paying tribute to its model or sending it up.
Hounds of Love a fine horror debut
![A scene from Hounds of Love.](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/a/9/o/l/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwgkm4.png/1496300703603.jpg)
Hounds of Love is an accomplished, daring piece of work from Australian director Ben Young.
Top five films: the best of the big screen
![Wholly persuasive: Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman.](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/g/8/b/1/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwghqb.png/1496275162797.jpg)
Our pick of what's showing on the big screen this week.
Jessica Chastain slams 'disturbing' Cannes films
![Speaking out: Jessica Chastain at Cannes with president of the jury Pedro Almodovar and jury member Paolo Sorrentino.](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/g/n/b/o/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwgscm.png/1496306847327.jpg)
Jessica Chastain, who was a jury member, criticised the representation of women in this year's competition.
Rebel Wilson: A lady never tells (her age)
![Rebel Wilson appears outside court on Tuesday](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/g/4/5/c/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwgh82.png/1496156678696.jpg)
Rebel Wilson insists a lady never tells her age, and has shown a court ladies don't much like toothy photos either.
A movie about Voldemort's backstory is coming to screens
![Independent film Voldemort: Origins of the Heir is set to be released on YouTube in the coming weeks.](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/g/9/0/x/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwg94d.png/1496209634300.jpg)
The world's most famous evil wizard is getting the spinoff treatment, but there's a catch.
James Bond's Daniel Craig goes redneck in new film Logan Lucky
![The Daniel Craig of Skyfall seems like a distant dream.](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/e/y/s/k/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwfy3d.png/1496298843981.jpg)
It's Daniel Craig as you never wanted to see him.
No, Sam Claflin is not Nicholas Hoult or Eddie Redmayne
![Sam Claflin in My Cousin Rachel.](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/e/a/6/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwe8jv.png/1496292905266.jpg)
"Obviously I have no talent," The Hunger Games star says. "It's pure luck."
Kidman among major award-winners as festival wraps up
![Nicole Kidman during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival.](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/a/x/q/t/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwf6hc.png/1496067654676.jpg)
Nicole Kidman receives '70th Anniversary Prize' after major award-winners announced, festival wraps up.
Is it time to stop churning out more of the same?
![Johnny Depp in a scene from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/a/p/s/a/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwf4xq.png/1496067777398.jpg)
Baywatch, Pirates of the Caribbean figures suggest audiences don't want more of the same.
Polanski's return to psycho-drama divides Cannes critics
![Polanski's new film is a psychological thriller.](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/f/2/d/l/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwf2eg.png/1495970545732.jpg)
Director Roman Polanski, who has a new film out at the age of 82, continues to divide the critics.
New Pirates of the Caribbean post-credits scene reveal
![In this image released by Disney, Orlando Bloom portrays Will Turner in a scene from "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men ...](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/f/0/q/n/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwezzb.png/1495960366757.jpg)
SPOILERS: It isn't all Captain Jack Sparrow-inspired laughs from Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales.
Marvel manics flood Brisbane's world-first exhibition
![Nicolas Pougnet and son Lucas, 4, visit the Marvel exhibition at GOMA.](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/e/i/1/x/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwehrx.png/1495863342652.jpg)
Visitors to the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane were treated to a world exclusive, as never-before-seen Marvel memorabilia went on display.
Female-only 'Wonder Woman' screenings set off online firestorm
![In charge: Gal Gadot is the best thing about <I>Wonder Woman</I>.](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/c/6/q/8/image.related.landscape.120x80.gweg42.png/1496205280441.jpg)
Plans by a theatre to host women-only screenings of the action movie Wonder Woman unleashed an outpouring of complaints.
'Shakedown': Journalist wanted $250,000 over tweet, says Rebel
![An excerpt from the Woman's Day article about Rebel Wilson.](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/d/2/5/u/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwdw1f.png/1495800732575.jpg)
A reporter allegedly demanding money for a tweet is the latest in the bizarre Rebel Wilson trial.
Cannes festival gives critics plenty to moan about
![Actors Gwendoline Christie (left), Elisabeth Moss and Nicole Kidman attend a photocall for Top of the Lake: China Girl, ...](/web/20170602010000im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/d/n/3/r/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwdai8.png/1496036193683.jpg)
Is Netflix a harbinger of death sent to the Cote d'Azur by the evil Empire?
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