![Tom Zubrycki with Zacharia Machiek, the subject of his documentary Hope Road.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/l/m/m/k/image.related.landscape.300x200.gwlfal.gwh3pg.png/1496761212767.jpg)
Sydney Film Festival
Movies
![Tom Zubrycki with Zacharia Machiek, the subject of his documentary Hope Road.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/l/m/m/k/image.related.wideLandscape.300x169.gwlfal.png/1496761212767.jpg)
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 SFF.
Actor says Rebel's career 'slowed' after mermaid moment
![Rebel Wilson arrives at the Supreme Court in Melbourne on Monday.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/k/h/l/g/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwkklt.png/1496674407812.jpg)
Actor Hugh Sheridan tells court how Rebel Wilson's career slowed after a series of articles.
Wonder Woman breaks 'superhero glass ceiling'
![Wonder Woman has pulled in $300 million globally during its opening weekend.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/j/z/r/v/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwkd2b.png/1496658113029.jpg)
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
![Melbourne, May 18, 2001. The armour, including helmet and breastplate, of legendary bushranger Ned Kelly in its current ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/i/c/q/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwhh7d.png/1496584008835.jpg)
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
![Gal Gadot stars in Wonder Woman.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/g/8/b/1/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwjfcq.png/1496552906355.jpg)
Stephen Clark almost let it slide.
Olivia Newton-John set to star Sharknado 5
![Olivia Newton-John and daughter Chloe Lattanzi.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/e/9/v/2/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwiv30.png/1496376313289.jpg)
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
![Chloe Grace Moretz has said she was "appalled" by a billboard promoting her new film.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/h/t/i/o/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwht6b.png/1496378246849.jpg)
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
![A scene at Sydney Film Festival's hub at Town Hall.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/c/t/b/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwhzk5.png/1496391900764.jpg)
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
![The post-CGI appearance of Dan Stevens as beast looks markedly different to the pre-CGI look.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/1/y/5/9/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwhwsd.png/1496296941456.jpg)
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 has made his debut behind the camera, with the release of the short film Ellipsis.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/h/6/l/d/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwh6jr.png/1496762550503.jpg)
David Wenham reveals himself as a filmmaker whose heart belongs to small, telling moments of human connection.
Dedicated followers of film
![Decades of fans: Cinemagoers outside the State Theatre on the Sydney Film Festival's opening night in 2002.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/g/o/6/n/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwgnm9.png/1496499431495.jpg)
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
![Gal Gadot stars in Wonder Woman.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/g/8/b/1/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwhpwd.png/1496552906355.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."](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/g/j/g/2/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwhanb.png/1496385369777.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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.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 ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/f/v/9/t/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwf39j.png/1496498493214.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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.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>?"](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/g/w/q/b/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwgmbs.png/1496454022528.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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/c/6/p/v/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwgysp.png/1496367592266.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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/0/z/r/2/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwh2h9.png/1496367601513.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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.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.
Sandra Hall's top 10 picks at the Sydney Film Festival
![Tilda Swinton in <i>Okja</i>, where the villains are not the monsters.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/g/k/g/i/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwgbpj.png/1496392793671.jpg)
Trade-offs are always part of working out what you'd like to see at the Sydney Film Festival.
Top five films: the best of the big screen
![Wholly persuasive: Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/g/8/b/1/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwghqb.png/1496552906355.jpg)
Our pick of what's showing on the big screen this week.
Wonder Woman has the opposite sex all sussed out
![Gal Gadot is the full nascent-superhero package as Wonder Woman in the origin story.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/g/8/b/1/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwg5sr.png/1496709627574.jpg)
Female superhero flips the gender switch in standalone Wonder Woman debut. ★★★
Jessica Chastain slams 'disturbing' Cannes films
![Speaking out: Jessica Chastain at Cannes with president of the jury Pedro Almodovar and jury member Paolo Sorrentino.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.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.
20th Century Women: a small movie but an ambitious one
![Annette Bening, as Dorothea, generates fascination from one scene to the next.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170607031644im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/g/j/g/2/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwgimr.png/1496405351363.jpg)
Writer and director Mike Mills' latest movie is a snapshot of one moment in a cultural transition.
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