![Tom Zubrycki with Zacharia Machiek, the subject of his documentary Hope Road.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170609022052im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/l/m/m/k/image.related.landscape.300x200.gwlfal.gwh3pg.png/1496904959093.jpg)
Sydney Film Festival
Movies
![Sofia Boutella revisits Boris Karloff's menacing Mummy in the new Universal thriller.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170609022052im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/4/7/e/0/image.related.wideLandscape.300x169.gwm6h0.png/1496918567978.jpg)
The Mummy: More than Tom Cruise running, it's a female-empowering horror-laden thriller
The Mummy revives the 1932 Universal Studios classic, but with a female twist and stunts aplenty.
Brian Cox on playing a troubled wartime leader in Churchill
![Brian Cox as Winston Churchill and Miranda Richardson as wife Clementine in <i>Churchill</i>.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170609022052im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/f/u/l/s/image.related.landscape.120x80.gw7m84.png/1496918463087.jpg)
Personal connections helped the veteran Scottish actor play Winston Churchill.
Wilson's character smeared by Bauer Media's legal team, says actor's barrister
![Rebel Wilson arrives at the Victorian Supreme Court on Thursday.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170609022052im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/n/6/u/l/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwn6fq.png/1496917082751.jpg)
Defence QC says the actor deliberately lied about her age and real name.
Wonder Woman earns surprise Oscar buzz
![Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170609022052im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/j/z/r/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwmx8u.png/1496959761316.jpg)
Prominent US entertainment voices have suggested record-breaking release Wonder Woman could be in the running for Oscar nominations, prompting talk the female-centric production could be the superhero movie to finally earn a major accolade from the Academy.
The Handmaid's Tale: a newly resonant dystopia comes to TV
![Women stripped of their rights and forced to bear children for the elite: Elisabeth Moss (left) as Offred and Alexis ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170609022052im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/l/o/3/5/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwlm1e.png/1496965825968.jpg)
On the set of Margaret Atwood's classic, The Handmaid's Tale.
From the martini to the meat puppets, the strange language of film sets
![Illustration: John Shakespeare](http://web.archive.org./web/20170609022052im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/h/k/s/j/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwgot1.png/1496905064982.jpg)
'DMB' and 'DFI' are both bad news when film crews talk to each other.
I Am Not Your Negro dismantles the illusion of progress
![Protesters gather at the Lincoln Memorial to march on Washington.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170609022052im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/h/j/h/b/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwmbpz.png/1496905574545.jpg)
I Am Not Your Negro is a condensed version of a conversation Raoul Peck has been having his whole adult life.
How an Aussie horror film became a gay meme
![Australian horror film The Babadook has become a gay meme after Netflix lumped the movie into its LGBT category for US ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170609022052im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/1/1/u/5/q/h/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwmucy.png/1496904684822.jpg)
Move over Madonna and Lady Gaga, The Babadook has become the new beacon for queer visibility.
The Mummy review: Neither Tom Cruise nor Russell Crowe can revive this tired, tedious reboot
![Sofia Boutella is a vengeful Egyptian princess in The Mummy.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170609022052im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/m/d/a/d/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwmczn.png/1496905947676.jpg)
This Mummy has been revived by a corporation rather than an individual, for all too evident strategic purposes. ★½
Seth Rogen hits out at Sony's 'clean' films plan
![Seth Rogen has publicly called out Sony Pictures' new 'Clean Version' initiative.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170609022052im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/v/4/a/7/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwmust.png/1496936300858.jpg)
Actor Seth Rogen has hit out at a move from Sony Pictures to distribute edited 'clean versions' of its films.
My Cousin Rachel is a pleasurably intriguing romance
![Rocky relationship: Everything hangs on how much Rachel (Rachel Weisz) can be trusted by Philip (Sam Claflin).](http://web.archive.org./web/20170609022052im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/m/5/b/q/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwm52a.png/1496905367495.jpg)
Writer-director Roger Michel uses a varied bag of stylistic tricks to create a romantic mood and at the same time put us on edge. ★★★
New series of Top of the Lake to screen at MIFF
![Nicole Kidman in <i>Top of the Lake: China Girl</i>.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170609022052im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/3/5/o/s/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwm1s7.png/1496829452892.jpg)
After acclaim at Cannes, the entire season of Top of the Lake: China Girl will screen.
Danielle Macdonald gets a good rap in Patti Cake$
![Break-out role: Australian actress Danielle Macdonald as aspiring New Jersey rapper Patricia Dombrowski in <i>Patti ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170609022052im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/x/j/j/3/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwlevz.png/1496911112104.jpg)
How did a girl from Sydney's northern beaches get to play a rapper from New Jersey?
Top Five Films: our pick of the best of the big screen
![Happy Feet from Australian filmmaker George Miller.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170609022052im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/l/n/g/c/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwlnc9.png/1496790397232.jpg)
What's showing on the big screen this week.
Festival documentary focuses on refugee's walk of hope
![Tom Zubrycki with Zacharia Machiek, the subject of his documentary Hope Road.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170609022052im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/l/m/m/k/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwlfal.png/1496904959093.jpg)
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.
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/20170609022052im_/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/20170609022052im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/j/z/r/v/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwkd2b.png/1496973596712.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/20170609022052im_/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/20170609022052im_/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/20170609022052im_/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/20170609022052im_/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/20170609022052im_/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/20170609022052im_/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/20170609022052im_/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/20170609022052im_/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.
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