Personal connections helped the veteran Scottish actor play Winston Churchill.

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Defence QC says the actor deliberately lied about her age and real name.

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.

On the set of Margaret Atwood's classic, The Handmaid's Tale.

'DMB' and 'DFI' are both bad news when film crews talk to each other.

I Am Not Your Negro is a condensed version of a conversation Raoul Peck has been having his whole adult life.

Move over Madonna and Lady Gaga, The Babadook has become the new beacon for queer visibility.

This Mummy has been revived by a corporation rather than an individual, for all too evident strategic purposes. ★½

Actor Seth Rogen has hit out at a move from Sony Pictures to distribute edited 'clean versions' of its films.

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. ★★★

After acclaim at Cannes, the entire season of Top of the Lake: China Girl will screen.

How did a girl from Sydney's northern beaches get to play a rapper from New Jersey?

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.

What's showing on the big screen this week.

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.

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Actor Hugh Sheridan tells court how Rebel Wilson's career slowed after a series of articles.

That ol' argument that female superheroes don't sell? Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman has given it a final death blow.

There's an ambitious new bid for another take on the story of Australia's most famous bushranger.

Stephen Clark almost let it slide.

Olivia Newton-John is set to star in an upcoming sequel (and before you get excited, no, it's not a Grease revival).

Actress Chloe Grace Moretz says she is "appalled" by a billboard promoting her new film Red Shoes and the 7 Dwarfs.

Sydney Town Hall is about to morph into a fantasia of psychedelic puppets and androids, punk rockers and rollerskate dancers.

Hilarious footage of Dan Stevens on the set of Beauty and the Beast has emerged, with the actor sporting a very different look.