Sydney Film Festival
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Hotel Coolgardie review: Dark outback doco raises questions about objectivity
A documentary follows two female Finnish backpackers as they confront the seedy underside of an Australian mining town.
I Am Not Your Negro is Sydney Film Festival frontrunner
An incendiary documentary about race is the frontrunner for the $60,000 prize.
Thriller Watch The Sunset takes the one-shot approach
A new film about an ex-bikie trying to reunite his family follows in the footsteps of Birdman.
How fame swallowed Whitney
Whitney: Can I Be Me Directed by Nick Broomfield and Rudi Dolezal Written by Nick Broomfield 111 minutes, rated M ★★★★
MIFF kicks off with Harry Potter lost in Jungle
The Melbourne Film Festival will open with a thrilling true story of survival from Wolf Creek director Greg McLean.
Companion of the Order of Australia for Cate Blanchett
The two-time Oscar winner is honoured for being a role model and supporter of causes as well as for her acting.
'One day you'll be in Star Wars': Ben's renaissance
The Australian actor was everywhere on the Sydney Film Festival's opening weekend.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels star dies at 62
Co-stars including Steve Martin and Ryan Reynolds led tributes to the late actress.
Mountain: the drama and the beauty
It was only after film director Jennifer Peedom and Richard Tognetti began working together on their documentary Mountain that they realised they were seeing the same footage in radically different ways.
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
Personal connections helped the veteran Scottish actor play Winston Churchill.
Wilson's character smeared by Bauer Media's legal team, says actor's barrister
Defence QC says the actor deliberately lied about her age and real name.
Wonder Woman earns surprise Oscar buzz
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
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
'DMB' and 'DFI' are both bad news when film crews talk to each other.
I Am Not Your Negro dismantles the illusion of progress
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
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
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
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
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
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$
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.
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