An incendiary documentary about race is the frontrunner for the $60,000 prize.

A new film about an ex-bikie trying to reunite his family follows in the footsteps of Birdman.

Whitney: Can I Be Me Directed by Nick Broomfield and Rudi Dolezal Written by Nick Broomfield 111 minutes, rated M ★★★★

The Melbourne Film Festival will open with a thrilling true story of survival from Wolf Creek director Greg McLean.

The two-time Oscar winner is honoured for being a role model and supporter of causes as well as for her acting.

The Australian actor was everywhere on the Sydney Film Festival's opening weekend.

Co-stars including Steve Martin and Ryan Reynolds led tributes to the late actress.

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 revives the 1932 Universal Studios classic, but with a female twist and stunts aplenty.

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.