!["One day you'll be in <i>Star Wars</i>": Ben Mendelsohn at Sydney Film Festival.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/o/v/m/p/image.related.landscape.300x200.gwo6ka.gwh3pg.png/1497219681688.jpg)
Sydney Film Festival
Movies
![Christopher Miller (bottom left) and Phil Lord (second from the right) are no longer directing the next standalone Star ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/i/b/v/h/image.related.wideLandscape.300x169.gww244.png/1498089745056.jpg)
Han Solo directors cut loose weeks before filming ends
The men that brought you The Lego Movie will no longer call the shots for the next standalone Star Wars film.
Rebel to give away cash from defamation win
![Hollywood actress Rebel Wilson poses with a young fan outside Melbourne's Supreme Court earlier this month.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/r/x/8/8/image.related.landscape.120x80.gww037.png/1498080886079.jpg)
Rebel Wilson has promised to give away any money she receives from her successful lawsuit against magazine publisher Bauer Media.
Benedict Andrews' highly charged drama Una slick but limited
![Una (Rooney Mara) seeks out her childhood abuser Ray (Ben Mendelsohn​) in Benedict Andrews' film.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/v/e/1/v/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwvfea.png/1498061777851.jpg)
Benedict Andrews' film adaptation of David Harrower's play Blackbird is a highly charged piece of drama, but also a limited one.
The Last Knight review: Please, please let this be the last instalment of Transformers
![Megatron and Josh Duhamel as Lennox.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/v/d/n/j/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwvhgt.png/1498056252073.jpg)
The franchise has become a multi-car pile-up, with no end to the mayhem in sight.
Beauty and terror in equal measure
![Cynthia Nixon and Jennifer Ehle in <i>A Quiet Passion</i>. The deterioration of poet Emily Dickinson, well played by ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/m/2/a/a/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwvecb.png/1498061809279.jpg)
Terence Davies' beautiful, searing portrait of Emily Dickinson captures her wit and melancholy.
The price of defame: Rebel wants $7.093m for lost parts
![Rebel Wilson was all smiles after the verdict was announced last week.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/r/x/a/7/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwvfui.png/1498055904975.jpg)
Hollywood star Rebel Wilson should receive damages of more than $7 million, her lawyers say.
Daniel Day-Lewis retires from acting
![FILE- In this Jan. 27, 2013, file photo, Daniel Day-Lewis arrives at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/v/t/l/f/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwvdkp.png/1498097596441.jpg)
One of the most revered actors in Hollywood history has announced his retirement from acting.
Even Wonder Woman isn't immune from the gender pay gap
![Gal Gadot earned just $400,000 for her role in DC's latest superhero blockbuster.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/j/z/r/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwugyq.png/1498100104832.jpg)
Wonder Woman may have been pivotal in ending World War I, but there's still one war she's yet to win.
'You want me to sell some art?': Depp's money woes exposed
![Johnny Depp's financial woes have been laid bare in court.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/3/l/9/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwupql.png/1497936650229.jpg)
The extent of Johnny Depp's financial woes have been laid bare in court.
Mad Max star confirms feud between Hardy and Theron
![George Miller, Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy at Fury Road's premiere at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in 2015.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/9/f/8/v/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwtw7r.png/1497923177969.jpg)
It seems the infamous rumours of behind-the-scenes beef between the two leads of Aussie blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road are true.
Quirky slaughterhouse romance is surprise winner of Sydney Film Festival
![Slaughterhouse workers who share the same dreams: Géza Morcsányi and Alexandra Borbély in the idiosyncratic romance ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/t/c/y/h/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwtbrd.png/1497794951097.jpg)
An idiosyncratic romance about two Hungarian slaughterhouse workers who share dreams has won the $60,000 prize.
Stephen Furst from Animal House dies
![Stephen Furst, pictured in 1986, died of complications from diabetes, his family said.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/t/b/z/a/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwtbym.png/1497750837868.jpg)
Stephen Furst, who played naive fraternity pledge Flounder in the hit movie Animal House, has died of complications from diabetes, his family says.
Joss Whedon's Wonder Woman: a damsel in distress
![Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/j/z/s/e/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwt3e7.png/1497712140118.jpg)
Joss Whedon, director of Marvel's Avengers blockbusters and the groundbreaking TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer is being accused of sexism after his unproduced Wonder Woman script has surfaced.
Carrie Fisher died of sleep apnoea and 'other conditions':
![Los Angeles County Coroner's Office will mark the cause of Carrie Fisher's death as undetermined.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/x/g/l/z/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwt2vc.png/1497691169673.jpg)
The Hollywood star died in December last year of sleep apnoea and 'other conditions'.
Rachel Weisz: The drama chameleon
![Rocky relationship: Everything hangs on how much Rachel (Rachel Weisz) can be trust by Philip (Sam Claflin).](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/m/5/b/q/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwsdmp.png/1497576693745.jpg)
One of Hollywood's most versatile female stars says film depictions of women are often oversimplified.
Frozen Mash
![The NFSA will host a screening of the 1950s sci-fi film <i>Target Earth</i>.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/r/c/c/8/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwrc6z.png/1497523655870.jpg)
The staff of the Australian Antarctic Division stations ran for many years an informal film society.
Seeing from within
![Portrait of Barbara Blackman at home in Canberra.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/q/c/7/u/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwqcbr.png/1498004248042.jpg)
Barbara Blackman has led a full, yet unconventional life, one now explored in a new film, writes Sasha Grishin
'I had to take a stand': Rebel Wilson set for big payday
![Rebel Wilson was all smiles after the verdict was announced last week.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/r/x/a/7/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwrjp7.png/1498050922442.jpg)
​Hollywood star Rebel Wilson stands to make millions after winning her high-profile court battle.
The smartphone movie that had to be filmed in secret
![Behrouz Boochani](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/k/3/2/s/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwrt1w.png/1497537992570.jpg)
Behrouz Boochani recorded life inside the Manus Island detention centre for the sake of history.
Rough Night is a rough first feature from Broad City writer Lucia Aniello
![TKate McKinnon, left, and Scarlett Johansson in a scene from "Rough Night."](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/q/2/z/7/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwrmu5.png/1497540586978.jpg)
The first feature film from Lucia Aniello, a key writer behind goofball New Yorker comedy Broad City, is disappointingly mainstream.
Back to the Future's Doc Brown and Biff Tannen reflect
![Back to the Future (1989) took on the idea of time-travel.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/n/m/b/o/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwr221.png/1497683256772.jpg)
The two actors are appearing at Sydney's Supanova convention over June 16-18 and say they're always touched by meeting fans.
Hotel Coolgardie review: Dark outback doco raises questions about objectivity
![Hotel Coolgardie follows two female Finnish backpackers in an outback mining town.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/q/y/a/i/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwqwyw.png/1497544810341.jpg)
A documentary follows two female Finnish backpackers as they confront the seedy underside of an Australian mining town.
McLaren and the need for speed
![Roger Donaldson, director of the <i>McLaren</i> documentary.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/q/q/p/5/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwqqqe.png/1497482238597.jpg)
Director Roger Donaldson's film McLaren is a fast-paced labour of love about a racing legend.
Actress Anita Pallenberg dies at 73
![Anita Pallenberg walks the runway at the Pam Hogg show at Fashion Scout during London Fashion Week Spring/Summer ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/r/9/x/7/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwr9ug.png/1497453078778.jpg)
Anita Pallenberg, muse of the Rolling Stones and longtime girlfriend of Keith Richards, has died at 73.
How fame swallowed Whitney
![Whitney Houston in June 1988. Director Nick Broomfield theorises that part of the reason the singer/actor was so unhappy ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170622025714im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/h/s/2/y/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwqtya.png/1497540115835.jpg)
Nick Broomfield's special subject is the lives of the rich, famous and dead.
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