!["One day you'll be in <i>Star Wars</i>": Ben Mendelsohn at Sydney Film Festival.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/o/v/m/p/image.related.landscape.300x200.gwo6ka.gwh3pg.png/1497219681688.jpg)
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![Barry Norman, pictured in 1982, has died aged 83.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/3/b/t/v/image.related.wideLandscape.300x169.gx3bs7.png/1499095541080.jpg)
Movie critic, TV host Barry Norman dies
Barry Norman, the veteran British movie critic and former host of the UK's top TV show about cinema has died at the age of 83.
Ari Wegner and the rise of the female cinematographer
![Ari Wegner is one of the youngest members of the group of Australian female cinematographers making a big mark in ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/1/5/y/5/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx232v.png/1499081011593.jpg)
Australia's female cinematographers are increasingly shaping the way we see the world.
Jumanji sequel trailer mocked over controversial update
![Kevin Hart, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Karen Gillan and Jack Black in the new Jumanji sequel.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/x/d/r/2/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx1o08.png/1498832074893.jpg)
The trailer for Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle was released overnight, and it's sparking generational wars.
Remembering Mabo
![Eddie Mabo.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/z/8/u/r/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwzbxk.png/1498735278987.jpg)
Trevor Graham's film Life of an Island Man celebrates the life of Eddie Mabo
The House a grim waste of Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler's talents
![The House, starring Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler and Jason Mantzoukas, exemplifies the biggest current weaknesses in ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/1/4/r/0/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx13a9.png/1498739667626.jpg)
The trick to enjoying recent Hollywood comedies lies in managing your expectations, but they'd have to be low indeed for you to get much satisfaction from The House.
Rebel Wilson, Chris Hemsworth among new Oscar voters
![Rebel Wilson will now be able to help decide who gets to take home an Oscar.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/s/7/8/s/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx0x8g.png/1498740750865.jpg)
Australians Rebel Wilson and Chris Hemsworth have been inducted into the Oscars voting collegiate, along with 774 other entertainment industry leaders.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople star cast in Deadpool 2
![Julian Dennison in Hunt for the Wilderpeople.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/2/h/k/3/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx0uy2.png/1498740941290.jpg)
A Hollywood casting announcement we can all get behind.
Rebellious heroine's entrapment all too realistically evoked
![Florence Pugh, the heroine in Lady Macbeth, is married to a brutal landowner.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/z/o/y/9/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx065y.png/1498713516360.jpg)
William Oldroyd's Lady Macbeth is no riff on Shakespeare. Set in England in the middle of the 19th century, it's an adaptation of Nikolai Leskov's 1865 novella Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.
Hugh Jackman lands role as scandalised US politician
![Hugh Jackman is set to star in the upcoming political drama The Frontrunner.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/a/h/e/r/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwzzmp.png/1498652102072.jpg)
Move over, Kevin Spacey.
Girl With the Dragon Tattoo star Michael Nyqvist dies
![Michael Nyqvist, star of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy, has died.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/0/0/h/i/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx00ad.png/1498651500461.jpg)
Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist, who starred in the original The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo films alongside Noomi Rapace, has died from lung cancer. He was 56.
How Nicole Kidman found her creative passion
![Nicole Kidman is thankful to still be hitting new peaks in her career.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/f/o/q/v/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwyqr5.png/1498901909410.jpg)
At 50, the actor says she will always want to be jumping off the cliff with the abandonment of a 21-year-old.
Constant gross-out gags drive family road trip
![Lampooning vacations: Charlie Wright (Rodrick), Jason Drucker (Greg), Alicia Silverstone (Susan) and Tom Everett ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/0/8/l/r/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx086l.png/1498636283967.jpg)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul sees writers Bowers and Kinney pick up where they left off.
Gore, blimey! What bloody good fun.
![Sword-play at top speed on the back of a motorbike is all in a day's work for the Villainess.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/0/5/b/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwzli0.png/1498718110134.jpg)
There is nothing our assassin heroine can't do, it seems, except have a happy life.
On screen and in life, Florence Pugh seizes control
![Florence Pugh in the film <i>Lady Macbeth<i/>.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/0/3/3/y/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx0355.png/1498980899182.jpg)
''Right place, right time,'' says Lady Macbeth star Florence Pugh about her fledgling career.
Spider-Man loves a good punchline
![The film is expected to offer a lighter, brighter kind of Spider-Man than in recent versions of the franchise.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/y/f/9/4/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwyesi.png/1498723122793.jpg)
There's a wise-cracking, fun-loving guy inside the modern Spider-Man, says Tom Holland.
Help me Obi-Ron Kenobi: can Ron Howard save Star Wars?
![Can Ron Howard save the Han Solo film?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/u/v/o/v/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwz38p.png/1498718867774.jpg)
The veteran director of A Beautiful Mind and Frost/Nixon takes the helm of the troubled Star Wars Han Solo spin-off film today.
Why Bong Joon-ho's movies are a marketing nightmare
![Ahn Seo-Hyun Ahn as Mija with Okja.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/z/t/r/y/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwygij.png/1498832337234.jpg)
South Korean director's super-pig movie Okja expected to be a Netflix blockbuster.
Top 5 films: our pick of this weekend's screenings
![Noah Taylor and Loene Carmen in <i>The Year My Voice Broke</i>.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/1/u/q/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwzkg7.png/1498607237250.jpg)
The classic 1987 Australian coming-of-age story The Year My Voice Broke screens this weekend at ACMI.
Sy clowns around as France's first black superstar
![James Thierree and Omar Sy have huge fun as the clowning duo George Foottit and Chocolat.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/z/t/f/q/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwzudo.png/1498814267003.jpg)
The story of Monsieur Chocolat doesn't equate with history, but it's still huge fun.
Bran Nue Dae playwright dead at 69
![The writer of Bran Nue Dae has passed away.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/z/9/e/n/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwz6jd.png/1498701275871.jpg)
The Indigenous playwright behind the critically acclaimed musical Bran Nue Dae had died in Broome at the age of 69.
Film Short Cuts
![<b>A Close Shave: </b> a breathless tale.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/y/q/h/1/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwdewh.png/1498537506735.jpg)
SHORT CUTS: The Aardman Collection, Dreams of Everyday Life: The Quixotic Cinema of Hirokazu Koreeda, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
It's either you or me
![Gasmasks, along with shovels, a wheelbarrow and matches, are part of the crucial survival equipment in It Comes At Night.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/z/0/p/z/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwz0u2.png/1498813882479.jpg)
Human torment is the tight focus of this disturbing horror film.
The power of poultry
![Brian Caraker believes in singing to his chickens.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/z/0/4/e/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwz0fc.png/1498712127723.jpg)
Chicken people are a breed of their own, this documentary suggests.
Nothing black and white about being a clown
![Omar Sy (left) and James Thierree star in Monsieur Chocolat, a box-office hit in France that has stirred debate about ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/y/z/o/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwyzpq.png/1498922180232.jpg)
France's first black movie star is back on the big screen in a biopic with a lot of appeal.
Depp may face charges for 'perjury' in Australia
![Johnny Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard caused controversy in Australia last year when they smuggled two Yorkshire terriers, ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170703195839im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/9/2/6/l/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwz4ik.png/1498520574358.jpg)
Deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has hinted he might reinvestigate Johnny Depp illegally bringing his two dogs into Australia while filming the latest instalment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
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