Sydney Film Festival
Movies
Tolkien's estate, Warner Bros end five-year legal battle
Forget the Battle of Five Armies, another epic showdown has finally come to an end.
Warnings over Netflix's controversial film To The Bone
Headspace has issued a warning for the controversial new Netflix movie To The Bone, citing concerns over the film's depiction of anorexia nervosa.
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
Australia's female cinematographers are increasingly shaping the way we see the world.
Jumanji sequel trailer mocked over controversial update
The trailer for Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle was released overnight, and it's sparking generational wars.
Remembering Mabo
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 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
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
A Hollywood casting announcement we can all get behind.
Rebellious heroine's entrapment all too realistically evoked
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
Move over, Kevin Spacey.
Girl With the Dragon Tattoo star Michael Nyqvist dies
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
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
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.
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
''Right place, right time,'' says Lady Macbeth star Florence Pugh about her fledgling career.
Spider-Man loves a good punchline
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?
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
South Korean director's super-pig movie Okja expected to be a Netflix blockbuster.
Top 5 films: our pick of this weekend's screenings
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
The story of Monsieur Chocolat doesn't equate with history, but it's still huge fun.
Bran Nue Dae playwright dead at 69
The Indigenous playwright behind the critically acclaimed musical Bran Nue Dae had died in Broome at the age of 69.
Film Short Cuts
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
Human torment is the tight focus of this disturbing horror film.
The power of poultry
Chicken people are a breed of their own, this documentary suggests.
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