The pay gap between male and female stars persists, but some in Hollywood are taking matters into their own hands to eradicate it.

For filmmaker Sarah Barton, the diasbility rights movement isn't just political, it's personal.

A reviewer roundup of some of the movies on release at the moment.

Nicole Lucas Haimes' debut feature is a film about chickens and people, simply called Chicken People.

Their might be asburdities in the plot but you have to admire what Patty Jenkins has done with the latest superhero hit.

Being an actor can be downright humiliating.

A 15-year-old Peter Parker adds some sugar to the franchise but not much depth of flavour. Fans will lap it up anyway.

Baldwin wanted desperately for his country to deliver on its promise. So does a whole new generation of his fans.

Our pick of the best of what's showing on the big screen this week.

After a five-year legal stoush, JRR Tolkien's estate has settled its $100 million lawsuit against Warner Bros.

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Joel Edgerton plays a family man on edge as things go awry in It Comes At Night ★★★.

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Her famous surname had its advantages, but these days Francis Ford can wait.

Tom of Finland is screening at this month's Scandinavian Film Festival.

There's nothing textbook about what eventuates in this film of teen romance.

After nailing her roles in Spider-Man and The Beguiled, likeable 16-year-old actor Angourie Rice is bound for the big time.

Sami Blood director Amanda Kernell knows what it's like to grow up being Sami in Sweden.

Headspace has issued a warning for the controversial new Netflix movie To The Bone, citing concerns over the film's depiction of anorexia nervosa.

The true homecoming of this Spiderman instalment is to bring him back into Marvel's comic-book movie ecosystem.

SHORT CUTS: Scandinavian Film Festival, The House, Our Time Will Come

Best of the Scandinavian Film Festival - our top 5 picks.

Sexual longing and psychological power shifts are at the heart of the strange tale in The Beguiled.

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.

Australia's female cinematographers are increasingly shaping the way we see the world.

The trailer for Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle was released overnight, and it's sparking generational wars.