Both Rogue One's Riz Ahmed and Lion's Dev Patel were considered for the role.

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Jane Campion, David Wenham and more will attend this year's Melbourne International Film Festival.

Hollywood's search for 'the next James Bond' has ended right where it began – with Daniel Craig.

Which Spidey - Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield or newcomer Tom Holland - and which movie is best?

"Blindness is not a negative," Barbara Blackman says. "It is a different way of seeing."

Actress Zoe Kazan has spoken out about the entrenched sexual harassment on Hollywood film sets, revealing she was once asked by a producer if she "spat or swallowed".

With China pitching for studio movies, it's become even tougher for Australia to attract so-called runaway productions.

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.