Sydney Film Festival
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Distributor blocks 70mm screenings of Dunkirk
The Astor's hopes of screening Christopher Nolan's WW2 epic in glorious 70mm have been dashed by the film's local distributor.
Can this eco-warrior save movies from enviro disaster?
Most movie sets end up in landfill, but one Australian production team reckons it's come up with a much better approach.
Should comic films be up for big awards? Josh Lawson thinks so
The Australian actor thinks entertainment without social commentary deserves to be recognised more often.
A saving grace
Director Christopher Nolan takes on an epic story from World War II with the help of Harry Styles.
Baby Driver director was driven by music
The director of Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim has made "a car movie driven by music".
Hot tubs and marriage proposals
Quirky trends at the movies include the chance to watch Anchorman or The Lion King from a spa.
End in sight for pirate film booty stoush
Dead men may tell no tales but Screen Queensland is determined to keep quiet about how much it paid for Disney to set course for Gold Coast studios.
Baby Driver screams 'put down your phone' to iGeneration
Every generation reinvents the car movie to suit its own self.
Why this feminist is looking forward to a Barbie movie
Everything about 2017, from the resurgence of racism and sexism in public life to Ivanka Trump's star turn as Julie Nixon Eisenhower, feels retro. So it makes a certain amount of sense that I find myself looking forward with pleasure and apprehension to a new movie about an old toy: Barbie is getting another shot at the big time. The way she's getting it says a lot about adults' anxieties about children's stories.
First Girl I Loved is a fresh take on the high stakes of youth
Everything about First Girl I Loved is bold and fresh.
Pacing off in Sophia Coppola's subdued Southern Gothic remake
The Beguiled may be Sophia Coppola's weakest film, but it finds her trying new things.
Action and music in sync in Baby Driver
Sleek car film Baby Driver is really a love letter to music.
Disney's search for Aladdin actor hits a snag
Both Rogue One's Riz Ahmed and Lion's Dev Patel were considered for the role.
Aussie filmmakers front and centre at MIFF 2017
Jane Campion, David Wenham and more will attend this year's Melbourne International Film Festival.
European road trip goes down same old path
A mid-life escapist fantasy awaits Diane Lane once again – this time in France.
Too much when, not enough why
The seminal career of Radio Birdman is charted in this narrow but diligent documentary.
Baby you can drive my car
Speed is the name of the driving game in this slick action thriller from director Edgar Wright.
Film Short Cuts
My Life As a Zucchini, Battleship Potemkin, The Tales of Hoffman
All six Spider-Man movies – best to worst
Which Spidey – Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield or newcomer Tom Holland – and which movie is best?
Daniel Craig set to return as James Bond
Hollywood's search for 'the next James Bond' has ended right where it began – with Daniel Craig.
'Blindness is a different way of seeing'
"Blindness is not a negative," Barbara Blackman says. "It is a different way of seeing."
'So much sexual harassment on sets', says Zoe Kazan
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".
The battle to land the next Hollywood blockbuster continues
With China pitching for studio movies, it's become even tougher for Australia to attract so-called runaway productions.
Emma Stone says male co-stars took pay cut for her sake
The pay gap between male and female stars persists, but some in Hollywood are taking matters into their own hands to eradicate it.
New documentary about disability hits a hurdle
For filmmaker Sarah Barton, the diasbility rights movement isn't just political, it's personal.
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