!["One day you'll be in <i>Star Wars</i>": Ben Mendelsohn at Sydney Film Festival.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/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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Movies
![Fionn Whitehead as Tommy in the film.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/9/s/x/t/image.related.wideLandscape.300x169.gxafaq.png/1500125316848.jpg)
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?
![Cardboard costume construction for Box Wars by Liam McLachlan.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/b/e/z/2/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxbezt.png/1500114275836.jpg)
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
![Nominated ... Josh Lawson.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/n/u/9/0/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxa92f.png/1499923938773.jpg)
The Australian actor thinks entertainment without social commentary deserves to be recognised more often.
A saving grace
![(From left) Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard and Fionn Whitehead as young soldiers on the beaches of Dunkirk.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/9/8/l/6/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx9chu.png/1500127000503.jpg)
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
![Edgar Wright (left) and Ansel Elgort on the set of Baby Driver.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/9/0/o/m/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx9j7t.png/1499952971813.jpg)
The director of Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim has made "a car movie driven by music".
Hot tubs and marriage proposals
![Hot Tub Cinema in Sydney.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/9/9/0/0/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx98wg.png/1499933518643.jpg)
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
![The latest Pirates of the Caribbean was largely filmed in Queensland.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/b/h/m/r/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx9tqb.png/1499854281217.jpg)
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
![Ansel Elgort, right, and Jamie Foxx in a scene from Baby Driver.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/5/3/1/i/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx9h96.png/1499941677722.jpg)
Every generation reinvents the car movie to suit its own self.
Why this feminist is looking forward to a Barbie movie
![Barbie dolls in various outfits at the makeshift Barbie museum, in 2004.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/9/l/m/3/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx9l11.png/1499833143477.jpg)
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
![Dylan Gelula, left, and Brianna Hildebrand give generous, brave and open performances.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/3/n/p/f/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx9j1f.png/1499923019057.jpg)
Everything about First Girl I Loved is bold and fresh.
Pacing off in Sophia Coppola's subdued Southern Gothic remake
![Colin Farrell and Elle Fanning in a scene from 'The Beguiled'.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/8/2/l/8/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx926f.png/1499922916020.jpg)
The Beguiled may be Sophia Coppola's weakest film, but it finds her trying new things.
Action and music in sync in Baby Driver
![Eiza Gonzalez and Jon Hamm in 'Baby Driver'.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/9/0/o/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx43fp.png/1499922140129.jpg)
Sleek car film Baby Driver is really a love letter to music.
Disney's search for Aladdin actor hits a snag
![Casting the lovers in a live-action Aladdin has proved difficult for Disney.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/1/0/4/r/j/e/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx9czl.png/1499920941491.jpg)
Both Rogue One's Riz Ahmed and Lion's Dev Patel were considered for the role.
Aussie filmmakers front and centre at MIFF 2017
![From left, Nicole Kidman, Elisabeth Moss, Jane Campion and Gwendoline Christie – whose Top of the Lake: China Girl ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/d/b/c/u/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx8vhf.png/1499922660839.jpg)
Jane Campion, David Wenham and more will attend this year's Melbourne International Film Festival.
European road trip goes down same old path
![A criminally underused Alec Baldwin, with Diane Lane in 'Paris Can Wait'.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/8/6/8/x/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx86f1.png/1500011073701.jpg)
A mid-life escapist fantasy awaits Diane Lane once again – this time in France.
Too much when, not enough why
![Radio Birdman, the influential Sydney six-piece whose initial four-year campaign in the 1970s set off a chain reaction ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/0/h/o/k/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx8aus.png/1500011044744.jpg)
The seminal career of Radio Birdman is charted in this narrow but diligent documentary.
Baby you can drive my car
![Waiting game: Lily James and Ansel Elgort in 'Baby Driver'.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/5/3/1/r/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx84wn.png/1499955262394.jpg)
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.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/4/b/z/y/image.related.landscape.120x80.gwzu7i.png/1499669383879.jpg)
My Life As a Zucchini, Battleship Potemkin, The Tales of Hoffman
All six Spider-Man movies – best to worst
![Classic moment: Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst's memorable kiss in Spider-Man from 2002.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/1/0/0/8/8/m/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx82gc.png/1499924368800.jpg)
Which Spidey – Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield or newcomer Tom Holland – and which movie is best?
Daniel Craig set to return as James Bond
![Daniel Craig is set to return as James Bond, slashed wrists and all.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/9/o/q/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx85o6.png/1499681952537.jpg)
Hollywood's search for 'the next James Bond' has ended right where it began – with Daniel Craig.
'Blindness is a different way of seeing'
![Barbara Blackman and her dog called "Piece of string", at home in Canberra.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/8/0/5/u/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx81ef.png/1499658937490.jpg)
"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 says sexual harassment is rampant on Hollywood film sets.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/9/g/y/1/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx7wgo.png/1499643643153.jpg)
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
![Ridley Scott with Katherine Waterston on the set of Alien: Covenant.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/n/1/e/s/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx4atr.png/1499602425964.jpg)
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
![Emma Stone](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/t/2/u/r/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx78kw.png/1499921374066.jpg)
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
!["It's a part of our history": filmmaker Sarah Barton.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170716031446im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/5/2/v/5/image.related.landscape.120x80.gx4td5.png/1499477217715.jpg)
For filmmaker Sarah Barton, the diasbility rights movement isn't just political, it's personal.
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