The most interesting question about any great band is not how and why they broke up. It is how they did what they did in the first place and on that, Descent into the Maelstrom is fairly opaque about the mysterious, uncompromising Radio Birdman – who might be termed the best Australian band most Australians never heard.
Tens of thousands of fans turn out for a glimpse into the future of Star Wars, Marvel and a planned live-action reboot of The Lion King.
The lead singer struggled to watch a new documentary on one of Australia's great rock bands.
Coming more than 50 years after the original, Mary Poppins Returns eclipsed both Star Wars and Marvel for applause at the D23 Disney convention.
Were it not for a stunning performance in the film Ed Wood in 1994, which won him an Oscar, actor Martin Landau might have had to settle with a couple of, admittedly memorable, genre hits, Mission: Impossible and Space: 1999, as his epitaph.
George A. Romero, the filmmaker who launched a genre with his 1968 zombie classic Night Of The Living Dead, has died, aged 77.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson shares behind-the-scenes footage with fans.
The Astor's hopes of screening Christopher Nolan's WW2 epic in glorious 70mm have been dashed by the film's local distributor.
Most movie sets end up in landfill, but one Australian production team reckons it's come up with a much better approach.
The Australian actor thinks entertainment without social commentary deserves to be recognised more often.
Director Christopher Nolan takes on an epic story from World War II with the help of Harry Styles.
The director of Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim has made "a car movie driven by music".
Quirky trends at the movies include the chance to watch Anchorman or The Lion King from a spa.
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.
Every generation reinvents the car movie to suit its own self.
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.
Everything about First Girl I Loved is bold and fresh.
The Beguiled may be Sophia Coppola's weakest film, but it finds her trying new things.
Sleek car film Baby Driver is really a love letter to music.
Both Rogue One's Riz Ahmed and Lion's Dev Patel were considered for the role.
Jane Campion, David Wenham and more will attend this year's Melbourne International Film Festival.
A mid-life escapist fantasy awaits Diane Lane once again – this time in France.
The seminal career of Radio Birdman is charted in this narrow but diligent documentary.
Speed is the name of the driving game in this slick action thriller from director Edgar Wright.
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