![Amat Escalante's The Untamed is on at the 2017 Melbourne International Film Festival.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/q/t/i/p/image.related.landscape.300x200.gxqsts.gxqz8p.png/1502093209499.jpg)
MIFF 2017
Movies
![Jun Zhao as Big Wong and Wang Maixun as Little Wong.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/u/m/6/f/image.related.wideLandscape.300x169.gxum0q.png/1502593689613.jpg)
Pirates ripped off his movie. Guess what he did next
Some people might have called in the lawyers. This Australian filmmaker made a movie about it, with a pirate as his hero.
Qld's Alec Doomadgee looks to team up with Chris Hemsworth for next film
![Chris Hemsworth has been asked to present the Gold Logie.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/i/g/r/1/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxuw3y.png/1502528932323.jpg)
Like so many of us, Alec Doomadgee is dreaming of Chris Hemsworth.
Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wows crowds in Melbourne
![Aishwarya Rai Bachchan stops for a selfie with fans at Melbourne's Federation Square.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/u/u/2/z/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxuu54.png/1502526570904.jpg)
Thousand of fans line up at Federation Square to catch a glimpse of the 'most beautiful woman in the world', Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
Rape-revenge tale Shame 'still so relevant': Furness
![Deborra-lee Furness and Simone Buchanan, who starred in <i>Shame</i>, which came out in 1988.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/u/b/w/l/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxu44q.png/1502543999188.jpg)
Both under-appreciated and an Australian classic, Shame screens in a restored print at MIFF. And it has lost none of its immense power.
How 'gay' filmmaker got inside America's Christian Right
![Ben Carson, March 11, 2016, just moments before announcing he would endorse Donald Trump.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/u/9/n/n/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxu98t.png/1502588811291.jpg)
Former actor turned documentary maker Luke Walker backed the wrong horse in the US election, and his film was the winner.
Wild world where you 'survive or surrender'
![Elizabeth Olsen and Jeremy Renner are the latest iteration of the mismatched partners archetype in 'Wind River'.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/q/r/2/7/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxqydo.png/1502427912012.jpg)
Wind River depicts an extreme environment warped beyond reason.
Two ACT filmmakers chosen to develop TV projects
![ACT filmmakers Clare Young and Vanessa Gazy chosen from more than 930 applications from around Australia to develop TV ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/u/b/6/l/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxsm8w.png/1502425595514.jpg)
Vanessa Gazy and Clare Young will work with the producer of Offspring in this initiative.
Lanthimos' latest is bleak but brilliant
![Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell in Yorgos Lanthimos' The Killing of a Sacred Deer.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/b/2/z/3/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxtjzi.png/1502351300744.jpg)
A bleakly brilliant film from Yorgos Lanthimos in the vein of his last film, The Lobster.
'Summers' premiere puts spring in Ben Elton's step
![Proud to make an Australian film in his adopted homeland: Ben Elton.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/t/c/i/6/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxr5bg.png/1502344974171.jpg)
The comic, writer and director has made a film about "Australia in a tent".
Even Stephen King has to tell himself don't be gutless
![Nothing's more flattering to Stephen King than his children wanting to work with him.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/q/m/2/y/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxte3m.png/1502343702136.jpg)
The king of horror is allowed a crisis of confidence once in a while – just like the rest of us.
'Never on Netflix': Hidden gems at Brisbane International Film Festival
![Swedish film The Square is the festival's opening-night film.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/s/v/s/c/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxsvr3.png/1502410196887.jpg)
After a three-year hiatus the Brisbane International Film Festival is back with a bang.
Rebel Wilson suffers concussion on set of new comedy
![Rebel Wilson at the Supreme Court following her defamation trial verdict in June.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/r/x/c/0/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxt2x5.png/1502360317248.jpg)
Actress Rebel Wilson has revealed she suffered a concussion during a mishap while filming her upcoming movie, Isn't It Romantic.
Here's a rare bird indeed – a feature film from Algeria
![Hania Amar as Aicha, a woman torn between a "safe" marriage and the man she loves.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/s/j/z/m/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxsjtj.png/1502378674471.jpg)
You're unlikely to see a better Algerian movie this year than Karim Moussaoui's debut.
Annabelle: Creation review: Conjuring up past horrors
![<i>Annabelle: Creation</i> unwisely invites comparison with <i>The Exorcist</i>.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/q/s/o/t/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxsk6q.png/1502342555067.jpg)
Annabelle: Creation director David Sandberg brings flair to an old school shocker.
An Inconvenient Sequel review: Al Gore returns with a ray of hope on climate future
![Al Gore giving his updated presentation in An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/s/b/g/u/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxshyv.png/1502342454980.jpg)
In the face of grim reality, can we afford the luxury of despair?
'Baz Luhrmann meets Terry Gilliam on ecstasy'
!["Why insult someone?": Director Luc Besson.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/n/1/r/q/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxm0r9.png/1502342383872.jpg)
The French filmmaker says Americans don't like films that aren't about America saving the world.
Chloe Grace Moretz was fat-shamed by a co-star at 15
![Chloe Grace Moretz says she was body-shamed by a male co-star when she was just 15.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/h/t/i/o/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxs90e.png/1502286673779.jpg)
"This guy that was my love interest was like, 'I'd never date you in real life... You're too big for me'," the actress told Variety.
Wind River explores when things go bad 'on the res'
![Elizabeth Olsen and Jeremy Renner investigate a tragedy on an Indian reservation in <i>Wind River</i>.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/q/r/2/7/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxops2.png/1502427883475.jpg)
Jeremy Renner plays a tough, reliable man in Taylor Sheridan's new film 'Wind River'.
We review the most expensive European film ever made
![Luc Besson's new film is full of wacky and wonderful small ideas that keep your senses tingling (at least at the start).](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/n/3/3/h/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxriuw.png/1502422993320.jpg)
Move over Barbarella, there's a new babe in space, writes Paul Byrnes.
Top five films
![Al Gore's new film is An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth the Power.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/r/r/a/2/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxrr0d.png/1502330041143.jpg)
Our pick of what's showing on the big screen this week
Russian bleakness distilled in a movie
![Filthy, last-chance saloon: A Gentle Creature.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/q/u/z/k/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxqu3y.png/1502348785457.jpg)
Ukranian director Sergei Loznitsa conveys a sense of hopelessness in the shadow of Dostoevsky.
MIFF 2017: Pattinson joins the Safdie Brothers crew
![The film's title refers to time spent outside prison – earned by good behaviour inside it.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/q/u/z/n/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxqu8t.png/1502342720758.jpg)
Morality is never black and white in this rollicking heist film.
MIFF 2017 review: Horror for the Instagram generation
![Best friends plot to become world-class serial killers in <i>Tragedy Girls</I>.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/q/v/9/g/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxqvdd.png/1502348123451.jpg)
A fast-paced teen horror/comedy flick that ups the ante on ruthlessness and gore.
MIFF 2017 review: The Silent Eye traces free jazz pioneer Cecil Taylor's unearthly world
![In <i>The Silent Eye</i>, Japanese dancer Min Tanaka jerks his body like a puppet on strings while Cecil Taylor bangs ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/q/v/f/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxqv69.png/1502338758596.jpg)
Australian director Amiel Courtin-Wilson's experimental film is a jam session.
LaPaglia gets his chills and thrills in Annabelle: Creation
![Anthony LaPaglia in Annabelle: Creation.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170813055552im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/q/s/o/t/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxopxz.png/1502288917236.jpg)
Anthony LaPaglia still likes to get his kicks, but the danger levels are far more controlled these days.
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