![Osamah Sami plays the lead role in Ali's Wedding.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/e/2/d/t/image.related.landscape.300x200.gxvyne.gxqz8p.png/1502762897426.jpg)
MIFF 2017
Movies
![Horror filmmaker Tobe Hooper has passed away, aged 74.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/5/b/m/j/image.related.wideLandscape.300x169.gy5bkr.png/1503913889517.jpg)
Texas Chain Saw Massacre director Tobe Hooper dies
Tobe Hooper, the horror director best known for helming The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Poltergeist, has died. He was 74.
The deep pockets behind cycling's rags-to-riches story
![The team in action.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/5/h/m/r/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy5h2e.png/1503890308363.jpg)
The rise of Australia's road cycling team is a rag-to-riches tale, but it owes much to the support of one very wealthy patron.
Theatre cancels Gone With the Wind screening
![Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable in 1939's Gone With the Wind.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/1/m/o/j/u/m/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy5es6.png/1503881693910.jpg)
The cancellation came after the rally by white nationalists at Charlottesville earlier this month.
Romper Stomper miniseries 'might not sit right', says star
![Lily Sullivan as Petra in the 2017 miniseries Romper Stomper.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/4/d/k/5/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy4d4h.png/1503795417091.jpg)
There will be skinheads in the Romper Stomper miniseries, but the real danger lurks elsewhere, says its creator.
Cult Australian film The Magician becomes a TV series
![Damon Herriman (left) and Scott Ryan in the TV series Mr Inbetween.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/4/1/9/b/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy2n3v.png/1503893561654.jpg)
Actor Scott Ryan had given up "on everything" ... but then he got a call from Nash Edgerton.
Purcell's The Drover's Wife dominates Awgie Awards
![Leah Purcell's The Drover's Wife has won three prizes at the Australian Writers' Guild's Awgie Awards.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/9/j/7/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy46yn.png/1503755664380.jpg)
The re-imagining of a Henry Lawson short story has won three prizes.
Star Wars to launch new characters via technology
![Adam Driver will be back as Kylo Ren in <i>Star Wars: The Last Jedi</I>.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/y/e/s/x/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy3u3l.png/1503821716577.jpg)
Fans will be able to interact virtually with favourite characters.
Best of the box office
![In Damien Power's Killing Ground, Chook (left, Aaron Glenane) and German (Aaron Pedersen) are the visitors of every ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/w/u/s/2/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy3az6.png/1503642296743.jpg)
Film reviews: American Made, 47 Metres Down, Killing Ground and more.
Martin Scorsese set to produce 'gritty' Joker origin story
![Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/1/1/d/1/c/5/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy2vxb.png/1503554730955.jpg)
Why so serious? The Joker may be getting his own movie, that's why.
Some fin wicked this way comes
![Sinking feeling: You just know it's not going to end well.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/2/4/m/a/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy24p6.png/1503643131209.jpg)
47 Metres Down revels in its ability to renovate the cliches of horror in a new setting.
American Made review: A bold take on the US as global citizen
![Deft black comedy: Tom Cruise with Domhnall Gleeson (left) in 'American Made'.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/t/i/w/v/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy2bln.png/1503905145118.jpg)
Tom Cruise serves as an icon of the US in Latin America, but ultimately his character is not that interesting.
Film makes grisly link to colonial past
![In Damien Power's Killing Ground, Chook (left, Aaron Glenane) and German (Aaron Pedersen) are the visitors of every ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/w/u/s/2/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy25ii.png/1503643154909.jpg)
Damien Power's 'Killing Ground' is a low budget, worthy addition to Australian cinema's history of psychopaths.
Top five films: best of the big screen
![<i>The Wind Rises</I> fictionalises the life story of war plane designer Jiro Horikoshi.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/1/t/k/y/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy1tix.png/1503545777741.jpg)
Our pick of the best of what's showing on the big screen this week.
Chris Hemsworth is Australia's $40 million man
![Donning a cape and saving the universe continues to be good for Chris Hemsworth's bank account.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/s/q/m/u/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy203f.png/1503807524737.jpg)
Donning a cape and saving the universe continues to be good for Chris Hemsworth's bank account.
Lost City of Z: Up the Amazon
![Charlie Hunnam and Tom Holland under fire in the Amazon in 'The Lost City of Z'.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/z/8/l/3/image.related.landscape.120x80.gxypam.png/1503555644751.jpg)
Charlie Hunnam is no stranger to getting lost in his work, sometimes for months at a time.
Why Samuel L. Jackson couldn't care less about highbrow films
![Samuel L. Jackson: "Making people laugh is the essence of what [makes] people want to go to the movies."](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/1/j/c/t/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy1gzl.png/1503760020733.jpg)
From Snakes on a Plane to The Hitman's Bodyguard, Hollywood's most charming actor has made it clear he's not interested in Oscar bait.
Titanic voyage to be recreated on Sydney Harbour
![Passengers row to safety aboard a lifeboat as the ill-fated ship sinks in <i>Titanic</i>.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/0/v/6/w/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy0ux0.png/1503543385475.jpg)
The organisers are planning an immersive cinema experience on the water.
Maudie review: More art than reality in Maud Lewis biopic
![Sanitised biopic of the naive artist: 'Maudie' starring Ethan Hawke and Sally Hawkins.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/v/d/2/s/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy1hqn.png/1503643177559.jpg)
The biopic of folk artist Maud Lewis glosses over some of the darker details of her life, writes Paul Byrnes.
Fiery energy takes off
![Deft black comedy: Tom Cruise with Domhnall Gleeson (left) in 'American Made'.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/t/i/w/v/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy0rkf.png/1503868963519.jpg)
The winning black comedy American Made cosies up to the US's righteous faith in itself.
Hawkins lights up grim tale
![Ethan Hawke and Sally Hawkins have a script that works hard in trying to persuade us that theirs was a love story in ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/v/d/2/s/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy0ror.png/1503642811343.jpg)
This portrayal of the wondrously stoic artist Maud Lewis reflects the joy her art brought her.
A rebel in love
![Joyously farcical: Osamah Sami stars in 'Ali's Wedding'.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/0/y/c/p/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy0rms.png/1503643277857.jpg)
Unquenchable optimism is at the heart of this title character.
Short cuts
![The film adaptation of The Dark Tower reduces the tale to a fantasy western quest.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/p/r/y/2/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy0swv.png/1503639748511.jpg)
Short cuts
Jerry Lewis was a popular, influential and polarising comedian
![Jerry Lewis: Light and dark.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/0/j/k/9/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy0o2h.png/1503285680932.jpg)
The late comedian and film-maker was a complicated man.
Whitney Houston documentary to dissect 'fairytale' life
![Singer Whitney Houston, left, with her daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown in 2011.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/2/z/l/9/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy0i2n.png/1503556138017.jpg)
Whitney Houston struggled with drugs long before she met R&B; "bad boy" Bobby Brown, according to a new documentary exploring the singer's career and untimely death.
Comedian Jerry Lewis dead at 91
![Jerry Lewis in 2016.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170828202710im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/0/g/9/6/image.related.landscape.120x80.gy0g85.png/1503325311061.jpg)
Comedian Jerry Lewis has died aged 91 at his home in Las Vegas.
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