MIFF 2017
Movies
Psst, want to know how to make a movie for just $60,000?
This local pair's brand of heartfelt screwball comedy has won fans, and bears a striking resemblance to the work of the darlings of US indie cinema.
Troye Sivan to return to film in gay conversion drama
Troye Sivan is set to star in Joel Edgerton's upcoming gay conversion therapy drama Boy Erased, alongside the likes of Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe.
Understated melodrama a cut above the rest
Gifted is not your run-of-the-mill melodrama. More like an exceptional melodrama. It still plays the violin, if you get what I mean, but the violinist is skilful.
Ali's well that ends well in charming comedy
Australia has barely begun to mine the great stories within our migrant experience, which is odd and frustrating, given we have six million of them.
Cliched buddy flick ticks lowbrow boxes
Bodies pile up behind Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds in Australian director Patrick Hughes' The Hitman's Bodyguard.
Troubled soul hunts for love and life
Francis Lee's first feature God's Own Country is a place he knows well.
Pinkett Smith on raunchy comedy breaking stereotypes
The American actor believes Hollywood deserves credit for finally recognising the value of movies centring on women.
Ed Skrein resigns from Hellboy reboot amid whitewashing claims
The former Deadpool and Game of Thrones star resigned from the upcoming Hellboy reboot after fans complained over his lack of Asian heritage.
Return of the replicants
Blade Runner 2049 has to offer something more complicated than bad guys smashing through a skyscraper window, but director Denis Villeneuve can do just that.
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 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
The cancellation came after the rally by white nationalists at Charlottesville earlier this month.
Romper Stomper miniseries 'might not sit right', says star
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
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
The re-imagining of a Henry Lawson short story has won three prizes.
Star Wars to launch new characters via technology
Fans will be able to interact virtually with favourite characters.
Best of the box office
Film reviews: American Made, 47 Metres Down, Killing Ground and more.
Martin Scorsese set to produce 'gritty' Joker origin story
Why so serious? The Joker may be getting his own movie, that's why.
Some fin wicked this way comes
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
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
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
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.
Lost City of Z: Up the Amazon
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
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.
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