The studio behind some lower-budget horror hits is taking a chance on the Stephen King movie.

Namatjira Project tells a profoundly moving story, in a way that's original and appropriate.

Jason Raftopoulos, director of Pawno, premiered his new film in Venice this week to a warm reception.

Low-budget Australian comedy That's Not Me could be a sign of bigger things to come.

Colin Trevorrow, who was directing the ninth and final Star Wars "saga" film, has left the project by "mutual agreement" with Lucasfilm.

Daniel Craig's recently announced return to the 007 series is set to take an unexpectedly loved up turn, according to new plot leaks.

Oscar-winning La La Land director Damien Chazelle is taking a new project to France ... and Netflix.

A new documentary centres on a woman living in Australia who worked for Chile's brutal secret police in the Pinochet era.

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Myer, Target and Big W are among retailers looking to a galaxy far, far away for a much-needed boost to their profits as Star Wars' Force Friday II rolls out today.

Plans for an all-female movie of William Golding's young adult classic novel Lord of the Flies have been roundly mocked online.

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 is set to star in Joel Edgerton's upcoming gay conversion therapy drama Boy Erased, alongside the likes of Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe.

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.

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.

Director Angelina Jolie's film is both a personal and political work.

Bodies pile up behind Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds in Australian director Patrick Hughes' The Hitman's Bodyguard.

Francis Lee's first feature God's Own Country is a place he knows well.

Rated MA, 122 minutes

God's Own Country is a different big screen story of the Yorkshire moors.

The American actor believes Hollywood deserves credit for finally recognising the value of movies centring on women.

The former Deadpool and Game of Thrones star resigned from the upcoming Hellboy reboot after fans complained over his lack of Asian heritage.

Our pick of what's showing on the big screen this week

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