Entertainment

Craig Mathieson

Craig Mathieson has been the film critic for The Sunday Age since March 2012, having previously held the same position for Rolling Stone and The Bulletin. The former magazine editor writes widely on film, music and television, and is still able to quote sizeable chunks of the dialogue from Michael Mann's Heat.

'It was the hardest film I've ever edited because of the lack of a traditional narrative': director Jennifer Peedom.

Sheer beauty

Australian filmmaker Jennifer Peedom's documentary Mountain is part of an epic trilogy.

Salma Hayek (centre) is the righteous Beatriz, who stands out among her privileged dinner companions.

A table divided

The conflict in independent drama Beatriz at Dinner is more philosophical than physical.