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Cate Blanchett to lead Cannes film festival protest

The actress will be among 82 women set to walk the red carpet to highlight the limited number of female filmmakers who have been nominated.

And the winner of the 2018 Archibald Prize is . . .

by Linda Morris

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Acclaimed Indigenous actor Tom E Lewis dies aged 59

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Kate Holden: ''You ask me innocently why girls like bossing or why pink, and I’ll shrug because I don’t know."

Remember how to say no and to hear it: A letter to my son in the era of #MeToo

by Kate Holden

Peter Garrett seen on stage in the documentary <i>Midnight Oil 1984</I>.

Divide between the power and the passion lives on: Midnight Oil 1984 documentary

by Craig Mathieson

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'We stand together': Women link arms in Cannes Film Festival protest

In 71 years of the Cannes festival, only 82 women directors have presented a competition film. This is compared with 1688 men.

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Cate Blanchett to lead Cannes film festival protest

Australia's Cate Blanchett will be among the 82 women set to walk the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival to highlight the limited number of female filmmakers who have been selected for the festival's competition lineup over its 71 years.

Adria Arjoni, Melissa McCarthy and Molly Gordon in a scene from Life of the Party.

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Life of the Party review: funny moments and an earnest message

by Paul Byrnes

Warren Beatty and Julie Christie in the 1975 mega-hit, Shampoo.

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American Essentials Film Festival: With cinematic masterpieces from the '60s and '70s

by Jake Wilson

Robin Campillo's BPM centres on the struggle to raise awareness of the HIV virus and AIDS in Paris in the 1980s.

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Films in brief: BPM (Beats Per Minute), Thom Andersen's America, Bye Bye Germany

by Craig Mathieson