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Short Cuts: Classic French Film Festival, Echoes from Taiwan and more
Short Cuts: Classic French Film Festival, Echoes from Taiwan: the Major Works of Edward Yang, Russian Resurrection Film Festival
- by Craig Mathieson
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It's a Wildlife for Ed Oxenbould, the young actor who flunked drama
He's learning on the job from best, but Australian actor Ed Oxenbould admits the theory still eludes him.
- by Karl Quinn
Australian film
Steve Bisley turns to directing to tell his mother's story
The well-known actor plans to shoot a drama based on the first book of his memoirs next year.
- by Garry Maddox
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Short cuts: Current release films reviewed
Bohemian Rhapsody works as an exuberant re-creation of Queen's heyday and a sympathetic portrait of Freddie Mercury himself.
Rachael Beck on Scott Morrison: 'He's actually not made fun of enough'
After a day spent watching the parliamentary rabble-rousing of question time in Canberra, actor Rachael Beck suspects some politicians might have missed their calling on stage.
- by Nicole Elphick
Australian film
Meat pies, Mount Barker and a film producer hungry for the right location
With only 2000 residents, this town is not the first place you think of for a film set.
- by Cameron Myles
Good Weekend
Why Blade Runner has left an indelible mark on my life
Everything changed for teenaged-me in 2019. No, not next year, but the then-dystopian future presented in director Ridley Scott’s sci-fi film released in 1982.
- by Stephen A Russell
Bohemian Rhapsody review: Exuberant recreation of Queen's heyday
Rami Malek entertainingly mannered and athletic performance as Freddie Mercury is right on the mark, possessing poignancy as well as the necessary pizzazz.
- by Sandra Hall
Top five films: best of the big screen
Our pick of what's showing on the big screen this week
- by Jake Wilson
Under her spell: How Zoë Kravitz has built her own success
Zoë Kravitz’s famous parents would have brought her attention anyway, writes Jane Cornwell, but she’s become a star through hard work that’s all her own.
- by Jane Cornwell
Joel Edgerton on new film Boy Erased: 'I didn't want to throw God under a bus'
Joel Edgerton's fingernails are in good shape. He's stopped picking them since he's been in Sydney for the last week.
- by Louise Rugendyke