Entertainment
Movies
Despite the rise of Netflix, Australian cinemas have second-best year
Even with cinemas discounting ticket prices, the box office reached $1.245 billion in 2018.
- by Garry Maddox
Latest
The Mule review: Clint Eastwood as an old man behaving badly
Clint Eastwood delves into the folksy film tradition of old geezers plunged into lives of crime.
- by Jake Wilson
Let the Sunshine In review: Juliette Binoche talkfest takes dive into the absurd
There's something morbidly compelling about the spectacle of such self-indulgence being allowed to run amok.
- by Sandra Hall
Green Book review: Story of racism may be controversial, but it's a start
There are hundreds of films about southern racism; almost none about what it felt like to be black on the road. That's what makes Green Book so pungent, so dramatic.
- by Paul Byrnes
Film
Razzie Awards: Aussies, and Donald Trump, nominated among 'worst of the worst'
Brisbane filmmaking duo The Spierig Brothers' critically-reviled Winchester has earned four nominations at the anti-Oscars.
- by Brian Truitt
Marvel
Why Don Cheadle won't do press with Mark Ruffalo for Avengers: Endgame
"He runs his mouth a lot," Cheadle joked about Ruffalo who has a habit of revealing spoilers.
- by Amy Croffey
Film awards
Green Book wins Producers Guild Awards, takes lead in Oscar race
The Producers Guild has an unrivalled record of predicting the winner of the Oscar best film category.
- by Michael Idato
Pop culture
The Hollywood reunions we need this year
Fifteen years after they gifted the world Lost In Translation, director Sofia Coppola and Bill Murray have announced a new project.
- by Rob Moran
'Have courage': John Polson on the reinvention of short film festival Tropfest
After almost foundering in 2015, Tropfest is bigger than ever, with the addition of a mini filmmaking and content convention called Tropfair in 2019.
- by Nicole Elphick
Film
'Everybody Knows' sizzles on Penelope Cruz X-factor
Oscar-winner Penelope Cruz and husband, Javier Bardem test the existence of justice within the family circle in this Cannes selected film. It will run the course of Perth Festival.
- by Dakshayani Shankar
Good Weekend
How Gerard and Genevieve are challenging the film industry
Actor Gerard O'Dwyer and Bus Stop Films CEO Genevieve Clay-Smith became firm friends when their first collaboration won at Tropfest.
- by Nicole Partridge