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'I think Poida would be shocked': Eric Bana on Order of Australia
Ever modest, Eric Bana says his Queen's Birthday honour probably owes more to longevity than anything else.
- by Karl Quinn
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Hugh Jackman
Hugh Jackman's charity work recognised with Queen's Birthday honour
One of the country's most popular performers has been recognised partly for his work to eradicate poverty.
- by Garry Maddox
Sydney Film Festival
From Hutchence and Springsteen to a live-action Punch and Judy show
Quite a range of new Australian films and one of the year's biggest crowd-pleasers have featured at the Sydney Film Festival.
- by Garry Maddox
Sydney Film Festival
'I don’t want to grieve about the past': the Australian legacy of China's one-child policy
Olivia Sullivan may not know her birth mother, but her story is that of many children adopted during China's one-child policy.
- by Laura Chung
Adam Goodes
'A hard pill to swallow': Boos, hisses and a standing ovation at premiere of Goodes film
After a smattering of boos, hisses and snorts at the anti-Goodes comments, there was a standing ovation on all three levels of the State Theatre on Friday night.
- by Garry Maddox and Sarah Muller
Adam Goodes
'A hard pill to swallow': Boos, hisses and a standing ovation at premiere of Goodes film
After a smattering of boos, hisses and snorts at the anti-Goodes comments, there was a standing ovation all three levels of the State Theatre on Friday night.
- by Garry Maddox and Sarah Muller
Sydney Film Festival
I am sad to report the death of the director
Think of Hitchcock, Scorsese or Weir. A celebrated Australian filmmaker says television's golden era is killing the singular voice of the director.
- by Rachel Ward
Cinema
3D is dead (almost), long live the (food-to-your-seat, luxury) cinema
Technological change has long driven cinema attendance, but operators are increasingly turning to luxury to extract more dollars from fewer customers.
- by Karl Quinn
Sydney Film Festival
Tears, favours and pesto pasta: the challenge of making a feature film for $4000
It took a long time – and more than a few tears – but first-time director Imogen McCluskey's micro-budget film is debuting at the Sydney Film Festival.
- by Garry Maddox
Lunch with
Secrets of a film festival director: Lunch With Nashen Moodley
The director opens up about putting together the Sydney Film Festival.
- by Garry Maddox
Film
In the early days of Shoppingtown, hanging out felt like teen spirit
In a temple of suburban consumerism, a sense of self emerged.
- by Simmone Howell