Culture
Movies
Top five films: the best of what's new in streaming
Five films worth seeking out, from filmmakers with the courage to do their own thing.
- by Jake Wilson
Latest
Weddings
Planning a wedding? Films to put you off and back on again
While real-life large weddings are still off the calendar, movie options abound - from the optimistic to the subversive and the slapstick.
- by Sandra Hall
Cinema
Monumentally horrific: Statues chilled us long before we took offence
Horror films have long traded on the uncanny power of monuments and statues.
- by John Bailey
Spectrum
Why feminism's place is (finally) on the screen
Having long neglected the rich topic of women's fight for equality, cinema and television are now riding the #MeToo wave.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
Sydney Film Festival
Freediver doco and Eliza Scanlen drama win at Sydney Film Festival
Best documentary went to a film about a Dutch woman who plunges into chilly water in just a swimming costume to deal with trauma.
- by Garry Maddox
Sydney Film Festival
Indonesian version of Roma brings 'forgotten women' out of the shadows
The dramatised documentary They Call Me Babu centres on nannies who were virtually slaves for Dutch families.
- by Garry Maddox
Baz Luhrmann
Plan to restart production on Elvis biopic featuring Tom Hanks
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she has met with film legend Baz Luhrmann about ramping up production on the blockbuster with COVID-safe plans before the state's top doctor.
- by Lydia Lynch
Royal family
Kristen Stewart to play Princess Diana in new movie
The independent movie will be directed by Pablo Larrain, who won critical praise for his 2016 film Jackie.
- by Jill Serjeant
Film
A Street Cat Named Bob official movie trailer
Luke Treadaway plays James Bowen in the 2016 movie adaptation of A Street Cat Named Bob.
Review
Spike Lee's Vietnam drama suffers from overkill
The impact of the Vietnam War on African-Americans is a subject worth exploring, but this overlong, sometimes lurid drama isn't one of Spike Lee's best.
- by Jake Wilson
Review
This Artemis is neither fish nor fowl
Artemis Fowl is a 12-year-old “criminal mastermind” whose black suit, tie and sunglasses make him look as if he’s auditioning for a role as an apprentice in Men in Black.
- by Sandra Hall