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Bring your own poetry to this saga of familial love
Melbourne International Film Festival review: The Metamorphosis of Birds.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson tops Forbes highest-paid male actors list
The wrestler-turned-movie star earned earned $US 87.5 million in the year to June.
Review
Mel Gibson film Force of Nature is so bad, it's almost good
This unlikely killer-kitty thriller set in a block of flats in Puerto Rico during a hurricane comes with extra helpings of cheese.
- by Paul Byrnes
Arts
Fashion's man of mystery remains unseen
Melbourne International Film Festival review of Martin Margiela: In His Own Words
- by Melissa Singer
Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson goes to Tuscany - and this film goes nowhere
This bland story of a father and son reconciling in Italy is one of the least competent films of the year.
- by Jake Wilson
Arts
Boys challenge the conservative structure from the inside
The Sundance-winning documentary about Boys State, a kind of US democracy camp, finds a remarkably diverse cast in a very white assembly.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
Film
Bel-Air official trailer
Bel-Air tells the story of a kid from Philadelphia, whose life gets turned upside-down in 2019.
Arts
Life behind bars for Tehran's demure killers
Melbourne International Film Festival review: Sunless Shadows
- by Jake Wilson
Arts
The film director who wants you to visit his nightmares
When director Lawrence Levine made Black Bear, he wanted a film "that would feel like a dream (the audience) could come in on".
- by Stephanie Bunbury