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Strict quarantine for Matt Damon and family after claims of other celebrity breaches
The Hollywood star is locked down with his family in the Byron Bay area before filming a new Thor movie.
- by Garry Maddox
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Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World official trailer
Russell Crowe stars in the 2003 war drama Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
Film celebrates history of iconic Bangarra Dance Theatre
The delight of Firestarter is its archival footage of the company on stage and behind the scenes.
- by Jill Sykes
Five great things: what to do in Melbourne this week
From vintage Bond to ARIA-winning jazz and soul, there's heaps to do in and around Melbourne this week
- by Portia Conyers-East
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Cinema
'I'd be Trumpian to deny what I am without Hong Kong': Christopher Doyle plots return
Almost fifty years since he left, the enigmatic cinematographer is returning to Australia to make a new movie with Tilda Swinton.
- by Robert Moran
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Harry Potter
A magic moment as Harry Potter flies back to the stage
Day one of rehearsals for the reopening of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was filled with tears, excitement and trepidation.
- by Catherine Lambert
No more Mr Nice Guys: Promising Young Woman puts the romcom out to grass
Nobody is looking for love in Emerald Fennell’s conversation-starting film.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
Top 5 films: best of the big screen
Our pick of what's showing around Melbourne this weekend on the big screen.
- by Jake Wilson
'She has no vanity': Kate Winslet at her best as forgotten fossil hunter
In preparation for her role as Mary Anning in Ammonite, the British star spent unpaid months prising fossils from rocks on the Dorset coast.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
'The trickle went down my face': Naomi Watts on working with magpies
The two-time Oscar nominee coped with darkness and birds in the movie Penguin Bloom, the true story of a northern beaches woman paralysed in a holiday accident.
- by Garry Maddox
An unsung heroine gets the spotlight – and a love story – in new Kate Winslet film
Director Francis Lee gives the story of pioneering fossil hunter Mary Anning, played by Kate Winslet, a romantic angle.
- by Sandra Hall