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It’s one of the world’s richest film prizes, but that’s news to this contender
French filmmaker Lola Quivoron is one of 11 filmmakers vying for a $140,000 prize on Saturday. Someone really should have told her.
- by Karl Quinn
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Another remake of The Wizard of Oz is on the way. Does anyone want it?
There are so many different versions of The Wizard of Oz, the list of adaptations has its own Wikipedia page. With more instalments on the way, it must be asked, ‘is it time to stop?’
- by Elizabeth Flux
★★★★
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Missionary impossible: Emma Thompson excels in sex dramedy
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande tells the story of a widow who knows exactly what she wants but will have to clear several mental hurdles in order to get it.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★★
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‘Surgery is the new sex’: Body horror trembles on the brink of ecstasy
David Cronenberg is back with Crimes of the Future, in which a performance artist specialises in surgeries on his constantly evolving carcass.
- by Jake Wilson
Gillian Helfgott, wife of pianist memorialised in Shine, dies
Gillian Helfgott, wife of pianist David Helfgott whose life was memorialised in the Oscar-winning film Shine, has passed away at the age of 90.
- by Nell Geraets
Hold onto your ears: Chopper is back, with the help of indie-rock royalty
Members of Tropical F— Storm, The Dirty Three, The Necks and former Bad Seed Mick Harvey will play a new score to the classic crime flick this week.
- by Karl Quinn
★★
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Young couples beware: New Ozploitation movie has many casualties
Girl at the Window boasts a gruesomely inventive bit of brutality involving an eyeball, but it’s more clunky and cringeworthy than chilling.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★½
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Why isn’t Luke Hemsworth taking on more roles like this?
In Bosch and Rockit, the older Hemsworth brother does a superb job of making a loving but drug-dealing and unreliable father seem real.
- by Paul Byrnes
Today sits down with the stars of Jurassic World: Dominion
Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt chat about final chapter in epic dinosaur saga.
What does our fascination with Princess Diana say about us?
A new documentary on Princess Diana, based entirely on archival footage, explores what our obsession with her life and death reveals about us.
- by Rob Harris