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He won an Oscar at 90, but this iconic filmmaker is still surprisingly busy
The oldest winner in Oscars history, famous for a string of Merchant Ivory costume dramas, is looking back at a trip to Afghanistan in 1960.
- by Garry Maddox
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Trailer: Rachel's Farm
Scenes from Rachel's Farm: Ward's new documentary showcasing her shift to regenerative farming.
★★★★
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This movie finds grandeur in the friction between lust and grief
No Time to Die star Lea Seydoux plays a woman simultaneously caught in the throes of love and grief in One Fine Morning.
- by Paul Byrnes
★★
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This Britcom is like Love Actually – but alas, without the jokes
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is a feelgood fable as twee as its title. The problem isn’t the premise, however – it’s the execution.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★
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It has a killer shark, but this thriller is more than a B-movie
Perennial near-star Josh Lucas plays a compromised oil executive in The Black Demon, which is light on shark, heavy on allegory.
- by Jake Wilson
Footballer who inspired #SaveHakeem campaign still fearful for his future
Former refugee Hakeem al-Araibi hopes a new documentary about his jailing can protect him from the Bahraini government.
- by Garry Maddox
Blanchett, Indiana Jones, blowing up a pipeline: the hottest tickets at Sydney Film Festival
From Blanchett as a renegade nun to Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny, the festival that starts this week has plenty of highlights.
- by Garry Maddox
The low-budget Aussie horror Stephen King ‘couldn’t take his eyes off’
Late Night with Devil has captivated the world’s biggest horror writer - now it’s selling out at the Sydney Film Festival.
- by Louise Rugendyke
‘Showies’ for almost a century, this family is not scared of the ride
Elwin Bell says the travelling carnival business is good again – cash preferred – after fires, floods and the pandemic.
- by Garry Maddox
‘A severe case of nepotism’: Alice Englert’s journey from ‘film brat’ to filmmaker
She grew up on the sets of her mother Jane Campion’s films, before falling into a successful acting career. Now she has her debut feature Bad Behaviour premiering at the Sydney Film Festival.
- by Robert Moran