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Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin at the opening of the Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia on November 30.
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Baz Luhrmann reinvented his film Australia using 2.1 million feet of extra footage

The celebrated Australian director has turned his most polarising film into a six-chapter miniseries for Disney+.

  • by Garry Maddox
One of the batch of Christmas films commissioned by streaming services: A Sunburnt Christmas.
Cinema

Making gravy: Why Australians are producing so many Christmas films

Ten festive movies since 2020 suggests Australia is becoming a new tinseltown.

  • by Garry Maddox
Stuntwoman Jacqueline Rosenthal fears the agreement with the studios could spell the beginning of the end for her profession.
Industrial relations

Stunt workers fear actors’ deal on AI has thrown them under the bus

  • by Karl Quinn
Closing in February: the Verona Cinema in Paddington.
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Cinema

Sydney’s ‘thriving’ Verona cinema is closing. Here’s where the indie films will go

  • by Garry Maddox
Josie (EAyo debiri) and PJ (Rachel Sennott) are high school nobodies who start a fight club in an attempt to meet hot cheerleaders.
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Deranged queer comedy Bottoms isn’t for everyone and that’s OK

  • by Bec Shaw
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Ben Latimer, the new head of audio at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Radio

‘The change coming is significant’: ABC radio set for shake-up

He’s only been in the job for three months, but already Ben Latimer has taken strides to address ABC radio’s ratings woes.

  • by Karl Quinn
Alone: the Skills Challenge.
Review

Alone has conquered the world, its spin-off stays true to core values

The contestants in Alone: the Skills Challenge are still on their own, but the format is more fun.

  • by Ben Pobjie
Jodie Whittaker in Time (series 2).
Streaming

‘We shouldn’t pity these characters’: Jodie Whittaker’s new prison drama

  • by Benji Wilson
French New Wave director Francis Truffaut and the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock.
Streaming

From Hitchcock to Loach and Lynch, directors go under the spotlight

  • by Tom Ryan
The Bachelors new suitors (from left) Luke Bateman, Ben Waddell and Wesley Senna Cortes.
Reality TV

The Bachelors head to Melbourne for summer loving and a Bridgerton vibe

  • by Bridget McManus

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