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Sorry Frozen, but it’s time children let it go once and for all
I know I’m treading on thin ice here, but it’s been a decade since Disney released its tale of Elsa. Can children please find something new to love?
- by Cherie Gilmour
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Talk to Me, The New Boy and The Newsreader lead AACTA Award nominations
The AACTA Awards, the annual celebration of Australia film and TV, have announced the nominees for February’s event, including Colin from Accounts and Deadloch.
- by Hannah Story
South Park meets Rocky Horror in this outrageous, profane musical romp
The director of Borat leaves no camp stone unturned in his latest movie.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★
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Even with the fake nose, this is Bradley Cooper’s virtuoso performance
The actor directs himself in this biopic of legendary American composer Leonard Bernstein, which almost functions as a retro luxury item.
- by Jake Wilson
Baz Luhrmann reinvented his film Australia using epic 2.1 million feet of footage
The celebrated Australian director has turned his most polarising film into a six-chapter miniseries for Disney+.
- by Garry Maddox
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
Stunt workers fear actors’ deal on AI has thrown them under the bus
With actors set to ratify the proposed agreement with the studios next week, one group of guild members is prepared to vote no over fears they have been sold short.
- by Karl Quinn
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Cinema
Sydney’s ‘thriving’ Verona cinema is closing. Here’s where the indie films will go
The art-house chain will have to move venues - from Paddington to Moore Park - when the Verona building is redeveloped.
- by Garry Maddox
★★★★
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Deranged queer comedy Bottoms isn’t for everyone and that’s OK
The high school satire’s shocking jokes are written from a place of experience, which allows dark stuff to be really, really funny.Â
- by Bec Shaw
How this director turned a ‘queer teen sex movie’ into an instant cult classic
Emma Seligman’s Bottoms is destined for rewatchable status.
- by Robert Moran
Ken Loach says this is his last film – if so, he’s going out on a high
Gently realistic but still full of hope, The Old Oak is about the sense of grievance that can fester in a community once it has lost its reason for being.
- by Sandra Hall