Cinema
Where (and how) to watch this year’s Oscars nominees
Ten films are vying for best picture. Here’s how to cram any you might have skipped, and the correct order to watch them, ahead of the 96th Academy Awards.
- by Will Cox
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What this woman went through at 16 was awful. Now it’s an award-winning film
Molly Manning Walker’s new film How To Have Sex sprang from a single memory from her years clubbing in the Mediterranean.
- by Karl Quinn
‘I think you need to see this’: Celebrities are not the only victims of deepfake porn
As AI technology improves and fact melts into fiction, this documentary looks at the very real issue of deepfake pornography – and how the law is not keeping up.
- by Will Cox
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Commercial real estate
First look: Paddington’s arthouse Verona cinema to become $100m office block
An Oxford Street landmark in Sydney’s east, the former Palace Verona cinema, is set to be transformed into a $100 million upmarket office complex with retail and rooftop dining.
- by Carolyn Cummins
★★★★
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Bratty, bawdy and silly, Drive-Away Dolls has all the hallmarks of a Coen brothers film
Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan star in this cheerfully throwaway crime comedy, which is the solo directing debut of Ethan Coen.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★★
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The Zone of Interest lays bare the banality and ordinariness of evil
Jonathan Glazer’s drama about the Auschwitz camp commandant and his wife takes a meticulously forensic approach, allowing them to incriminate themselves.
- by Sandra Hall
Barbie misses out at BAFTAS as Oppenheimer continues awards domination
Christopher Nolan’s atomic bomb epic came close to matching a record set half a century ago.
- by Jill Lawless
★★½
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Madame Web can see the future. Pity she didn’t see this flop coming
This shamelessly ludicrous Spider-Man spin-off, led by Dakota Johnson, is a desperate attempt to keep the franchise flag flying.
- by Sandra Hall
Margot Robbie dazzles as YouTubers scoop top prize at AACTA awards
Twins Michael and Danny Philippou were the big winners, but all eyes were on hometown hero Robbie at the Australian Academy Awards on the Gold Coast.
- by Karl Quinn
★★½
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Despite Eric Bana’s elegant gravitas, The Dry 2 doesn’t live up to the original
Even at its best, the sequel Force of Nature isn’t far from the conventional rhythms of TV.
- by Jake Wilson
‘We have a hell of a lot in common’: The friendship driving Eric Bana and Robert Connolly
Not even hypothermia or the footy can break the bond between the actor and director behind Force of Nature: The Dry 2.
- by Louise Rugendyke