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Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis should have been weirder
The legendary director’s ambitious swing about the fall of the US empire, told as a modern Roman fable, is packed to bursting with ideas that don’t always work.
- by Robert Moran
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- by Karl Quinn
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Featuring a cast including Lupita Nyong’o, Catherine O’Hara, Bill Nighy, Pedro Pascal and Mark Hamill, The Wild Robot is both beautiful and original.
- by Sandra Hall
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Demi Moore’s audacious body horror dives beneath the surface
The Substance is a morbid satire on Hollywood, the beauty industry and the dream of eternal youth.
- by Jake Wilson
Baz Luhrmann to shoot an epic Joan of Arc film
After Elvis, the Australian director is planning an epic about the famous French heroine and patron saint.
- by Garry Maddox
Demi Moore on the male gaze, the beauty myth, and the horrors of latex
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- by Karl Quinn
Move over, Bluey: meet Australia’s newest canine star
The search for a dog to play the title role in new film Runt, based on a bestselling children’s book, led to a foster home in Geelong.
- by Garry Maddox
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