Film
Australia’s oldest film festival is broke. Can it survive?
The Melbourne International Film Festival faces its third consecutive loss, but its inaugural CEO insists it’s not about to collapse.
- by Karl Quinn
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‘We had $0 in the bank account’: How a little Australian thriller went from zero to hero
It was a film festival hit, but for the writers and directors behind Birdeater, it was four years of rain, sweat and tears.
- by Louise Rugendyke
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is coming. Here’s what we’re hoping for
What do we know so far? And, more importantly, what are we hoping it’s about?
- by Damien Woolnough
Brad Pitt as an F1 driver? The race to make the perfect driving movie
Hollywood has gained a new obsession over the past five years: movies about Formula 1 racing.
- by Nell Geraets
Feel like everyone is smoking on screen again? You’re not alone
From Austin Butler in The Bikeriders to Josh O’Connor in Challengers, cigarettes have been inescapable at the cinema recently. What’s driving the revival?
- by Meg Watson
‘Rules go out the window’: Why Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons can’t say no to Yorgos Lanthimos
The actors star in the ‘really weird’ Kinds of Kindness, which was made before the Oscar-winning Poor Things was even released.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
What does Michelangelo have to do with Baby Reindeer? You’ll never guess
Long before Taylor Swift, conspiracy theorists were joining the cultural dots.
- by Jordan Prosser
She was the most talked-about star at the Oscars. What is Lily Gladstone doing now?
The break-out star from Killers of the Flower Moon has two fast follow-ups from her award-nominated performance.
- by Michael Idato
Long before streaming, video stores offered happiness for hire
Youth groups were too holy, malls too expensive and skate parks too unpredictable when I was growing up. Thank goodness I had somewhere else to get my dopamine hit.
- by Simmone Howell
Fame, glamour and tragedy: Griffin Dunne’s touching memoir
The actor, writer and producer’s memoir is a warm portrait of an unusual – and celebrity-filled – upbringing.
- by Miriam Cosic
Why romcoms are the only thing we’re going to be watching this year
From Anne Hathaway to Nicole Kidman and Ryan Gosling: your favourite long-suffering genre is getting a big injection of star power.
- by Meg Watson