10 h. ago This film is supposed to be about a heist – but the only thing we’re robbed of is its potential

Kelly Reichardt is known on the independent film circuit as the queen of understatement – but things just don’t quite work in her latest film, The Mastermind.

Events

28 h. ago Style over substance as monster of a movie gets lost in its Gothic posing

Jacob Elordi’s Creature is a victim for our times in Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein, but there is little nuance in this take on Mary Shelley’s classic novel.

Politics

28 h. ago We already have a good Frankenstein film. We don’t need this one

Jacob Elordi’s Creature is a victim for our times in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, but there is little nuance in this take on Mary Shelley’s classic novel.

Politics

3 d. ago A helipad, golf course and film studio: Why plans for this Sydney site have failed to take off

There were plans to transform this land into a world-class destination. No progress has been made.

Politics

4 d. ago ‘Some people are afraid of women in power’: How Marion Cotillard found hers at 50

The French film star explains why she was hesitant to take on her first TV role.

Politics

6 d. ago The clock doesn’t stop ticking as Netflix nuclear thriller takes you to the brink

With gripping efficiency, Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow moves the film towards destruction repeatedly.

Events

6 d. ago Ben Stiller made a film about his parents. What he found was not always easy

Faced with his father’s accumulated treasures, the acclaimed writer and director did the only thing that made sense to him.

Politics

7 d. ago How Thai cave rescue hero Richard Harris found peace on a remote New Zealand dive

The adventurous anaesthetist features in a new film about one of his most extreme dives yet.

Politics

9 d. ago We moved to a suburb with a bad rep. Then we forgot to lock the house and car

My suburb is well known, but not for the right reasons. YouTubers and TikTokers often visit to film content with titles like: “Inside Melbourne’s most dangerous suburb”.

Politics

1 week ago Diane Keaton and me: Director Gillian Armstrong’s tribute to a unique artist

Diane Keaton starred in my 1984 MGM film Mrs Soffel with our superstar Mel Gibson. So, two superstars. Not always a fun thing for them, I discovered.

Politics

1 week ago The friendships that helped Allison Williams navigate grief and loss

“If it weren’t for their support, making it through those moments would’ve been much, much harder,” says the star of Girls, M3GAN and the new film, Regretting You.

Politics

1 week ago Looking for Alibrandi TV series is ‘in the wind’ 25 years after beloved film

The story about a spirited teenage girl straining against her family’s Italian heritage remains a cultural touchstone.

Culture

1 week ago Had your life story swiped for the screen like the Bumble billionaire? Good luck

The Disney+ film Swiped is the latest example of someone’s life being dramatised without consultation or consent.

Politics

1 week ago First Zuckerberg and Pamela Anderson, now the Bumble billionaire. In the biopic era, is a public figure ‘fair game’?

A new film about the female founder of dating app Bumble is the latest example of someone’s life being dramatised without consultation or consent.

Politics

2 w. ago Why this Irish mockumentary should have been called ‘Father Ted Lasso’

The man who brought Father Dougal McGuire to life in the beloved sitcom Father Ted returns in a very different role at the Irish Film Festival.

Politics

2 w. ago Passages of light and shade finely etched in poignantly funny film The Travellers

Bruce Beresford and Bryan Brown have reunited 40 years after Breaker Morant for a film about man coming home to reunite with his dad after his mother’s death.

Politics

2 w. ago ‘I had to rewire my brain’: how Reese Witherspoon recovered from a bad relationship

The actor and film producer on female leadership, the aggression of the paparazzi, how AI will change film-making, and being asked to do the bend-and-snap.

Politics

2 w. ago Julia Roberts tackles cancel culture in her provocative new thriller

After The Hunt has already attracted some controversy after its screening at the Venice Film Festival, but the Oscar-winning star and director Luca Guadagnino are eager to ruffle feathers.

Politics

2 w. ago Julia Roberts couldn’t be happier her new film is so controversial

After The Hunt has already stirred up controversial after its screening at the Venice Film Festival.

Politics

2 w. ago Tokyo’s iconic ‘Lost in Translation’ hotel to finally reopen

The hotel made world-famous by the 2003 film has completed the first major renovation in its 30-year history.

Politics