Film

Mark ‘Markliplier’ Fischbach in his horror film Iron Lung and Chicken Shop Date host Amelia Dimoldenberg are making the jump from YouTube to the big screen.

Why YouTubers are the new threat for traditional movie stars

Amelia Dimoldenberg once ribbed movie star Paul Mescal on her YouTube series by playfully telling him she was making a rom-com. Two years later it’s a reality.

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Brad Pitt in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Brad Pitt’s Once Upon a Time swagger is back

The sequel to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, catching up with Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth, is shaping up with the first glimpse of just what we’re in for.

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Wuthering Heights.

Wuthering Heights is a fevered and infuriating mess

Wuthering Heights is so cinematically beautiful, it’s a shame its Cathy and Heathcliff provoke cries of “OK, enough with your nonsense, you can both go jump off a bridge”.

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Writer and director Bart Layton on his new heist thriller starring Chris Hemsworth, and what it’s like making the giant leap from documentaries to a Hollywood heist thriller.

Why Chris Hemsworth’s heist thriller is a ‘movie for adults’

Writer and director Bart Layton on his new heist thriller starring Chris Hemsworth, and what it’s like making the giant leap from documentaries to a Hollywood heist thriller.

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Bring Her Back movie

Horror movie Bring Her Back dominates AACTA Awards

The annual AACTA Awards, celebrating achievements in Australian film and TV, were given out this week.

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Darren Aronofsky-produced AI YouTube series is a horrifying vision of our creative future. That skin, that ain’t human.

Renowned filmmaker ventures into AI slop, oh dear me

Darren Aronofsky has some incredible works to his name - Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream and now ... an AI YouTube series. Um, what the hell happened?

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Leading actors like Colin Powell and Sydney Sweeney, Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie and Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande have all adopted some elements of ‘showmance’ in the publicity push for their films.

Is anyone buying what Margot and Jacob are selling?

The Wuthering Heights duo are the latest film stars to blur the line between fantasy and reality in the name of box office returns.

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Disney’s new boss Josh D’Amaro faces a tricky balancing act at the helm of the entertainment giant.

Disney’s new boss faces a tricky balancing act

Josh D’Amaro must not forget the creative magic on which the House of Mouse relies.

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It’s a febrile time with the word ‘immigrant’ being weaponised as a source of division. What we need is to bridge the empathy gap.

Immigrant stories in films and on TV bridge the empathy gap

It’s a febrile time with the word ‘immigrant’ being weaponised as a source of division. What we need is to bridge the empathy gap. This is one place to start, to watch and to listen.

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Gail Draughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass.

The buzziest Sundance movies heading our way

Sundance has launched beloved films and big stars, and these are the seven movies that had tongues wagging from this year’s festival.

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Melania documentary

Melania doco bombs in Australia with embarrassing ranking

Melania may have been ranked third at the box office in the US, but in Australia, it was way down the list. Way, way down. In 33rd, actually.

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The Devil Wears Prada 2 is in cinemas on April 30.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 trailer hides throwback gag

The Devil Wears Prada 2 is only three months away, and the first proper trailer is reminding fans of the original film’s razor-sharp wit.

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Melania documentary

Melania Trump’s doco sells embarrassing number of tickets

It cost $US75 million, an insane amount of money for a documentary, but only a handful of Aussies are going to see it.

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Courtney Love at the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2023.

Vilified after Kurt’s death, Courtney Love wants to talk

Courtney Love, 61, opens up about Kurt Cobain and records new music in the intimate Sundance documentary Antiheroine.

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It Was Just an Accident is a Palme d'Or winner set to hit the Bunbury screens.

This essential revenge drama is anything but homework

You might think a twice-Oscar nominated Iranian movie about political prisoners debating question of justice and vengeance is going to be a lot, but it’s surprisingly light and often funny.

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