Film

The argument was that HBO was a brand for elites and would turn off “everyday” people who didn’t worship at the altar of premium scripted series.

Chalk it up to Tom Cruise’s willpower and marketing nous. The franchise’s eighth entry promises a lot, and it delivers where it matters.

Tom Cruise and the Top Gun: Maverick creative team are ‘thinking and talking about many different stories’ for the upcoming sequel.

Character actor Joe Don Baker, who featured in three James Bond movies, has died aged 89.

The Siegfried and Roy story is about to be dramatised with Jude Law and Andrew Garfield. It’s surprising there haven’t been more magician stories given the history between cinema and illusionists.

A day before it opened, the Cannes Film Festival announced new rules banning “voluminous outfits” and nudity on the red carpet. It’s not the first time the event has stymied celebrities and their stylists.

The Surfer draws on the tradition of Australian New Wave classics such as Walkabout and Wake in Fright. It also features Nicolas Cage being a weirdo.

As the Catholic church and faithful celebrate Pope Leo’s election, one cardinal who was in the conclave during the vote has given a candid insight, comparing it to the Academy award-winning movie. 

Any film about the goings-on in the Vatican surely had no right to be as entertaining as Conclave is.

You know winter is coming when it’s time to book your tickets to the Sydney Film Festival. Here are our top picks for 2025.

Three days after Donald Trump announced a tariff against movies, could actor Jon Voight’s proposal to ‘make Hollywood great again’ shed any light on how things will shake out?

Ang Lee’s 1993 movie The Wedding Banquet was well ahead of its time, so what can a 2025 version add?

You know the voice — even if you don’t know the name. The life of French music legend Charles Aznavour is now a must-see biopic.

Bigger is not always better. Hollywood is full of triumphant stories where low-budget films have proven that you don’t need to be a blockbuster to win the day.

US President Donald Trump has revealed a new tariff, claiming it is required to restore a ‘dying’ American film industry.