Film

Norwegian film Sentimental Value is expected to be a big presence at the next Oscars.

The best films you’re not paying attention to

As Bong Joon-ho, if you can get past that one-inch barrier of subtitles, the whole world opens up.

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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey is in cinemas.

Margot Robbie’s big romantic drama is a fizzer

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey follows in the tradition of grand romantic dramas, but it fails to sweep you off your feet.

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Anaconda is in cinemas on December 26.

Paul Rudd and Jack Black’s Anaconda comes with a twist

When the filmmaker of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is involved, don’t expect it to be straight-forward. The trailer suggests it will not be.

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Robert Redford in The Sting.

Robert Redford’s best film, plus five other essential movies

In a career spanning so many brilliant films, it’s hard to pick a favourite, but The Sting stands above all.

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Robert Redford, the big-screen charmer turned Oscar-winning director whose hit movies often helped America make sense of itself, died at his home in Utah early on Tuesday.

‘Radiantly glamorous’: Film icon Robert Redford dies at 89

He made serious topics like grief and political corruption resonate with the masses, in no small part because of his own star power.

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Robert Redford during filming of Three Days of the Condor in Manhattan in 1975.

Robert Redford: Iconic American star who escaped the mould

Though he got his start under the old studio system, he remained a natural in the New Hollywood and beyond. For years, nobody seemed to do it better onscreen than Robert Redford

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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - The Movie: Infinity Castle.

Culture-shaking force few in the West saw coming

Anime is big in Japan, obviously, but if the box office results of western markets including Australia and the US are anything to go by, it’s becoming a big deal here too.

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Lesbian Space Princess is a homegrown film from South Australia.

Funny and tender, this Aussie movie is super easy to love

You’ll be so proud that the Australian film industry was responsible for this sassy, strange and genuinely wonderful little movie.

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Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale more a whimper than a bang

WASHINGTON POST: Coming 10 years after Downton Abbey’s final season and three years after the last big-screen sequel, Grand Finale is simply nostalgic for its own nostalgia, and more of a whimper than a bang.

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Went Up the Hill.

Went Up the Hill: Ghost story fuelled by trauma and healing

Actor Dacre Montgomery and director Samuel Van Grinsven on the secrets behind haunted film Went Up the Hill.

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Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga in The Conjuring.

Horror’s mum and dad say goodbye to the ‘Conjuring’ movies

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Conjuring movies may be horror by blood, but they have the beating heart of a grand romance.

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Splitsville is in cinemas on September 11.

Couple swap film leans into physical comedy to ramp up chaos

Marriages are hard, especially when what you believe about yourself comes crashing down. Filmmaker Michael Angelo Covino on his couple swap comedy starring Dakota Johnson.

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Russell Crowe as Nazi Hermann Göring in James Vanderbilt's ‘Nuremberg’.

Russell Crowe terrifies as nazi high commander

THE WASHINGTON POST: Russell Crowe stars as Hermann Goring in the most bone-chilling portrayals of a nazi ever depicted on screen for James Vanderbilt’s masterpiece Nuremberg

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Darth Vader's lightsaber was among 400 lots of props and costumes that have gone under the hammer. (EPA PHOTO)

Darth Vader lightsabrer prop sells for a record $5.58m

Darth Vader's lightsaber has sold for a staggering $5.58 million at auction, a record for a piece of Star Wars memorabilia.

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The Roses is in cinemas on September 4.

Razor-sharp marriage comedy has a lot of bite and love

Australian writer Tony McNamara is as famed for his witty scripts as any director is for their creative vision. It’s why Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch sought him out for their first project together.

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