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The Camino is famous for miracles. It transformed this actor
On the Spanish path that pilgrims have walked for over 1000 years, Australian actor Chris Haywood experienced a life-changing moment while shooting a new film.
- by Helen Pitt
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Hollywood is facing its bleakest year in three decades. Can these films save it?
After a surprisingly strong 2023, thanks to Barbie and Oppenheimer, box office figures have been down this year and the list of upcoming releases is mixed.
- by Nell Geraets
Sydney has much more to offer Hollywood than the Opera House and Harbour
Hollywood blockbusters Anyone But You and The Fall Guy have focused global attention on the city’s most famous landmarks, but are they missing the real city?
- by Garry Maddox
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is less entertaining than a nature doco
This Aussie-made reboot of Planet of the Apes is not a movie to be taken too seriously.
- by Jake Wilson
Their housing estate was demolished. Here’s what happened to the final residents
Things Will Be Different tells the story of two of the final residents to vacate their homes ahead of a controversial public housing estate demolition.
- by Cher Tan
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A beautiful jigsaw puzzle of a film that will ultimately move you
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda takes his time unfolding this complex story.
- by Jake Wilson
How Anya Taylor-Joy took over Australian cinema’s most iconic franchise
The Hollywood star spent more than six months in Sydney ensconced in George Miller’s dystopian Mad Max universe, and lived to tell the tale.
- by Robert Moran
Gracie Otto began a film about her dad’s one-man show. A diagnosis changed the story
Gracie Otto has made a documentary about her beloved father, who no longer recognises himself in one of Australia’s biggest films.
- by Garry Maddox
This tale of the Nazi resistance is both gentle and heartbreaking
From Hilde, With Love avoids Nazi film cliches while telling the story of a brave couple in 1942.
- by Jane Albert
A reverse Notting Hill? How Anne Hathaway elevated the streaming rom-com
Looking for something slicker than Anyone But You, and saucier than Notting Hill? This movie is for you.
- by Nell Geraets
This breakthrough Australian director is back with a safe house for misfits
Goran Stolevski changed his behaviour while filming in his homophobic home country. His partner almost paid the ultimate price.
- by Stephanie Bunbury