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‘Studios should be scared’: Could this YouTube star’s box office hit change cinema forever?
Markiplier’s movie based on an obscure video game topped the Australian box office and made back its budget 16 times over – all without the backing of a film studio.
- by Nell Geraets
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How did Amanda Seyfried miss out on an Oscar nod for this performance?
The star’s turn as the leader of an 18th century religious group in The Testament of Ann Lee has been called “a singular experience” – her director agrees.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
If you love cinema, you have to see this movie
Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol return with Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, an outlandish spin-off of their cult series.
- by Robert Moran
Movies to watch this week: Queer family drama, Elvis concert film, gay BDSM romance and a murder mystery spoof
Welcome to our weekly wrap of what’s new in cinemas.
- by Jake Wilson and Sandra Hall
The Berlin film festival is desperate not to get political. Somebody forgot to tell Warwick Thornton
The Indigenous filmmaker took aim at Australia’s colonial history as he premiered his new movie Wolfram at the prestigious Berlinale on Tuesday.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
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This Downton Abbey meets Naked Gun mash-up is light on laughs
Jimmy Carr’s fingerprints are all over this modest spoof.
- by Jake Wilson
Shia LaBeouf arrested over alleged New Orleans Mardi Gras brawl
The 39-year-old is accused of “causing a disturbance and becoming increasingly aggressive”.
- by Juan A. Lozano
Everything we learnt from The Mandalorian and Grogu trailer
From a Death Star-shaking cameo by Martin Scorsese, to Baby Yoda’s new turbo-powered crib, we unpack every frame of the chaotic, thrilling first look at the new Star Wars movie.
- by Michael Idato
‘Jaw-dropping’: Politics casts a long shadow over cinema at Berlin film festival
From Wim Wenders’ controversial plea to “stay out of politics” to Arundhati Roy’s abrupt withdrawal, the prestigious German festival is engulfed in a geopolitical fight.
- by Michael Idato
Robert Duvall’s six best roles: difficult to capture, impossible to ignore
The quiet titan of cinema stole Apocalypse Now in 15 minutes and broke hearts without a word in To Kill a Mockingbird. These are his six greatest performances.
- by Michael Idato
Margot Robbie dances her way to box office highs with Wuthering Heights
Video has emerged of the star channelling Kate Bush while imitating her Wuthering Heights dance moves on set, as the film enjoys a box office triumph.
- by Nell Geraets