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Awards season ruined cinema, but I no longer care about little gold men
Every film is treated not as a piece of art but as a contestant in a pageant. It’s time to ditch the hype and go back to enjoying movies on merit.
- by Brodie Lancaster
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The Wuthering Heights press tour was beyond cringe. And it was perfect for the movie
We winced as Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi endlessly talked up their “mutual obsession”, but it was not as hollow as it seemed.
- by Nell Geraets
Arundhati Roy pulls out of Berlin Film Festival over jury comments on political films
Jury president Wim Wenders’ comments that cinema should remain a non-political “counterweight” to politics has triggered widespread criticism.
- by Reuters
Why this Oscar-nominated creative will feel ‘a certain amount of melancholy’ at the awards
Fiona Crombie is up for a gong for her production design work on Hamnet – but when the big night arrives, she’ll be thinking about one special person.
- by Garry Maddox
I followed James Bond to Matera. That’s when things got really weird
In the depths of lockdown, the trailer for No Time to Die held the promise of life restored.
- by Jordan Prosser
By 13, she was bored with acting. Then this young Kiwi found her spark
Being shy, clueless about clothes and saying no to life in LA hasn’t stopped the rise of Thomasin McKenzie.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
Another Wuthering Heights controversy? In Sydney, Margot Robbie responds to the outrage
Helming a polarising adaptation of one of history’s most well-known novels was never going to be an easy task. The Australian actress has opened up about “weathering the storm”.
- by Bronte Gossling
Think Heated Rivalry was hardcore? This film raises the temperature
Set in the world of biker kink, Pillion brings a hidden culture into the open (literally).
- by Stephanie Bunbury
The unique way Olivia Colman settled Aud Mason-Hyde’s on-set nerves
In their biggest role to date, actor Aud Mason-Hyde stars alongside Olivia Colman and John Lithgow in Jimpa.
- by Kylie Northover
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You can take the bogan out of Queensland but not Queensland out of Bronte
Finally, a version of Wuthering Heights for people who know that the wet and wild moors have nothing on the actual Wet’n’Wild.
- by Rebecca Shaw
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