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Movies to watch this week: Wuthering Heights gets steamy makeover, two Avengers reunite, new horror falls flat
Welcome to our weekly wrap of what’s new in cinemas.
- by Jake Wilson and Sandra Hall
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Schitt’s Creek star Catherine O’Hara’s cause of death revealed
The 71-year-old star of films such as Beetlejuice, Home Alone and For Your Consideration died late last month at her home in Los Angeles.
- by Chris Hook
‘Watch for the close-up of copulating snails’: Is Wuthering Heights really as steamy as it promises?
Emerald Fennell’s take on Emily Brontë’s classic novel owes its idiosyncratic style to the current taste for “romantasy”.
- by Sandra Hall
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Australian film
‘There were a few lost years’: Geoffrey Rush is back. But don’t call it a comeback
At a 30th anniversary screening of Shine, the 74-year-old Australian actor talks about going into “a reflective state” after winning a landmark defamation case.
- by Garry Maddox
Homegrown horror Bring Her Back, Jacob Elordi and Narrow Road to the Deep North lead AACTA wins
With their follow-up to global hit Talk To Me, the Philippou brothers’ horror film has won nine awards including best film and direction.
- by Garry Maddox
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Film Festivals
Comic film about the struggle to say ‘thank you’ makes Tropfest
In Georgina Haig’s short, a grieving woman’s inability to say those two words makes her a social outcast.
- by Garry Maddox
Movies to watch this week: A stand-up backstory, animated fantasy, home-grown zombie thriller and World Cup drama
Welcome to our weekly wrap of what’s new in cinemas.
- by Jake Wilson and Sandra Hall
‘It’s vegan-friendly’: Daisy Ridley on her zombie film with a twist
A zombie movie about grief? It was a strong enough hook to land the Star Wars actor – and drag her all the way to WA to make it.
- by Karl Quinn
Melania, panned by some film critics, opens with strongest documentary debut in a decade
There was little to compare it to, given that presidential families typically eschew in-office memoir releases to avoid the appearance of capitalising on the White House.
- by Jake Coyle
Redeem one of 50 double passes to see How to Make a Killing*
Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow (Glen Powell) will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way. In Cinemas March 5.
‘Face like a fist’ and ‘Pure, endless hell’: Critics slam Melania doco
Dubbed propaganda and an infomercial, the doco has been roundly canned after it opened with only a handful of tickets sold in cinemas.
- by Kerrie O'Brien