Australian film
The Oscars are over. Here are the 12 big movies we can’t wait to see next
Family franchise sequels, buzzy horror counter-programming, stars getting their arthouse groove on, and blockbusters expected to gross $1 billion are all on the schedule.
- Craig Mathieson
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‘Our experiences are horror’: Why Aussie women make killer psychological horror movies
A new Australian horror movie has landed – and, like many of the hit local horrors before it, the film was brought to life by a team of women.
- Nell Geraets
Made in Victoria, this sci-fi movie just topped Netflix film charts
The story of an angry giant alien machine intent on wiping out army recruits was shot in five locations across Victoria.
- Fiona Byrne
From Blacktown to Palm Beach, how films have captured Sydney’s changing character
The Art Gallery of NSW launches its new Cinematheque with a season harbour city film, beginning with Gillian Armstrong’s Starstruck.
- Garry Maddox
Lorraine Bayly, who became ‘Australia’s mum’ in The Sullivans, dies aged 89
The Australian legend of stage and screen is being remembered as a “vibrant” and talented actor after her death on Saturday morning.
- Ashleigh McMillan
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From Cop Shop to I Can Jump Puddles, Dobson had a hand in many old classics
Director Kevin James Dobson helped shape a formative era of film and television drama in Australia.
This ‘new’ SBS doco is great. But to one filmmaker, it’s oddly familiar
SBS’ series about conman John Friedrich is fascinating, but to Philippe Charluet, it looks a lot like a project he submitted to the network years ago.
- Karl Quinn
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Margot Robbie, Sarah Snook and James Cameron’s avatar join fans as Tropfest returns
Margot Robbie and Sarah Snook were among the big-name stars at the world’s largest short film festival, Tropfest, which returned to Sydney on Sunday night.
- Garry Maddox
Lights, camera, Centennial Park … the world’s biggest short film festival returns to Sydney
After a seven-year intermission Tropfest returns on Sunday, with films from 16 finalists battling it out for the top prize.
- Garry Maddox
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.
- Stephanie Bunbury