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Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn.

Hidden gems: 40 underappreciated movies to stream these Easter holidays

From action classics to musical rom-coms, these are the underseen and the misjudged movies ripe for rediscovery.

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Donald Trump’s Georgia mugshot.

Why Trump’s ‘Kubrick Stare’ mugshot is straight out of the horror film playbook

From “A Clockwork Orange” to “Full Metal Jacket” to prisoner number P01135809 of Fulton County Jail in Georgia, the stare has recognisable characteristics.

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‘Now we know who really runs NSW’: Business as usual for state’s big clubs

We must remove gambling money out of politics. The gaming industry mustn’t be allowed to thrive by inflicting harm on vulnerable people and communities.

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The person who helps actor Georgina Haig land ‘half’ her roles

“I can always count on him for his honest feedback. He always helps me in the lead-up.”

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Stanley Kubrick (second from right) on the set of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Eyes wide open at Stanley Kubrick, a giant of the cinema

A new look at the life and work of the great film director indulges in too much pop psychology.

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Lost alien Lu-La and Shaun the Sheep bond over - what else? - pizza in the film Farmageddon.

Strange encounters of the sheep kind

Given the in-house nerd factor at Aardman Studios, it was only a matter of time before aliens landed at Shaun the Sheep's Mossy Bottom Farm.

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Then-18-year-old Sue Lyon pictured during a trip to Sydney in 1964.

Sue Lyon, star of Stanley Kubrik's ‘Lolita’ film, dies at 73

Lyon starred in the controversial film about a middle-aged man's obsession with a young girl.

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Lost Stanley Kubrick screenplay found after 60 years

Lost Stanley Kubrick screenplay found after 60 years

A 1956 script co-written by Kubrick has been found by a British film academic who was researching the legendary director's last movie, Eyes Wide Shut.

  • Stewart Clarke
Full Metal Jacket actor R. Lee Ermey dies at 74

Full Metal Jacket actor R. Lee Ermey dies at 74

The former Marine, who made a career playing hard-nosed military men like Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, has died.

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