Steven Spielberg
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.
- Craig Mathieson
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I could weep every time I hear this brilliant woman speak. She’s so true and wise
Chloé Zhao is now one of the world’s top film directors. But she is also both exceptional and relatable, with a gleaming poetic energy, and I hope we hear more from her.
- Julia Baird
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
Surprises, franchises and sequels: 10 new films that prove cinema is not dead
Think streaming has killed off movies? You might be surprised at what’s coming to the big screen in 2026.
- Michael Idato
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We’re gonna need a bigger budget: Festival cancels waterside screening of Jaws
Brisbane International Film Festival may have bitten off more than it can chew with one of its showpiece events called off.
- Nick Dent
Cutting through the Goop: What Gwyneth Paltrow’s bio reveals
Love her or hate her, there’s no denying her long-lasting influence on culture.
- Melanie Kembrey
As Jaws turns 50, who is the blockbuster’s real hero?
Steven Spielberg’s saga of man v shark is not the film you remember.
- The Economist
Spielberg meets Stranger Things in this paranoid teen-horror fantasy
Monster Summer, which stars Mel Gibson, is reminiscent of Jaws, but with a more nebulous enemy.
- Jake Wilson
A celebration of Steven Spielberg’s storytelling and his ‘human touch’
This handsome coffee-table book about the “iconic” director is well-written and accessible, if not entirely substantial.
- Tom Ryan
