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film June 29, 2024
Actor Austin Butler leaves the heightened realities of Elvis and Dune: Part Two to star in Jeff Nichols’s high-octane tribute to 1960s motorcycle culture, The Bikeriders.
film June 15, 2024
While festivals very rarely have a cohesive through line, war and displacement connect several highlights of the Sydney Film Festival.
film June 8, 2024
Celebrated French director Olivier Assayas used his experience of pandemic lockdown to create Suspended Time, another in a series of films that directly reflects his own life.
film May 29, 2024
#MeToo arrives at the 77th Cannes Film Festival
The 77th Cannes Film Festival was defined by a long-overdue focus on the experiences of women.
film May 22, 2024
For four decades, George Miller has been a giant of Australian cinema. His latest film, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, is his biggest yet.
film May 11, 2024
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda is acclaimed for his films about families. His latest, Monster, breaks new ground with a soundtrack featuring the final work of Ryuichi Sakamoto.
film May 8, 2024
Goran Stolevski’s Housekeeping for Beginners
Goran Stolevski’s latest film, Housekeeping for Beginners, shows his trademark daring as a filmmaker but stumbles over the plot’s increasing implausibility.
film April 27, 2024
The highlights of this year’s Cinema Reborn film festival include the 1939 screwball comedy Midnight, Chantal Akerman’s take on Proust and Tewfik Saleh’s The Dupes.
television April 27, 2024
Up-and-coming screenwriter and director Tig Terera, creator of the new SBS series Swift Street, redefines perceptions of Black masculinity through his intimate films.
film April 6, 2024
Rose Glass’s second feature film, Love Lies Bleeding, relies on the clichés of masculinity and violence that it’s supposedly interrogating.
film April 6, 2024
The acclaimed Black American director Ava DuVernay has made a career of firsts – but she had to create her own ways into the film industry to do it.
