Film
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Borderlands film preview: Cate Blanchett has fun in leather and red hair
Borderlands, the live action adaptation of the popular video game is finally primed for cinemas in August.
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Netflix’s A Family Affair rejects stories of sexual women as ‘bad mothers’ – but it’s a terrible film.
Starring Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron, A Family Affair fails in its mission to challenge stereotypes about sexual mothers.
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MIFF 2024: Bright Horizons Competition and Award films
The ten films competing for the $140,000 MIFF Bright Horizons Award in 2024 have been named.
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MIFF 2024: full program
The program for the Melbourne International Film Festival (8 to 25 August 2024) is now available.
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Blu-rays: new films released this week and where to buy them
Your guide to new Blu-ray releases from 15-21 July 2024, including La Chimera by Alice Rohrwacher.
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MaXXXine review: a killer ending to Ti West's trilogy
Mia Goth takes on 1980s Hollywood in MaXXXine, a thrilling close to Ti West's horror trilogy.
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Fly Me To The Moon review: good clean American fun
Fly Me To The Moon invokes the power of nostalgia to deliver a crowd-pleasing romcom that you'll probably forget about…
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Who is Yorgos Lanthimos? A primer on the Greek Weird Wave film director
Lanthimos's unique filmography goes way beyond the Oscar-winning Poor Things and BAFTA-winning The Favourite.
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Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2024: top picks
From In the Shadow of Beirut to Diving Into the Darkness, your guide to our top picks at this month's…
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Kinds of Kindness review: such dark delights
Disturbing and hilarious, Kinds of Kindness reuinites Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe with the Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos.