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We Are Still Here filmmaker Beck Cole: ‘It’s incredibly authentic’

We Are Still Here, released across Australia this week, ties together eight stories by First Nations filmmakers.

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Tár review: Cate Blanchett conducts herself ferociously

Cate Blanchett delivers a monstrously good performance in Tár – a dark modern masterpiece.

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The 2023 films Australian directors are most looking forward to

We asked some of the brightest names in the Australian screen industry what films they cannot wait to see, and…

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The biggest Hollywood films coming in 2023

Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Guardians of the Galaxy join a host of sequels and new films coming from Hollywood…

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Movies 2023: new films coming to cinemas from July to December

Barbie, Mission Impossible, Wonka and Oppenheimer are just some of the treats coming to cinemas in the second half of…

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Movies 2023: new films coming to cinemas from January to June

The Whale, Babylon, Women Talking, Broker and Evil Dead Rise are just some of the treats coming to cinemas in…

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Black Snow on Stan burns brightly – review

This crime drama, created with cultural input from the local South Sea Islander community, is a hugely compelling mystery.

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The 10 best Australian films of 2022 ... maybe

What were the best homegrown films of 2022? And which one triumphed in spite of a 'turdsome turn' by Hollywood…

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Queer movies 2022: 10 of the best LGBTQIA+ films this year

From Afrofuturist adventures to American rom-coms via lesbian spies who survived the holocaust, it’s been an intriguing year in queer…

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Dreaming of the Meridian Arc at the Japanese Film Fest: review

This kookily cute biopic by director Kenji Nakanishi maps out an intriguing historical moment in Japan.

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