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MIFF announces $140,000 competition for Best Film

A jury of prominent filmmakers and industry professionals will decide the winner of the new prize this August.

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Cabaret: revisiting Bob Fosse's radical musical at 50

The Kit Kat Klub first graced the silver screen half a century ago – what lessons can it teach us…

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Smartfone FlickFest is coming: read our micro reviews

The international smart phone film festival returns with stories for every audience.

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Box Office: Wyrmwood fights on as cinemas lick their wounds

The Aussie horror franchise joins Death on the Nile on the big screen, but total box office is probably around…

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C’mon C’mon review: life isn't always black and white

Mike Mill's latest film, starring Joaquin Phoenix, is a big-hearted, if sometimes flawed, affair.

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Transitions Film Festival: we don't have lightyears to save humanity

Transitions Film Festival spotlights the threats facing humanity, from climate change to AI to plastic pollution.

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Drive My Car review: it's streets ahead

Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Oscar-nominated film is an ingenious adaptation of three unconnected short stories by Haruki Murakami.

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Hail John Williams, the composer behind E.T., Star Wars, Jaws and Harry Potter

When adjusted for inflation, one-fifth of the top 100 films at the North American box office have music by Williams.

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Death on the Nile review: it lacks life

Why do some Agatha Christie adaptations steam ahead while others run aground? Maybe it depends whodunnit?

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JIFF returns with beauty queens, mystical mountains and Leonard Cohen

The Jewish International Film Festival 2022 program features several Australian highlights and more than 50 premieres.

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