In this regular column, we drag forgotten made-for-TV movies out of the vault and into the light. This week: the 1972 true-life drama The Weekend Nun, starring Joanna Pettet, Vic
There's a particular kind of evening that has quietly become a national pastime. The lights go down, the lounge gets dark, and a film like Mission: Impossible – The Final
How urgent is it? Very urgent. Here’s what Australian actors, directors, crew and casting directors need to know right now and some advice from our own legal counsel to help
Ever notice how often a film reaches for the casino floor when it wants to crank up the tension? Smoke curling under low lights, a roulette wheel ticking down, a
You love ’em, he hates ’em! The Butcher carves up your favourite films, and this week, he applies his sharpened cleaver to Bryan Singer’s scene-setting 2000 comic book adaptation X-Men,
The best gambling scenes give a clean, sharp way to show pressure. That is why cinema keeps going back to them. A card table gives a film everything it needs:
Streaming platforms have become the primary discovery channel for local stories, and Australian filmmakers are responding to that reality with ambition rather than caution. The momentum behind this shift is
Aussie TV regular Luke Jacobz makes his belated big screen debut with a scene-stealing, comically charged performance in writer/director James Robert Woods’ inventive black comedy The Birthday Trip.
A brief fireside chat with Stephen Vagg, who has adapted the 2007 cult rom-com All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane into a novella
If Colin Farrell’s meteoric rise from Irish working actor to Hollywood superstar seems like the stuff of dreams, then he begs to differ. “When I came here first in 2000,