Michael biopic moonwalks to record US, global opening
Michael has smashed box office expectations to rake in more than $A304 million globally at its opening, a new high for music biopic debuts.
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The black comedy action thriller One Battle After Another has won six prizes, including best picture at Britain's BAFTA film awards.
Tributes are pouring in for Robert Duvall, who played Tom Hagen in The Godfather and the napalm-loving colonel in Apocalypse Now, after his death at 95, reports BILL TROTT in Los Angeles.
Catherine O'Hara, who starred in the Beetlejuice and Home Alone film franchises and won an Emmy for her performance in the TV sitcom Schitt's Creek, has died.
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Sinners sets record with 16 Oscar nominations
Vampire drama Sinners has made history by breaking the record for the most Oscar nominations.
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Third Avatar film another billion dollar box office hit
Fire and Ash has picked up where the previous Avatar film left off, raking in a billion dollars as cinemagoers flock to the science fiction visual spectacle.
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Goodbye Bardot – rebellious and sensual, yet vulnerable
Brigitte Bardot defined the modern woman and defied social norms, writes BEN McCANN.
Wicked: For Good has taken the box office by storm, earning an estimated $A350,000 globally in its opening weekend.
The 30th annual Canberra Short Film Festival celebrated in style on Saturday night at Dendy Cinemas, where audiences enjoyed a program of selected short films before the awards ceremony, reports HELEN MUSA.
The Canberra Short Film Festival turns 30 this year but retiring director John Frohlich is quick to assert that it wasn’t his brainchild, writes HELEN MUSA.
Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall, The Godfather films and Father of the Bride, has died at the age of 79.
The upcoming Capital Film Festival is a 'cracker line-up' reports arts editor HELEN MUSA, featuring Cannes and Sundance award winners, parties, Q&As and an industry panel.
A film destined to warm the hearts of Italian-Australians will be one of the highlights of this year’s Italian film festival, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
In a significant accolade for Canberra-raised film director-producer Sophie Barksdale, it has been announced at an event held simultaneously in Denver and Oklahoma that her film, Who She Is, has won a Heartland Emmy Award.
Now marking its 20th year, the Latin American Film Festival is one of the most joyous events on the Canberra calendar – and it’s entirely free to the public, rejoices arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Mel Gibson says it was a joy to make the movie Braveheart, as he spoke at an event marking 30 years since the historical epic was filmed in Ireland.
Provocative and funny are the two words that come to mind when looking at the 2025 Scandinavian Film Festival’s selection from Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland and, prominently, Norway.
Hollywood-based Australian actor Julian McMahon has died after a battle with cancer in the US. He was 56.
An explosive feature by two Canberra filmmakers has achieved pride of place at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, and it’s bound to get up plenty of noses, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
