Stephen A Russell is a Scottish import to Melbourne and a freelance arts journalist whose work can be seen in The Saturday Paper, The Age, Time Out, The Big Issue and more.
Australian Eleanor Wilson and her partner in work and life Alex Huston Fischer are behind the headline-grabbing, funnily folkloric Wicker.
Playing Carlos, a closeted man in 1932 Granada, Milos Quifes wanted to honour a radical story of staying true to oneself.
Oscar-nominated filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal documented years in the life of an indomitable newshound.
Australians finally get to see why La Bola Negra, nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and snapped up by Netflix, shines so brightly.
Aftermath filmmakers Jared Nicholson and Ben Lawrence discuss trying to understand those who find comfort in a dark place.
Debuting at the Italian Film Festival, Sand Roads is a heartfelt tribute to the strength of friendship against all odds.
From a mile-a-minute Filipino romp, to a claymation that will keep littlies in their seats, to a very-nearly-shelved Looney Tunes caper, there is something that will keep all age groups happy.
Premiering at the Darwin International Film Festival, Jacob Hazeldine's About the Soufflé pulls no punches as it dives into Australia's housing crisis.
The Dog Stars, adapted from the novel of the same name by Peter Heller, brings nothing new or even amusing to the plague-borne apocalypse canon.
The stars of Adam Shankman's outrageous comedy Stop! That! Train! spill the tea.
Emmy Award-winning Adolescence co-creator Stephen Graham tackles teen delinquency in a very different way in The Good Boy.
Cannes darling Oliver Assayas tackles the shadowy forces of our time in his latest film, The Wizard of the Kremlin.
With more than 150 acting roles under his belt, Sam Neill leaves a lasting legacy to the film and TV industry, and an array of characters that will stay in fans' hearts forever.
It's officially halfway through 2026 and the year so far has brought cinematic delights as well as a fair share of silver-screen stinkers. Here are our critics' top picks.
Plus Toy Story 5 trots out the same old games, Australian horror scores another winner and Colony uses zombies to ring the warning bell about AI.
Writer and director Adrian Chiarella's debut supernatural horror feature, Leviticus, is as romantic as it is scary.
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A slow-cinema treasure, Grace McKenzie's documentary, Yumburra, traces author Bruce Pascoe's establishment of a farm.
From his humble beginnings to winning a bevy of big awards, including four Oscars, the filmmaker has forged a successful career by staying true to his guiding principles.
Plus the rom-com of yore returns in Finding Emily, the farmyard mystery that's been delighting audiences, and a gory Hollywood video game adaptation filmed on the Gold Coast.
What do you do when your stolen film wins a slew of awards for the thief? In the case of these filmmakers, you travel across the globe to hunt him down.
Standing side by side with real-life heroes Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse, the Yellow Jackets star is a passionate ally for their cause.
Director David Lowery has crafted a dark and mysterious chamber piece that turns a pop star's spiralling crisis into something supernatural.
Shooting in snake-and-spider-infested grass on a Queensland farm, Seven Snipers spooked its stars.
Convinced to return to the story of the 2018 outback drama Sweet Country, Kaytetye filmmaker Warwick Thornton fell in love with the possibilities.
Bosch & Rockit filmmaker Tyler Atkins's latest feature put his stars through the wringer on camera, but held them with love behind the scenes.
