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Kidman, Pearce, Blanchett and Watts nominated for Golden Globes
There’s a strong Australian showing among an especially star-studded list of nominees for the revamped awards.
- by Kate Lahey
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Five Minutes with Fitz
David Stratton’s top 10 lost movie gems, and the Aussie classics you haven’t seen
Two weeks ago, Margaret Pomeranz gave us 10 lesser-known great movies to watch. Now it’s the turn of her long-time collaborator and friend, David Stratton.
- by Peter FitzSimons
A monkey playing Robbie Williams in a film was a gamble. But it appears to be paying off
Michael Gracey’s follow-up to The Greatest Showman, Better Man, has set a record for most AACTA Award nominations.
- by Garry Maddox
There are 200 dogs in this film, but only one went home with the star
Guan Hu’s film Black Dog charts the unlikely bond between an ex-prisoner and a possibly rabid stray. The result is as beautiful as that Gobi Desert landscape.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
These movies have got Aussies back to the cinema. But what comes next?
The year’s biggest week at the movies has come with the surprising popularity of Moana 2.
- by Garry Maddox
‘I make the movie I want to see’: The unusual side of Viggo Mortensen’s new western
The Dead Don’t Hurt is both a traditional western and a reinvention – one that puts the story of an ordinary woman front-and-centre.
- by Karl Quinn
★★½
Review
Pharrell Williams tells life story in Lego: genius, or blockhead move?
A star-filled cast including Snoop Dogg and Gwen Stefani is still not enough to save this hyperactive film that ultimately doesn’t do justice to its subject.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★
Review
Where Kevin Costner’s vanity Western failed, Viggo Mortensen’s succeeds
The Dead Don’t Hurt taps into the gentler, more lyrical side of the genre, in the spirit of classic Hollywood directors.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★
Review
Cate Blanchett’s political zombie comedy swiftly descends into chaos
Featuring a starry cast, Rumours is the kind of film where the ability to keep a straight face qualifies as consummate acting.
- by Sandra Hall
Forget books, we should make more movies based on songs
It’s time to adapt classics such as Flame Trees, From Little Things Big Things Grow and Somebody That I Used To Know.
- by Garry Maddox
Musical drama that shows another side of troubled Alice Springs is heading for cinemas
Under Streetlights was inspired by a hip-hop song by a young Indigenous rapper.
- by Garry Maddox