Australia

Cannes to show films by Baz Luhrmann, George Miller and Thomas M Wright
New films from beloved Australian directors are set to premiere at the 75th Cannes Film Festival in May.

Fantastic Film Festival is about 'unhinged energy ... or a film that makes you say WTF'
Hudson Sowada takes us inside the weird and wonderful world of Fantastic Film Festival Australia.

The Lost City beats Everything Everywhere to the box office summit
A clever marketing campaign helped The Lost City draw bigger Easter crowds than Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Thor: Love and Thunder trailer – Natalie Portman takes up the mantle
Director Taika Waititi tweeted the latest Marvel trailer out at 2am AEDT and joked that it was the entire movie…

Frederick Wiseman film retrospective comes to Australia
Ten films are being presented across Sydney and Melbourne as part of a retrospective on US documentarian Frederick Wiseman.

$1m Screen Australia funding for drama, features and online
Development funding will go to 'a fantastic mix of originals and adaptations,' says Screen Australia.

Metropolis remake comes to Melbourne
An eight-part series based on the classic sci-fi is being shot in Victoria as part of the Location Incentive.

Yolanda Ramke interview: 'We’ve got great talent in Australia that just can’t get a look-in'
The Cargo and Troppo writer and director used stepping stones in both Hollywood and Sydney to rise through the ranks.…

Australia's visionary unionist films revived for Cinema Reborn festival
In the 50s, a small group of Australian filmmakers set out in a custom Kombi Van to document the working…

Easter films for (avoiding) the family
Nothing says enforced family time like staring at a screen for a few hours without making eye-contact. Let us help…