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A year ago the top ten films made $2.26m over the weekend ... and now?
On the last weekend before the July holidays, the total was $22.5m, which then rose to $30m, and then sank…

Australians are animated by animation with a 'local' anima
Australian audiences are good at finding an underlying national identity in blockbuster films, however tenuous.

Minions: The Rise of Gru beats Elvis at the box office
Elvis firms at the box office as Minions: The Rise of Gru is an animation triumph

Lightyear fails to create a buzz for Pixar
Fearful producers could think that Pixar is damaging its brand by streaming and thereby losing glamour ... but reviews have…

Jurassic World: Dominion makes double its budget in week one
The latest dino film took $558m globally in week one, but sits just behind Top Gun: Maverick's opening haul at…

Top Gun: Maverick hits mach speed at the box office
Older audiences are leading the sortie into cinemas for Top Gun but people born this century are buzzing the tower…

Bechdel, Sexy Lamp, Vito Russo, Riz – which test is best?
The people we’re asked to empathise with on screen are still overwhelmingly, if not exclusively, male and pale.

How to Please a Woman review: sex work comedy with ups and downs
Set in Western Australia, Renee Webster's debut feature film celebrates the humanity and dignity of everyone involved.

CODA deserved the Oscar as a tribute to its process
CODA is a 'fabulous celebration of difference' – David Tiley reflects on a lifetime of hearing impairment and how it…

JK Rowling betrayed us but I'll still watch Fantastic Beasts
Is it possible to reconcile the author's views on trans women with nostalgia for the Harry Potter universe?