Celebrated by previous vice-chancellors, the Australian Dictionary of Biography and its fellow national project, the Australian National Dictionary, are threatened by university cuts

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It has taken 17 years and 37 films, but the Fantastic Four – the so-called ‘first family’ of the Marvel Universe – have finally joined their fellow heroes in the Marvel Cine…

What are we waiting for with the I Know What You Did Last Summer reboot?

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Follow up one of the documentary highlights of this year’s program with a terrifying double bill.

When surrounded by Hollywood’s penchant for sequels, prequels, spin-offs, reboots, and adaptations, it is sometimes nice to come across an original, self-contained feature with an interesting…

There is a scene in the middle of James Gunn’s Superman. The titular superhero sits in Lois Lane’s apartment, sharing a heartfelt conversation about the difficult situation in which he …

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Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Eya’s (Safa Gharbaoui) world as a 12-year-old Belgian Tunisian is filled with ...

‘There’s only one way to put your faith in a Pole,’ declares the Cossack leader Taras Bulba, ‘put your faith in your sword, and your sword in the Pole.’ The titular wa…

From an ‘electrically powerful’ look at the final chapter of Adam Goodes’ AFL career to a must-see portrait of Gurrumul, along with Australia’s ‘greatest protest movie’

A split-screen revolution lost in a green blur: Luke Buckmaster explains how Ang Lee’s 2003 superhero movie could’ve been a game-changing production.

This world-renowned Iranian director was barred from making films in his own country. Now, he has come to Sydney under a veil of secrecy to promote his latest work, which is based on his interrogation...

Songs Inside is a music workshop program working with women in prisons, helping them access creative outlets and find purpose. A documentary telling their story has just won a prize at Sydney Film Fes...

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The Catalan people were brutally repressed by fascism in Spain. Now a movie about a grassroots triumph is storming through the box office and winning awards. And it's made it to Australia.

Jai Courtney eats up his role as the crazed captain of a tourist boat – but he can’t quite wrestle this creature feature from its straitjacket

To know Young and Dangerous is to know 1990s Hong Kong cinema. This pulp action franchise, which started in 1995, was the biggest cultural phenomenon on local screen. Based on a popular local comic…

I had only just been commenting in regards to this film that India was experiencing a “golden age of documentary” and then during the Sydney Film Festival’s introduction, those very words were spoken....

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There was a moment around midway through Iván Castiñeiras’ Gods of Stone (Deuses de pedra) film where I thought to myself, ‘You can really tell this was shot over 15 years’. That isn’t necessarily a b...

When I commented on Bill Morrison’s shoulda-been-Oscar-winning short film Incident from last year, I said that I was “surprised more filmmakers don’t use this, I guess, 24-style editing in documentary...

This is reDocumented, a new features blog where I document the documentaries. It will be an evolving format of short reviews, ideally some long-form pieces, and whatever else I choose to post. A revie...

Hawke and Andrew Scott star as ex-songwriting double-act Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Australian animated feature Lesbian Space Princess won the prestigious Teddy Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Volume 1 of the New Extremity Collection brings together some defining titles of the movement. HIGH TENSION is an unrelenting, edge-of-your-seat thriller that redefines modern horror with its intense ...

‘Again.’ The Director (Angelica Huston) calls out from the auditorium as ballet dancer turned assassin Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas) struggles to achieve a pirouette. She stumbles and fall…

Shortly before the premiere of his new film, The Phoenician Scheme, Wes Anderson reflects on his journey to becoming one of the world’s most distinctive filmmakers.

Alison Brie and Dave Franco are magnetic in the Australian-made supernatural body horror Together.

One of the most powerful moments at this year’s Cannes Film Festival — and perhaps in its history — came when Iranian director Jafar Panahi learned he had won the Palme d’Or. As jury president Juliett...

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Featuring Oscar-nominated star Sally Hawkins, new horror Bring Her Back goes even harder than Talk to Me.