An award-winning Sundance selection and a documentary portrait of an Australian music icon will screen as gala films at this year's Melbourne International Film Festival.
Warwick Thornton's latest feature, 'The New Boy', has been selected for the Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard program.
'Tár' obliges its audience to sit through three minutes of opening credits. This is a big ask in the age of streaming where audiences embrace the “skip” function, arguably creating invisibility of the creative labour of the screen production, writes UTS's Alex Munt.
Directors Baz Luhrmann and James Cameron were able to win the prizes that have so far eluded them on the global awards circuit, but there was no joy for an Oscar favourite as the AACTA International award winners were announced.
Executive produced by Cate Blanchett, ABC documentary 'Knowing The Score' gets up close and personal with celebrated Australian conductor Simone Young.
Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis' has taken home four BAFTA Awards, recognising the film's casting, costume design, hair and makeup and lead actor Austin Butler, while Cate Blanchett snared the leading actress prize for 'Tár'.
Indian spy thriller 'Pathaan', starring Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, has enjoyed a bumper first weekend at the box office, coming in at no. 2 behind 'Avatar: The Way of Water'.
Noora Niasari's debut feature 'Shayda' took home the Audience Award in Sundance Film Festival's World Cinema Dramatic Competition over the weekend.