Rachel Ward’s Palm Beach, a comedy-drama about a group of lifelong friends reuniting to celebrate a special birthday, will open the Sydney Film Festival at the State Theatre on Wednesday June 5.
Gillian Armstrong was 29 when she won the AFI award for best director for her debut feature 'My Brilliant Career', the first local film to be directed by a woman since the McDonagh sisters’ 'Two Minute Silence' in 1933.
The box office results for the Australian films and feature docs released in cinemas this year underline yet again the deep polarisation in the indie film market between the higher earners and the also-rans.
The head-to-head clash between Universal’s 'Palm Beach' and Transmission Films’ 'Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan' last weekend was far from ideal, but both films are positioned to have leggy runs thanks to word of mouth.
Quentin Tarantino’s ninth movie 'Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood' posted the biggest opening of his career in Australia last weekend, emulating its US success.
Is Todd Phillips’ 'Joker' an enthralling masterpiece or a disturbing and deeply derivative incitement to commit violence? The comic book inspired movie has polarised the critics but audiences in Australia and around the world have voted with their feet.
Actor, writer, producer and director Sam Neill has been named the recipient of the 2019 Equity New Zealand Lifetime Achievement Award, after being nominated by the Equity board and other Kiwi performers.
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) will next month bestow actor Sam Neill with its highest honour, the Longford Lyell Award.