Cinema
‘We had $0 in the bank account’: How a little Australian thriller went from zero to hero
It was a film festival hit, but for the writers and directors behind Birdeater, it was four years of rain, sweat and tears.
- by Louise Rugendyke
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The Twisters reboot has no right being this good
And charismatic star Anthony Ramos is a key part of its winning equation.
- by Robert Moran
Ed Zwick’s laugh-out-loud memoir of working in Hollywood
The creator of thirtysomething has written a perceptive and entertaining account of his life behind the camera and the people he has worked with and fallen out with.
- by Tom Ryan
Feel like everyone is smoking on screen again? You’re not alone
From Austin Butler in The Bikeriders to Josh O’Connor in Challengers, cigarettes have been inescapable at the cinema recently. What’s driving the revival?
- by Meg Watson
The darkness that drove one of Hollywood’s brightest stars
Faye Dunaway was a luminous beauty and an incredibly powerful performer, but mental illness was the engine that drove her, a new documentary reveals.
- by Karl Quinn
Can Kevin Costner pull off his craziest career move yet?
Costner has defied the odds before, but the four-part, self-funded Horizon series is by far his most ambitious project yet.
- by Nell Geraets
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Forget the macho men, Jodie Comer is the real star of The Bikeriders
Tom Hardy and Austin Butler bring the beef as members of a Chicago bikie gang but Comer supplies the narration and is the main reason to see the film.
- by Sandra Hall
‘Rules go out the window’: Why Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons can’t say no to Yorgos Lanthimos
The actors star in the ‘really weird’ Kinds of Kindness, which was made before the Oscar-winning Poor Things was even released.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
How a first-time Aussie director ended up in charge of Beverly Hills Cop
Mark Molloy had never directed a film in his life. Then he found himself sitting on a couch with Eddie Murphy in Hollywood, pitching a Beverly Hills Cop sequel.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Sex sells: How Hollywood got steamy again
From The Idea of You to Poor Things, sex is back on the silver screen. What explains the resurgence in eroticism?
- by Nell Geraets
On this bro-heavy set, Jodie Comer runs rings around them all
The Killing Eve actor plays a charming outlaw in her latest film, The Bikeriders.
- by Louise Rugendyke