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Even stranger things: How Hollywood is fast-tracking bright young stars
Surely 19 and 22 is too young for two actors to make their debuts as writer-directors.
- by Garry Maddox
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Joanna Lumley: ‘Even when my name was well known, my bank balance was still red’
Now in her 70s, Joanna Lumley is as unstoppable as ever. She talks to Michael Idato about her new film, her most famous character and finding herself through travel.
- by Michael Idato
★★★½
Review
Ab Fab? Not quite, but at least this comedy offers more than great music
Joanna Lumley unleashes her nasty side in Falling for Figaro, as she attempts to teach Danielle Macdonald’s timid singer the art of opera.
- by Sandra Hall
‘It’s been unbelievable’: The surprising success of Everything Everywhere All at Once
The inside story of the least likely art-house cinema hit of the year.
- by Garry Maddox
Rylance of the Slams: Greatest actor of his generation plays ‘world’s worst golfer’
Mark Rylance is one of the most acclaimed stage and screen actors alive, but in his latest role he plays a man who was acclaimed as the worst golfer ever.
- by Karl Quinn
‘We’ve never met. Let’s make a movie together’: When Cate called Wok
Early in COVID, the Oscar-winner called Warwick Thornton out of the blue. Now, the cameras are about to start rolling on their first film together, New Boy.
- by Karl Quinn
★★½
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When a virtuoso actor plays a bumbling idiot, it ends up not quite human
We’re asked to believe the lead character in Phantom of the Open can quote Oscar Wilde and speak Spanish, but doesn’t know what “handicap” means in golf.
- by Jake Wilson
Film inspired by Daniel Morcombe manhunt to lead 70th Melbourne Film Festival
A chilling story inspired by the hunt for the killer of 13-year-old Daniel Morcombe is one of the highlights in a historic program.
- by Karl Quinn
The old lady in Titanic is my spiteful, minimalist queen
Forget Leo and Kate, the true star of Titanic was the old lady who threw her diamond into the ocean.
- by Patrick Lenton
Opinion
Sci-Fi
Forty years on, Blade Runner’s still peerless as a sci-fi classic
Ridley Scott’s world of unchecked technology, environmental disaster and extreme wealth disparities still resonates four decades after its release.
- by Charles Purcell
Thor’s thumping opening shows how Marvel is still dominating cinemas
Taika Waititi’s new superhero movie has had the second-biggest opening weekend during the pandemic.
- by Garry Maddox