Going Down could get a second life in Australian cinemas.

Chance find in a video store prompts US release of a cult Australian movie

Despite critical acclaim,Going Down struggled when it was released in 1983. Now it has a new opportunity to find an audience.

  • Garry Maddox

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Renders of proposed Oran Park and Sydney Studios.

The Sydney suburbs being considered for a new film studio

NSW is well-placed to attract overseas film and TV production,but a shortage of screen stages is hobbling the sector. Three separate plans aim to fix that.

  • Linda Morris andGarry Maddox
Director Sophie Somerville,centre,with actors Melissa Gan,left,and Emmanuelle Mattana in Melbourne.

The Australian film with a ‘tiny’ budget winning international awards

Sophie Somerville had no money to shoot Fwends. So she packed her camera gear in a beach cart and followed her actors through the streets.

  • Garry Maddox
The 3801 from A Steam Train Passes

The classic Australian railway film that took its cameraman to a Hollywood career

Made in 1974,A Steam Train Passes celebrates a bygone era. Now it has been remastered in high-definition 4K.

  • Garry Maddox
The Lotus Express passes through the astonishingly narrow Train Street.

It’s not luxurious,but the Lotus Express beats flying in Vietnam

It’s named as one of the world’s top five train journeys and starts with a thrilling jaunt through a famous street.

  • Garry Maddox
Ed Oxenbould and singer-songwriter Benee,real name Stella Bennett,who star in Head South.

‘Very tough’:The biggest challenge facing Australian star in new Kiwi movie

Ed Oxenbould and singer-songwriter Benee star in the New Zealand film Head South,a charmer about a Christchurch teenager with musical ambitions in post-punk 1979.

  • Garry Maddox
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Professor Richard Scolyer is recovering at home with a long scar on the left side of his head.

Former Australian of the Year down to ‘months,not years’ after brain tumour returns

Surgery has revealed that Professor Richard Scolyer has had a recurrence of his highly aggressive glioblastoma.

  • Garry Maddox
Flow.

How an animated charmer about a lost cat beat Hollywood’s biggest hits at the Oscars

Flow became the feelgood story of the Academy Awards when it surprisingly won best animated feature film.

  • Garry Maddox
Anora is still screening in cinemas.

From Anora to The Brutalist,Wicked and Flow,where to watch the Oscar winners

Some are in cinemas;others are streaming. Here’s our guide to where to catch them.

  • Garry Maddox
Crime comedy Anora has cleaned up at the Oscars,taking home five awards including best picture.

Oscars 2025 as it happened:Anora wins best picture;Mikey Madison and Adrien Brody take out best actor awards

From the night’s biggest winner,to the fan favourites,the 97th Academy Awards ceremony certainly paid worthy tribute to the power of the silver screen.

  • Hannah Hammoud,Nell Geraets,Damien Woolnough,Michael Idato,Karl Quinn,Garry Maddox,Lauren Ironmonger andThomas Mitchell