Leah Purcell is four-midable as Elvis,Mystery Road dominate AACTA award nominations

Leah Purcell is four-midable as Elvis,Mystery Road dominate AACTA award nominations

Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic and Mystery Road:Origins dominate nominations for the AACTA Awards in December.

  • byGarry Maddox

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Nitram and The Newsreader win big at 2021 AACTA Awards

Nitram and The Newsreader win big at 2021 AACTA Awards

The year’s most controversial Australian film has swept the country’s top screen awards.

  • byGarry Maddox
David Gulpilil to receive film’s highest honour as his face lights up Opera House

David Gulpilil to receive film’s highest honour as his face lights up Opera House

A week after his death,the great Indigenous actor will receive a fitting honour.

  • byGarry Maddox
The Newsreader and Wakefield dominate AACTA nominations

The Newsreader and Wakefield dominate AACTA nominations

The country’s leading film and television awards recognise both famous faces and newcomers.

  • byGarry Maddox
‘It’s a word-of-mouth show’:the cult hit series you’re missing out on

‘It’s a word-of-mouth show’:the cult hit series you’re missing out on

Scott Ryan created Ray Shoesmith,a laconic hitman with a very ordinary domestic life,as a student project in the late ’90s. Now he finally says goodbye.

  • byKarl Quinn
She killed off Patrick in Offspring. Now Debra Oswald is at it again

She killed off Patrick in Offspring. Now Debra Oswald is at it again

The award-winning TV creator is dabbling with death in a new novel about female friendship and domestic violence.

  • byLouise Rugendyke
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‘Unbelievably frightening’:Emerald Fennell on the prevalence of sexual assault

‘Unbelievably frightening’:Emerald Fennell on the prevalence of sexual assault

Having made an incendiary film about toxic masculinity in Promising Young Woman,Fennell seems stunned to hear how often sexual assault has been in the news in Australia this week.

  • byGarry Maddox
Babyteeth,Stateless sweep AACTA Awards

Babyteeth,Stateless sweep AACTA Awards

A quirky film about a dying teenager and a refugee drama starring Cate Blanchett were the big winners,claiming the top directing,writing and acting categories.

  • byGarry Maddox andLouise Rugendyke
Dusty and disappointed:What went down at the ARIAs after-parties
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Dusty and disappointed:What went down at the ARIAs after-parties

A ceremony without a red carpet or an audience wasn’t the only thing coronavirus messed up for this year’s ARIA awards.

  • byNathanael Cooper
'Not our finest hour':Cate Blanchett on the country's'inhumane'treatment of refugees

'Not our finest hour':Cate Blanchett on the country's'inhumane'treatment of refugees

Ahead of the AACTA Awards,the two-time Oscar winner talks about the passion behind the TV series Stateless.

  • byGarry Maddox
Stateless,Invisible Man and Kelly Gang take early AACTA Awards

Stateless,Invisible Man and Kelly Gang take early AACTA Awards

Ahead of the main ceremony on Monday,the industry awards have recognised behind-the-scenes work.

  • byGarry Maddox