With Barbie,Margot Robbie has conquered Hollywood. What’s next?

With Barbie,Margot Robbie has conquered Hollywood. What’s next?

Barbie is a global smash. But it’s not just for her starring role that Margot Robbie should be earning raves.

  • byKarl Quinn

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A shrewdly crafted,powerful feature debut from Aussie YouTubers
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A shrewdly crafted,powerful feature debut from Aussie YouTubers

Teenagers are possessed by ghosts,with help from a ceramic,embalmed hand,in the debut feature from twin brothers Danny and Michael Philippou,aka RackaRacka.

  • byJake Wilson
Bollywood star tapped to turbocharge Australian film and television

Bollywood star tapped to turbocharge Australian film and television

The Perth-born BBC Indian-Australian actress says she is excited at the prospect of helping to bring more diverse stories to life.

  • byKarl Quinn
How Sydney Dance Company helped bring a Hollywood movie to life

How Sydney Dance Company helped bring a Hollywood movie to life

Sydney Dance Company alumna Holly Doyle was co-choreographer of Carmen,the feature debut of Benjamin Millepied,who choreographed Black Swan.

  • byChantal Nguyen
Hugo Weaving liked this film so much he stripped naked for it

Hugo Weaving liked this film so much he stripped naked for it

The Rooster came from a very dark place,but actor-turned director Mark Leonard Winter and actor-producer Geraldine Hakewill have made a film full of joy.

  • byKarl Quinn
‘You know better than to look at my chest’:Trans actor Zoe Terakes on good manners

‘You know better than to look at my chest’:Trans actor Zoe Terakes on good manners

The Australian will be Marvel’s first transgender actor. They discuss trans joy,body image and being stared at in public.

  • byBenjamin Law
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Screen Australia criticised for funding foreign broadcasters against own rules

Screen Australia criticised for funding foreign broadcasters against own rules

A leading independent producer claims Screen Australia is incorrectly allowing BBC and NBC to apply for hotly contested public funding.

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Blanchett,Indiana Jones,blowing up a pipeline:the hottest tickets at Sydney Film Festival

Blanchett,Indiana Jones,blowing up a pipeline:the hottest tickets at Sydney Film Festival

From Blanchett as a renegade nun to Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny,the festival that starts this week has plenty of highlights.

  • byGarry Maddox
The low-budget Aussie horror Stephen King ‘couldn’t take his eyes off’

The low-budget Aussie horror Stephen King ‘couldn’t take his eyes off’

Late Night with Devil has captivated the world’s biggest horror writer - now it’s selling out at the Sydney Film Festival.

  • byLouise Rugendyke
‘A severe case of nepotism’:Alice Englert’s journey from ‘film brat’ to filmmaker

‘A severe case of nepotism’:Alice Englert’s journey from ‘film brat’ to filmmaker

She grew up on the sets of her mother Jane Campion’s films,before falling into a successful acting career. Now she has her debut feature Bad Behaviour premiering at the Sydney Film Festival.

  • byRobert Moran
How a director’s life-changing trip around the Pilbara became a movie

How a director’s life-changing trip around the Pilbara became a movie

As a teen,Nyul Nyul and Yawuru director Jub Clerc went on a trip with other at-risk kids. It’s the basis of her debut feature.

  • byStephanie Bunbury