‘Sometimes it fills that gap for people’:Miranda Otto on the dangerous appeal of cult leaders

‘Sometimes it fills that gap for people’:Miranda Otto on the dangerous appeal of cult leaders

The Australian star of Lord of the Rings,Fires and Wellmania plays a cult leader in the new drama series,The Clearing.

  • byGarry Maddox

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Magic Mixies a spell for success but do they pass the kids’ TV test?

Magic Mixies a spell for success but do they pass the kids’ TV test?

With a million magic units sold,a series on Netflix,and new products by the day,Magic Mixies is a global success story. But what does it say about kids’ TV?

  • byKarl Quinn
‘Please don’t catch anyone’s eye’,and other Campion film-set rules

‘Please don’t catch anyone’s eye’,and other Campion film-set rules

Some film school teachers had “no great belief or hope” in Jane Campion. Two Oscars later ...

  • byKonrad Marshall
The scheme that brought a million people to Australia gets its own show

The scheme that brought a million people to Australia gets its own show

At the heart of the drama series Ten Pound Poms is a great disconnect between expectation and reality.

  • byKarl Quinn
Heather Mitchell:‘My first sexual experience was a moment of shock’

Heather Mitchell:‘My first sexual experience was a moment of shock’

The Australian actor opens up about her father’s Alzheimer’s,cancer,and sex scenes with Hugo Weaving.

  • byRobyn Doreian
The news that sent Matt Nable and his brothers on a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ Vegas trip

The news that sent Matt Nable and his brothers on a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ Vegas trip

From football to acting,boxing to writing,and now,directing,Matt Nable’s long defied stereotypes. And now he’s ready to smash some more.

  • byGarry Maddox
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Why this Aussie film about 90s suburbia has audiences raving

Why this Aussie film about 90s suburbia has audiences raving

Of An Age renders ’90s suburbia into a site of romance and longing and offers Australia its own entry to a potent sub-genre of queer cinema.

  • byJared Richards
Perth’s long-awaited movie studio moves north and a step closer to becoming a reality
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Perth’s long-awaited movie studio moves north and a step closer to becoming a reality

After the failure to make their bold Fremantle Harbour proposal fly Home Fire Creative Industries have come up with what appears to be a viable plan for a movie studio in Malaga.

  • byMark Naglazas
‘You’ve got a brain tumour,you idiot!’:What Geoff Morrell’s drawings revealed

‘You’ve got a brain tumour,you idiot!’:What Geoff Morrell’s drawings revealed

While filming in NZ,actor Geoff Morrell began sketching faces that had a strange swelling behind one eye. Turns out,his brain was telling him something.

  • byAmanda Hooton
Albanese cues bridges to Bollywood,flags film production pact

Albanese cues bridges to Bollywood,flags film production pact

Indian movie stars have been told to expect a new deal to encourage more of their films to be made in Australia.

  • byDavid Crowe
Cate Blanchett:‘Early in my career I would be treated brutally by a director’

Cate Blanchett:‘Early in my career I would be treated brutally by a director’

On the tough times she faced when starting out as an actor,Blanchett says:“To be frank,I wouldn’t be here now if that sort of thing hadn’t happened.”

  • byRichard Morrison