Gracie Otto began a film about her dad’s one-man show. A diagnosis changed the story

Gracie Otto began a film about her dad’s one-man show. A diagnosis changed the story

Gracie Otto has made a documentary about her beloved father,who no longer recognises himself in one of Australia’s biggest films.

  • byGarry Maddox

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This tale of the Nazi resistance is both gentle and heartbreaking

This tale of the Nazi resistance is both gentle and heartbreaking

From Hilde,With Love avoids Nazi film cliches while telling the story of a brave couple in 1942.

  • byJane Albert
From Bond to The Beast,is Léa Seydoux cinema’s greatest mystery?

From Bond to The Beast,is Léa Seydoux cinema’s greatest mystery?

Director Bertrand Bonello is so fascinated by the French actor that he wrote his latest film for her.

  • byJake Wilson
‘I don’t have impostor syndrome,I am an impostor’:Hannah Gadsby
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‘I don’t have impostor syndrome,I am an impostor’:Hannah Gadsby

The comedian is preparing for a new show,and is still stunned by how far their career has come since being catapulted to international fame with Nanette in 2018.

  • byKerrie O'Brien
Gimmick or game-changer? How mobile phones are transforming filmmaking

Gimmick or game-changer? How mobile phones are transforming filmmaking

While many traditionalists prefer professional cameras,a smartphone festival has attracted a record number of entries.

  • byGarry Maddox
This filmmaker quit school to chase her dream. At 19,she’s made four movies

This filmmaker quit school to chase her dream. At 19,she’s made four movies

Last year,teenage filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay completed three movies. This year,two of them will screen at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival.

  • byStephen A Russell
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‘I had no idea who I was’:Gabriel Byrne hates what fame did to him

‘I had no idea who I was’:Gabriel Byrne hates what fame did to him

The Usual Suspects changed Irish actor Gabriel Byrne’s life in an instant. His new film,Dance First,finds him happy beneath the radar.

  • byStephanie Bunbury
Revelatory or reprehensible? Controversial filmmaker accused of ‘Nazi porn’ returns to screen

Revelatory or reprehensible? Controversial filmmaker accused of ‘Nazi porn’ returns to screen

Fifty years ago,Liliana Cavani directed one of the most controversial films ever made,but in Venice this month,the world paid tribute.

  • byStephanie Bunbury
Film with non-professional cast wins Melbourne festival’s $140,000 top prize

Film with non-professional cast wins Melbourne festival’s $140,000 top prize

Australia’s richest film prize was awarded on Saturday night at the festival’s closing gala along with five other awards.

  • byKarl Quinn andElizabeth Flux
‘A cup of hot water with cinnamon before bedtime’:How this actor finishes her day

‘A cup of hot water with cinnamon before bedtime’:How this actor finishes her day

Bollywood star Malaika Arora begins her day with yoga,then drinks some hot water with lemon and honey.

  • byNicole Economos
Dreams and hallucinations:Virtual reality cinema takes viewers on wild journey

Dreams and hallucinations:Virtual reality cinema takes viewers on wild journey

The Melbourne International Film Festival’s virtual reality program explores the cutting edge of experimental cinema.

  • byWill Cox