A landmark performance by Hugo Weaving:Sydney Film Festival highlights and lowlights

A landmark performance by Hugo Weaving:Sydney Film Festival highlights and lowlights

The 66th festival was strong on new Australian films as international directors grappled with social breakdown.

  • byGarry Maddox

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A helicopter pilot remembers the terrifying Battle of Long Tan as new film premieres

A helicopter pilot remembers the terrifying Battle of Long Tan as new film premieres

Bob Grandin reflects on the real life events behind the film Danger Close:The Battle of Long Tan.

  • byGarry Maddox
Dead man singing:Martin Phillipps of The Chills

Dead man singing:Martin Phillipps of The Chills

The creative force behind the New Zealand indie band was given a death sentence by his doctor,but he’s still around and it’s all captured in a new documentary.

  • byBarry Divola
Why the kid from Breaking Bad walked out of his new Australian comedy

Why the kid from Breaking Bad walked out of his new Australian comedy

RJ Mitte's latest film is an Australian romantic comedy that has premiered at the Sydney Film Festival.

  • byGarry Maddox
From Hutchence and Springsteen to a live-action Punch and Judy show

From Hutchence and Springsteen to a live-action Punch and Judy show

Quite a range of new Australian films and one of the year's biggest crowd-pleasers have featured at the Sydney Film Festival.

  • byGarry Maddox
Social scene:Inside Moët Imperial’s 150th anniversary celebration

Social scene:Inside Moët Imperial’s 150th anniversary celebration

A slew of notable faces descended on Sydney’s Town Hall on Tuesday evening to celebrate the famous champagne.

  • byLucy Manly
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'I don’t want to grieve about the past':the Australian legacy of China's one-child policy

'I don’t want to grieve about the past':the Australian legacy of China's one-child policy

Olivia Sullivan may not know her birth mother,but her story is that of many children adopted during China's one-child policy.

  • byLaura Chung
'A hard pill to swallow':Boos,hisses and a standing ovation at premiere of Goodes film

'A hard pill to swallow':Boos,hisses and a standing ovation at premiere of Goodes film

After a smattering of boos,hisses and snorts at the anti-Goodes comments,there was a standing ovation on all three levels of the State Theatre on Friday night.

  • byGarry Maddox andSarah Muller
'A hard pill to swallow':Boos,hisses and a standing ovation at premiere of Goodes film

'A hard pill to swallow':Boos,hisses and a standing ovation at premiere of Goodes film

After a smattering of boos,hisses and snorts at the anti-Goodes comments,there was a standing ovation all three levels of the State Theatre on Friday night.

  • byGarry Maddox andSarah Muller
I am sad to report the death of the director

I am sad to report the death of the director

Think of Hitchcock,Scorsese or Weir. A celebrated Australian filmmaker says television's golden era is killing the singular voice of the director.

  • byRachel Ward
Tears,favours and pesto pasta:the challenge of making a feature film for $4000

Tears,favours and pesto pasta:the challenge of making a feature film for $4000

It took a long time – and more than a few tears – but first-time director Imogen McCluskey's micro-budget film is debuting at the Sydney Film Festival.

  • byGarry Maddox