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

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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
‘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
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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
George Miller would say Mad Max was a mad idea if pitched to him now

George Miller would say Mad Max was a mad idea if pitched to him now

The director says the AACTA award established in honour of his friend and producer Byron Kennedy is about encouraging the mavericks who don't know any better.

  • byKarl Quinn
'Grossly under-represented':Academy gives Rams a second chance at awards

'Grossly under-represented':Academy gives Rams a second chance at awards

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts is giving the comic-drama Rams an extraordinary second chance.

  • byGarry Maddox