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Was Juliette Binoche wary about acting with her ex? It’s complicated

Was Juliette Binoche wary about acting with her ex? It’s complicated

The Taste of Things director Tran Anh Hung found his co-stars’ history was a recipe for success.

  • byStephanie Bunbury
Meet the heartthrob playing Anne Hathaway’s 24-year-old love interest

Meet the heartthrob playing Anne Hathaway’s 24-year-old love interest

A few years ago he was selling frozen yoghurt,now British actor Nicholas Galitzine is leading the rom-com revival,one hit film at a time.

  • byThomas Mitchell
Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt all fizzle and no sizzle in The Fall Guy
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Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt all fizzle and no sizzle in The Fall Guy

A critic quoted on the poster says this is “a ridiculously fun movie”. Yes,The Fall Guy is ridiculous. But fun? Not from where I was sitting.

  • byDavid Free
Inside the stunt that saw Ryan Gosling shut down the Harbour Bridge

Inside the stunt that saw Ryan Gosling shut down the Harbour Bridge

Director David Leitch started his career as Brad Pitt’s stunt double,then Matt Damon’s. So who better to tell Ryan Gosling how to ride a broken bin across Sydney Harbour Bridge at 50km/h?

  • byLouise Rugendyke
The forgotten follow-up to Romper Stomper that is finally getting its moment in the sun

The forgotten follow-up to Romper Stomper that is finally getting its moment in the sun

“We got the last use of old-time Melbourne.” Newly remastered,1995’s Metal Skin offers up a wild story of drag racing,sex and satanism in the western suburbs.

  • byWill Cox
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How Francis Ford Coppola beat the odds to become a cinematic genius

How Francis Ford Coppola beat the odds to become a cinematic genius

Sam Wasson sees the director’s films as reflections of his mode of being,his temperament and moral character.

  • byTom Ryan
From K-drama to K-horror:How South Korea is reinventing zombie flicks

From K-drama to K-horror:How South Korea is reinventing zombie flicks

South Korea already as a reputation for making great TV dramas and now Netflix is helping bring their horror films to the world.

  • byNell Geraets
Civil War is dividing audiences. But what is the chilling film trying to say?

Civil War is dividing audiences. But what is the chilling film trying to say?

The author of The Beach and director of Ex Machina has made a film about the collapse of democracy. It’s a harrowing vision but,he says,it needn’t come true.

  • byKarl Quinn
She took on Amy Winehouse,even though she knew the risks

She took on Amy Winehouse,even though she knew the risks

Marisa Abela,who plays the British singer in the film Back to Black,says the biopic is an honest portrait of the star’s relationship with her controversial father Mitch.

  • byLouise Rugendyke