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Marking Robert De Niro’s first foray into episodic streaming (unless you count the epic The Irishman), Netflix's political mini-series Zero Day sees the legendary actor bring all his gravitas into portraying a beloved former U.S. president

Novocastrian coming of age indie COOKED will premiere at Event Cinemas Kotara in March and on Digital in April

Mati Diop's acclaimed documentary DAHOMEY is finally coming to cinemas this Thursday. Annette Basile reviews.

Oscar contender I'M STILL HERE reviewed by Julian Wood. I'm Still Here is in cinemas this Thursday

JAMES BOND WILL RETURN But not as you know it.

At the Berlin Film Festival, Digby Houghton reviews Mary Bronstein's IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU, starring Rose Byrne in a rare dramatic role.

DICK SLIDER is back for a fourth season and a second SPA Awards nomination for Best Online Series Production of the Year!

Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese's Lesbian Space Princess wows Berlin!

At the Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival, Digby Houghton reviews Radu Jude's KONTINENTAL '25

Nat Cohen's grandson contacted Stephen Vagg with some personal insights into the private life of the forgotten British film mogul

In this week's salute to the work of creatives who have never truly received the credit that they deserve: director Dick Richards, who helmed The Culpepper Cattle Co., Farewell, My Lovely, Rafferty And The Gold Dust Twins and Death Valley

Red Scare, Daryl F. Zanuck, Maureen O'Hara, brothels! Stephen Vagg's series on dodgy foreign screenplays filmed in Australia takes aim at the 1952 Hollywood epic KANGAROO, directed by Lewis Milestone

8 years since her last narrative feature American Honey, revered filmmaker Andrea Arnold returns closer to home with BIRD, which is in cinemas today. Anthony Frajman spoke with Arnold about casting amateurs and Barry Keoghan, and her feelings of loss.

Pamela Anderson returns to our screens in THE LAST SHOWGIRL, directed by Gia Coppola. Sophie Terakes reviews. The Last Showgirl is in cinemas this Thursday

Train and film enthusiasts are in for a rare treat this April as A Steam Train Passes, widely regarded as Australia’s finest railway film, returns to the big screen in Sydney and Canberra.

David Wenham will be inducted into the Australian Film Walk of Fame tonight in Randwick!

Following up Longlegs, Osgood Perkins adapts Stephen King’s classic short story about, well, read on... Anthony O'Connor reviews THE MONKEY, in cinemas this Thursday

Screenwest, together with Stan, the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) and Screen Australia, is thrilled to announce the Stan Original Film Whale Shark Jack, a family feature film currently in production in Western Australia

Stan reveals content lineup

ACMI's Focus on Andrea Arnold season

The ABC, the Australian Children’s Television Foundation, Screen Australia and VicScreen are thrilled to announce that filming is underway in Melbourne on the new original Children’s series, Knee High Spies.

Trailer for FREAKY TALES, Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden’s (Half Nelson, Mississippi Grind) '80s set film is described as a mix tape, an anthology if you will, starring Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn, Jay Ellis, Normani, Dominique Thorne, Jack Champion, Ji-young Yoo, Angus Cloud, and Tom Hanks.

We drag forgotten made-for-TV movies out of the vault and into the light! This week: the 1971 crime drama Mongo’s Back In Town starring Joe Don Baker, Sally Field, Telly Savalas and Martin Sheen.

Lisa Nystrom reviews Oscar nominee NICKEL BOYS, which heads straight to streaming in Australia, from 27 February on Prime Video

Gloriously hilarious, Stress Positions cements first-time filmmaker Theda Hammel as a riveting talent to watch After a highly successful film festival run, including Sundance, Stress Positions is available now on Digital

Helen Barlow reports from the Berlin Film Festival, where Rose Byrne and Jacob Elordi are causing a commotion, in the best possible ways.

"Bird is lovely, if a bit underwhelming" according to Finnlay Dall's review. Andrea Arnold's Bird is in cinemas this Thursday

As the US threatens tariffs on imports from other countries in order to prop up its own industries, how about we recognise the impact of films from other countries on our own culture, let alone film industry. It's our weekend box office report!

New Australian film CARMEN & BOLUDE trailer launched ahead of Sydney premiere

Cain Noble-Davies reviews THE LAST JOURNEY, in cinemas 27 February

Stephen Vagg's latest Forgotten Australian Television Play is 1963's THE RIGHT THING, an original comedy written by Raymond Bowers, ABC’s first TV drama co-production with an international company.

Vincent Hooper and Susan Adalla shoot the apple off William Tell's head as they explore the good, the bad and the ugly in this latest iteration of the folk story. William Tell is in cinemas 20 February

Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres is a favourite to take out the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in Walter Salles' I'M STILL HERE - which is a meaningful title in itself when you consider what happened to early Oscars favourite Karla Sofía Gascón James Mottram reports

Stephen Vagg's latest column on Movie Star Cold Streaks explores the fascinating career of sixties icon James Coburn

He used to give me roses... Cain Noble-Davies reviews Charles Williams' highly anticipated feature debut INSIDE, starring Guy Pearce, Cosmo Jarvis and Vincent Miller.

Memoir of a Snail, The Dismissal Musical among winners at the Australian Writers' Guild Awards

Scandinavia’s highest grossing documentary, Filip Hammar + Fredrik Wikingsson’s THE LAST JOURNEY has taken everyone by surprise, including its self-deprecating filmmakers Dov Kornits spoke with Filip + Fredrik ahead of their Australian tour for Q&A previews of this touching + entertaining film

Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) has revealed the exceptional nominees for the 5th annual AIDC Awards, and the winner of the 2nd AIDC Southern Light Award for outstanding contribution to nonfiction screen, digital and/or audio media.

Following years of directing all of your favourite TV, and his Oscar nominated feature debut To Leslie, British director returned to the UK to helm the fourth film in the Bridget Jones series, Mad About the Boy. Dov Kornits spoke with Morris on video for posterity

In this week's salute to the work of creatives who have never truly received the credit that they deserve: director William Girdler, who helmed Grizzly, Day Of The Animals and The Manitou

Fans of the Bridget Jones series will love the latest installment, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. Marxists, maybe less so, according to Dov Kornits' review

Erin Free reviews Oscar nominee SUGARCANE, currently streaming on Disney+

A chance to win a double pass to Andrea Arnold's BIRD, in cinemas 20 February