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Murderous emus to slasher classics: What I learnt from a week of horror films
If you watched nothing but horror movies for a week, what would that do to you? Here are the four things I learnt from my marathon of terror.
- by Nell Geraets
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The smart money is on this real-life revenge-of-the-nerd story
Based on the GameStop short squeeze saga that gripped Wall Street in 2021, Dumb Money is funny, absorbing and often suspenseful.
- by Jake Wilson
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Michael Fassbender is masterful as cold-blooded murderer in The Killers
Bleakly sardonic humour underlies the violence in David Fincher’s latest film.
- by Sandra Hall
This man gave up his smartphone for 30 days. Could you do the same?
It was social media envy that first drove Alex Lykos to quit his phone. But laying it down for a month raised much bigger issues for the filmmaker.
- by Karl Quinn
10 great movies to see at the Brisbane International Film Festival
Quality rather than quantity is the focus of this year’s pared-back festival, with new films by Taika Waititi, Pedro Almodovar and Kitty Green.
- by Nick Dent
Actors fear AI will take their jobs. In truth, it’s already happening
Talks between actors and the studios have reached an impasse, in part over the use of their digital likeness. But has the artificial horse already bolted?
- by Karl Quinn
22 movies we can’t wait to see at the cinema
From a Marvel blockbuster to Wonka, Priscilla and The Iron Claw, there’s a lot to choose from in the coming months.
- by Louise Rugendyke
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Facts not allowed to get in the way of Diana Nyad biopic
The story of the legendary swimmer on film only swims in the calmer waters.
- by Jake Wilson
Ambitious, powerful, flawed: Killers of the Flower Moon ends with a stroke of brilliance
Martin Scorsese’s epic, which is based on the true story of Osage Nation murders, is redeemed by a very late scene.
- by Anwen Crawford
It was Wall Street’s wildest ride and this Aussie director knows why
Craig Gillespie has lived in the US long enough to understand how small-town dreamers broke the big guys in the story of Dumb Money.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
How Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio tackled America’s original sin
With Killers of the Flower Moon Scorsese and DiCaprio have made their angriest film yet, taking aim at America’s treatment of First Nations people.
- by Stephanie Bunbury