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Forty years on, Paul Hogan’s Crocodile Dundee is still our biggest film. Here’s why it could have been a disaster
Even one of the country’s most astute businessmen, Kerry Packer, thought Paul Hogan’s comedy would be a box office failure.
- Garry Maddox
Daniel MacPherson on ‘saying yes to things I probably shouldn’t have’
The former Neighbours star is no stranger to suffering for his art. But playing an MMA fighter took that to the next level.
- Karl Quinn
Racists ‘who wanted us gone’ get another lesson from Warwick Thornton
The acclaimed director may or may not be scared of actors, but there’s no mistaking the message in his latest film, Wolfram.
- Stephanie Bunbury
How War Machine flopped at box office and made big money for producers
It tanked at the box office. So what made War Machine’s Australian cinema run such a massive success?
- Karl Quinn
Why Rebel Wilson’s The Deb needs a post-Easter miracle to become a hit
The Australian star’s directing debut, a comic musical, finally lands in cinemas this week. But its arrival has been overshadowed by legal dramas.
- Garry Maddox
Three-hour Kangaroo Valley documentary is ‘a real escape from madness’
Ian Darling’s The Valley, which will make its world premiere at Sydney Film Festival in June, is about silence and solitude in a rural community.
- Garry Maddox
The Oscars are over. Here are the 12 big movies we can’t wait to see next
Family franchise sequels, buzzy horror counter-programming, stars getting their arthouse groove on, and blockbusters expected to gross $1 billion are all on the schedule.
- Craig Mathieson
‘Our experiences are horror’: Why Aussie women make killer psychological horror movies
A new Australian horror movie has landed – and, like many of the hit local horrors before it, the film was brought to life by a team of women.
- Nell Geraets
Made in Victoria, this sci-fi movie just topped Netflix film charts
The story of an angry giant alien machine intent on wiping out army recruits was shot in five locations across Victoria.
- Fiona Byrne