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'You can't take your eyes off it': Meet the director behind one of the year's best movies so far

Todd Haynes's new movie May December stars Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore as an actor and her subject, as Moore's past transgressions return to the fore.
Todd Haynes and Natalie Portman pose together in front of a view of the shoreline at Cannes.

This riveting Oscar-nominated thriller features a perceptive dog and the sexiest lawyer in the Alps

Oscar nominee Anatomy of a Fall asks the question: how many times can a woman endure a 50 Cent instrumental before she loses her mind?
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A man with blue eyes and floppy grey hair stands in a green jacket

Julianne Moore says her new movie is not about Mary Kay Letourneau. But it cuts uncomfortably close

Julianne Moore and Charles Melton star in May December as a married couple who began their sexual relationship when she was 36 and he was just 13 years old.
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An older blond woman lies on the chest of a young, brunette man

Meg and Nicki's beef, Britney fans trolling JT and *those* Dune popcorn buckets — what you missed over the weekend

From the lowdown on all the tidbits you missed in the Hottest 100, to Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion's feud, here's all the latest entertainment news you might need.
A collage image of Megan, left, with Nicki, centre and Doja, right, all from MTV VMA's red carpet, with Dune 2 buckets.

Was he pushed? Did he slip? In Anatomy of a Fall, only a border collie knows the truth

Director-writer Justine Triet discusses the slipperiness of truth in her Palme D'Or-winning courtroom drama, Anatomy of a Fall.
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A film still of Samuel Theis as a dead body in blood-stained snow, with Sandra Hüller and Milo Machado Graner hugging nearby.

Family or cult? The Iron Claw explores the stranger-than-fiction tale of four beefcake brothers

Tanned torsos and Prince Valiant haircuts abound in this stranger-than-fiction tale of a Southern dynasty of professional wrestlers.
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Four beefed up brothers in jeans and singlets or t-shirts, sit or lean together on a farm fence.

Richard Roxburgh and Rebecca Gibney are a megachurch power-couple in Prosper

New Australian drama series Prosper stars Richard Roxburgh and Rebecca Gibney as the Quinns: the powerful family behind a fictional megachurch.
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Richard Roxburgh stands in front of scaffolding and a lit-up neon U Star logo of a U and a star shape in a circle.

Two Irish heart-throbs star in this exquisite slow-burn queer romance that's also part ghost story

All of Us Strangers, starring Andrew Scott (Fleabag) and Paul Mescal (Normal People), uses a supernatural story to illuminate the beauty of queer relationships.
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A film still of Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal in a busy nightclub. Mescal has his arm around Scott who is leaning over a bar.

Huge new Michelle Yeoh series fuses black comedy and martial arts: The best of what to watch this January

New year new content! Here's what's good and new to streaming this month that you might not have heard of yet.
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Michelle Yeoh holds a tray with burning incense in it, appearing to provide an offering at a temple, while her eyes are teary.

From Darra to The Gap: How Netflix recreated 1980s Brisbane in Boy Swallows Universe

Trent Dalton's Boy Swallows Universe is an extremely Darra story but that's not where much of the Netflix adaptation was filmed. In fact, a lot of it was shot outside of Brisbane.
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Eli, left, looks to Lyle as they walk by the side of their house, Lyle with an arm around Eli and another holding an esky.

The Holdovers is a dying breed of movie — the perfect comfort watch

The Holdovers won Golden Globes for Paul Giamatti and Da'Vine Joy Rudolph. Now that it's finally landed in Australian cinemas, it as good as the critics say?
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A film still of Dominic Sessa and Paul Giamatti standing outside on a snowy day, hands in pockets, with impassive expressions.

Dan Levy's movie debut uncovers the lies we tell each other and ourselves to move forward

The directorial debut of Schitt's Creek creator and star Dan Levy sees the actor's character Marc navigating the stormy waters of grief, with help from his friends.
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A film still of Jamael Westman, Himesh Patel, Ruth Negga and Daniel Levy, sitting close together on a couch, smiling.

All the times Sarah Snook was so sharp-tongued as Shiv Roy, she earnt that Golden Globe

With Sarah Snook nominated at the Golden Globes, let's take a look back at the Australian actor's finest moments as Shiv Roy.
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Sarah's character Shiv sits on a couch and looks up at someone off camera while holding a newspaper.

Speed, sleek cars and a persistent sense of impending doom: Adam Driver stars in Ferrari

Adam Driver stars as Enzo Ferrari in director Michael Mann's take on the legacy of the eponymous racing-car mogul.
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A film still of Adam Driver, with white hair and sunglasses, his arms folded, and Gabriel Leone, in a leather jacket and sunnies

Taika Waititi was once a renegade. Does his new movie measure up?

The much-loved Kiwi director returns with a movie based on the true story of the American Samoa soccer team, starring Michael Fassbender.
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A film still of Michael Fassbender, crouching and screaming, surrounded by a Pacific Islander football team, in green.

Singing on stage was Mathilda's dream. Her drama teacher taught her it's also a human right

A drama group is creating new opportunities and making dreams come true for performers with a disability living in regional Victoria.
A woman in a red t shirt sings into a microphone with her eyes closed

Joel Edgerton's new Hollywood film has divided critics — which he says is what its director wanted

The Australian actor hopes Master Gardener, the new film by veteran director and screenwriter Paul Schrader, will spark debate.
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Man and woman sit on a seat in a garden.

'I hope this helps people to understand': Why a film about racism and a rugby tour in 1972 still resonates today

In Julian Dennison's new flick Uproar, his character's life echoes his own experiences of navigating culture, racism and ethics, all while going through the truly formative adventure that is attending an all-boys high school.
Julian Dennison wears a dirty rugby jersey and stares at the camera in Uproar.

Nazi Germany's influence on the new Hunger Games film

Uli grew up in post-war Germany, so the possibility of a Hunger Games like dystopia feels like "a very real thing". This is how the film's production designer tackled the prequel.
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Actress Rachel Zegler gives a sarcastic bow as Lucy Gray in the Hunger Games prequel.

We all know about Napoleon, but we've never seen it played quite like Joaquin Phoenix

In their first collaboration since Gladiator, director Ridley Scott reunites with Joaquin Phoenix to bring the complexities of the notorious French emperor to life.
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Joaquin Phoenix acting on screen as Napoleon Bonaparte in an 18th-century French naval uniform and large hat, wielding a sword.

Historian traces steps of Aussie outback cult classic film ahead of high-definition makeover

Wake in Fright received a frosty reception when it premiered to outback audiences, but a new documentary is giving insight into its rise to a well-regarded piece of Australian cinema history. 
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Men holding guns sit on the verandah of an outback home

New horror-drama series to be released exclusively on TikTok

A new horror-drama series set in Western Sydney will be released exclusively on TikTok.
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Nathan Fielder's new series with Emma Stone is 'excruciating, cinematic masterpiece' about gentrification

In The Curse, Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone play an excruciating couple who make you laugh but also want to cry.
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Emma and Nathan stand on either side of a knocked-through wall wearing hard hats, Emma with a hammer in hand, looking smug

Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal star in this R-rated sci-fi romance filmed in regional Victoria

The third feature from Australian director Garth Davis sets a high dramatic bar for this adaptation of Iain Reid's 2018 novel, but it unintentionally teeters into comedy.
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A white blonde woman and a white brunette man, both in their 30s, stand intimately looking at each other in a desert.

Dumb Money: The story of how an amateur vlogger took on Wall St bros… and won

This brisk, buzzy film starring Paul Dano, Seth Rogen and America Ferrera tells the almost unbelievable story of the 2021 GameStop saga.
A white man in his 30s with brown hair, wears a backwards baseball cap and a grey checkered shirt and sits at a table speaking.