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Is this Aussie comedy film racist? Its director doesn’t think so

There are plenty of people who think the last great Australian comedy was Crocodile Dundee – and filmmaker Tony Rogers might just be among them.

  • Karl Quinn

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Stephen McCallum worked on the documentary Never Get Busted! for four years. He’s spent the past two years fighting for the right to have that work acknowledged.

Filmmaker wins landmark case to be acknowledged as ‘principal director’

In a highly unusual case, a director has taken a producer to court, alleging he was denied his rightful credit. And in a major decision, he won.

  • Karl Quinn
Whistler Molly Lewis

She’s toured with Beck and collaborated with Dr Dre – meet our most unlikely music star

Molly Lewis always whistled, but she has turned a childhood pastime into a thriving international career.

  • Garry Maddox
Director Adrian Chiarella with Joe Bird, who stars in Leviticus.

‘Did homophobia become OK again?’ Backlash inspires breakthrough horror film

Adrian Chiarella’s Leviticus, which is screening in competition at Sydney Film Festival, is about the traumas of gay conversion therapy.

  • Garry Maddox
Jordan Dautovic, right, with colleague Lance Weeks, is about to bring film processing for movies back to Australia.

It’s a process: The former croupier taking a gamble to bring back film

Jordan Dautovic learnt to develop film during lockdown. Now he’s betting he can bring it back big-time – with a little help from Peter Jackson.

  • Karl Quinn
Stunt performers Elliot Joseph and Igho Diegbe on the set of Hotel Hotel Hotel Hotel.

How a Daniel Kaluuya movie spawned a new wave of Aussie stuntmen

The script called for multiple “versions” of the Oscar-winning actor. The challenge: finding them.

  • Karl Quinn
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Angourie Rice, wearing Scanlan Theodore: “I liked the challenge of playing this character who’s wild and spontaneous.”

Angourie Rice’s early co-stars included Russell Crowe. Now 25, she’s reviving the rom-com

The Melbourne-born actor and star of Finding Emily is out to prove her Gen Z peers wrong when it comes to love.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Damian Trewhella, former CEO of the Australian Film Institute, and Jo Smith, ousted board member. 14th May 2026. Photo by Jason South

Ousted AFI boss makes major concession in unfair dismissal case

Damian Trewhella has dropped a key demand from his claim against the Australian Film Institute.

  • Karl Quinn
High point: the Bring Her Back team after winning best film at the AACTA Awards in Febuary.

The explosive drama behind the scenes at Australia’s main film and TV awards

The Australian Film Institute’s announcement that chief executive Damian Trewhella was leaving has triggered weeks of bitter claims and counterclaims.

  • Garry Maddox
Holding pic of James Reyne

For James Reyne, a 1983 Australian film is a memory of past love. Now it’s getting a second life

Before Australian Crawl, the singer-songwriter fell in love with a fellow acting student who was later killed in a car crash.

  • Garry Maddox