Movies

The Silver City Cinema in remote NSW has stood the test of time for nearly 60 years. Now its new owners want to honour the legend who kept it alive.

From his humble beginnings to winning a bevy of big awards, including four Oscars, the filmmaker has forged a successful career by staying true to his guiding principles.

Melbourne International Film Festival customers receive strange texts and emails after a data breach linked to the event's third-party ticketing system.

The "huge swathes" of Pitjantjatjara lines in the 1949 film Bitter Springs are at last translated. Warning: This story contains images of Indigenous people who have died.

Films are four times more likely to feature a talking animal lead than a woman over 60. These charts explain the state of film for older women. 

Forget about slashers and body horror — the next evolution of fright stems from an fluorescent-lit room.

Plus the rom-com of yore returns in Finding Emily, the farmyard mystery that's been delighting audiences, and a gory Hollywood video game adaptation filmed on the Gold Coast. 

From Mozart to Max Richter, can you pick the classical music in these iconic films?

The ABC Timelines quiz is back to test your knowledge of some of the most iconic movie quotes of the 2000s.

What do you do when your stolen film wins a slew of awards for the thief? In the case of these filmmakers, you travel across the globe to hunt him down.

The Oscar-winning actor says Hollywood's reckoning over sexual misconduct and gender equality has stalled despite the global impact of #MeToo.

As animated film Forgotten Island gets ready to hit the big screen later this year, could it signal an end to Filipino typecasting in Hollywood?

Standing side by side with real-life heroes Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse, the Yellow Jackets star is a passionate ally for their cause.

Director David Lowery has crafted a dark and mysterious chamber piece that turns a pop star's spiralling crisis into something supernatural.

The $110 million Mortal Kombat sequel is the next in a laundry list of productions putting Queensland on the radar for international films.

John Polson was a troubled teen when a sliding doors moment led him into the world of acting. He went on to create Tropfest, one of the world's biggest short film festivals, changing his life and the Australian industry.  

What we're watching, reading and cooking this weekend.

Miranda Priestly has lost her fangs in the reboot as weak plot lines make room for superfluous scenes and characters.

Final arguments in the defamation trial between Charlotte MacInnes and Rebel Wilson have heard claims of a suspicious career jump to "terrible, terrible" allegations.

Carmen: A Hip Hopera starred superstar Beyonce in her acting debut. It's been 25 years since the now cult classic musical drama aired on MTV in the United States.