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    Australia's Scandinavian Film Festival Is Marking Ten Years of Showcasing Nordic Cinema with a Packed 2024 Lineup

    Spend winter watching movies from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, including a retrospective dedicated to Liv Ullmann and Ingmar Bergman.

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    'House of the Dragon' Knows How to Take Flight in the 'Game of Thrones' Prequel's Civil War-Fuelled Second Season

    The fiery feuds keep coming in this engaging — and characteristically bloody, and long-awaited — return to Westeros' past.

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    Post WWII-Set Italian Melodrama 'There's Still Tomorrow' Has Won the 2024 Sydney Film Festival Prize

    In Italy, actor-turned-director Paola Cortellesi's debut behind the lens did better at the 2023 box office than 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer'.

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    HBO Has Renewed 'House of the Dragon' for a Third Season of Targaryen Feuds Ahead of Season Two's Arrival

    More of this hugely popular 'Game of Thrones' prequel is coming — and not just when the second season hits.

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    Now Streaming: The Restored Version of Talking Heads Concert Film 'Stop Making Sense' Has Hit DocPlay

    If you missed the greatest concert film ever made in 4K in cinemas in 2023, you can now watch it at home.

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    Break Out the Marmalade Sandwiches: Everyone's Favourite Bear Is Back in the First 'Paddington in Peru' Trailer

    The Amazon rainforest awaits in the third film in this page-to-screen franchise, with Olivia Colman and Antonio Banderas joining the cast.

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    'The Boys' Keeps Confronting the Struggle to Hold Onto Humanity in Its Bleak and Brutal Must-Watch Fourth Season

    With just one more season to come, this page-to-screen series remains as laser-focused as ever on the consequences of letting the quest for power run riot.

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    Say Goodbye to 'The Boys': Prime Video's Superhero Satire Is Ending After Its Fifth Season

    The streaming series was renewed before season four even arrives — and now showrunner Eric Kripke has announced that the following season will be its last.

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    Sydney Film Festival Has Added Four More Days to Its 2024 Program to Give 19 Movies Extra Screenings

    SFF's annual Back By Popular Demand sessions are giving you another chance to see 'I Saw the TV Glow', 'Sasquatch Sunset' and more.

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    When Splashing Horror Across the Screen Is in Your Genes: Ishana Night Shyamalan Chats 'The Watchers'

    After first making an imprint as a director and writer on 'Servant', Ishana Night Shyamalan carries on the family tradition with her debut horror movie.

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    Apple TV+ Has Just Dropped Your First Look at the Second Seasons of 'Severance' and 'Silo'

    They don't have release dates yet, but new episodes of the two sci-fi hits are finally on the way — and this calls for a waffle party.

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    The First Trailer for Adam Elliot's 'Memoir of a Snail' Is Here with a Stellar Sarah Snook-Led Voice Cast

    Kodi Smit-McPhee, Eric Bana, Tony Armstrong, Nick Cave and Jacki Weaver also lend their vocals to the second feature from the 'Mary and Max' animator.

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    The Odds Are in Your Favour for Another 'Hunger Games' Prequel Book in 2025, Then a Movie in 2026

    Set around the Second Quarter Quell, 'Sunrise on the Reaping' will add another instalment to the dystopian franchise both on the page and on the screen.

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    Melbourne International Film Festival 2024 Will Open with Adam Elliot's New Stop-Motion Animation 'Memoir of a Snail'

    Here's the first 24 movies that you need to see at this year's MIFF, including Sundance sensation 'I Saw the TV Glow' and a documentary about Warren Ellis establishing an animal sanctuary.

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    In Space, Chestbursting Horror Wreaks Havoc Again in the Full Trailer for New 'Alien' Film 'Romulus'

    Seven years after 'Alien: Covenant' and 45 years since Ridley Scott's original sci-fi masterpiece, this iconic franchise is back.

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    The Potential Is Strong with 'The Acolyte', Which Gives 'Star Wars' a Spirited New Small-Screen Spinoff

    Jedi are being eliminated by a mysterious warrior in this thrilling new addition to a galaxy far, far away from 'Russian Doll' co-creator Leslye Headland.

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    Twelve Movies to Put on Your Must-See List at the 2024 Sydney Film Festival

    Whether you're keen on a dose of weirdness with your SFF sessions, to embrace a Sydney icon or to see award-winning flicks, there's something for you among these titles.

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    Sydney Film Festival Has Expanded Its 2024 Program with Eight New Movies Straight From Cannes

    Cinephiles of Sydney, you'd best make room on your SFF schedule for more movies — including Francis Ford Coppola's long-awaited 'Megalopolis'.

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    Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in May

    Spend your couch time watching a documentary about Jim Henson and an Elisabeth Moss-led spy thriller.

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    Twelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in May

    Spend your couch time watching a documentary about Jim Henson, an Elisabeth Moss-led spy thriller and the new season of an Aussie rom-com sitcom.

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    George Miller Is Coming to Sydney Film Festival to Chat About All Things 'Mad Max' and 'Furiosa'

    You've seen 'Furiosa' and 'Fury Road' — now catch the iconic director talking to stuntman and filmmaker Nash Edgerton about the franchise.

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    It's Time to Get Weird with Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos Again in the Full Trailer for 'Kinds of Kindness'

    Jesse Plemons just won the Best Actor prize at Cannes for the latest collaboration from the 'Poor Things' and 'The Favourite' duo.

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    The Full Trailer for 'The Bear' Season Three Teases Non-Negotiables, Weird Vibes and a Quest for Perfection

    Living up to Carmy's vision of the absolute best in fine-dining is a stressful task in the latest look at upcoming third season of 'The Bear'.

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    Disney's First Teaser Trailer for 'Moana 2' Sets Sail on Another Ocean Adventure with Familiar Voices

    Auli'i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson are back as Moana and Maui in this eight-years-later sequel, which hits cinemas in November.

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    Same Delightful Dog-Adoring Rom-Com Sitcom, But with a Few New Tricks: That's 'Colin From Accounts' Season Two

    Created by and starring Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall, this award-winner has gone from "will they or won’t they?" to "should've they or should've they not?".

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    Benedict Cumberbatch Is Exceptional as a Puppeteer Searching for His Missing Son in Engrossing Miniseries 'Eric'

    Don’t be surprised if awards come Benedict Cumberbatch’s way for this Netflix six-parter that features a seven-foot muppet and a dive into corruption.

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    Andrew Scott, Josh O'Connor and Cailee Spaeny Will Be Among the Suspects in 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery'

    If you weren't already excited about Benoit Blanc's next case, which is set to arrive on Netflix in 2025, then you should be now.

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    Sydney Film Festival 2024 Is Set to Close with Straight-From-Cannes Body-Horror 'The Substance'

    Fresh from picking up the Best Screenplay award on the Croisette, this Demi Moore- and Margaret Qualley-starring movie is heading to Australia.

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    Thirteen New Movies You Can Watch in May That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming

    Get comfy on the couch with Kirsten Dunst as a war photographer in a divided America, Dev Patel directing himself in an action-packed revenge thriller and Kristen Stewart turning heartthrob.

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    Haus of Horror Is Celebrating the Winter Solstice with a Screening of 'The Ring' Inside the Old Darlinghurst Gaol

    The immersive cinema experience is aiming to start a new annual tradition: getting spooked out with a scary movie in a historic spot to celebrate the shortest day of the year.

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    New 'Knives Out' Movie 'Wake Up Dead Man' Will Get Daniel Craig Sleuthing as Benoit Blanc Again in 2025

    Where Rian Johnson's next whodunnit will be set and who'll be among the suspects hasn't yet been revealed, but the film will hit Netflix next year.

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    The Latest Trailer for 'The Bear' Season Three Dishes Up a New Serving of Dysfunctional Kitchen Dramas

    Carmy and the crew might've opened their dream fine-diner, but they're still surrounded by chaos in the hit show's latest sneak peek at its third season.

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    New Matildas Documentary 'Trailblazers' Will Hit Stan in June — and It Has a Trailer Filled with Familiar Faces

    Mary Fowler, Sam Kerr, Steph Catley, Ellie Carpenter, Katrina Gorry and first-ever Matildas captain Julie Dolan all get chatting in this new doco.

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    Winona Ryder and Jenna Ortega Bring Back the Ghost with the Most in the Full 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Trailer

    The Juice is loose again, complete with Michael Keaton getting ghoulish, with Tim Burton returning to his 1988 hit 36 years later.

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    Ace: 'Challengers' Has Been Fast-Tracked to Streaming So You Can Watch the Spicy Tennis Drama on the Couch

    If you haven't made a cinema date with this Zendaya-, Josh O'Connor- and Mike Faist-starring movie yet, you can now also catch it at home.

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    Start Thinking About Christmas: MSO Is Bringing 'Home Alone' Back to the Big Screen Again with a Live Soundtrack

    This isn't the first time that Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has relived this 90s Christmas classic with a live orchestral score — and we're sure it won't be the last.

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    Your First Look at Liam Hemsworth as Geralt Is Here in the Debut Teaser for 'The Witcher' Season Four

    Netflix hasn't announced when the fantasy series will return yet, but this is what it will look like without Henry Cavill.

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    Sci-Fi Western 'Outer Range' Still Proves a Trippy Mystery Worth Plunging Into in Its Compelling Second Season

    Josh Brolin and Imogen Poots are excellent in this Prime Video series about an eerie void on a Wyoming cattle ranch that randomly appears and disappears.

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    Only Murders in the Irish Village: 'Bodkin' Spins TV's Podcasting-Sleuths Format Into an Easy-to-Binge Whodunnit

    It isn't hard to spot where this West Cork-set murder-mystery takes inspiration from — and it's not hard to get immersed in the Will Forte-starring series, either.

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    Making Dystopian Magic in an Iconic Australian Franchise: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and George Miller Talk 'Furiosa'

    Nine years after 'Fury Road' electrified audiences, the fifth movie in the 'Mad Max' saga roars onto screens — and its two stars and the legendary filmmaker behind it chatted us through it.

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    Austin Butler Is Coming to Australia for the Sydney Film Festival Premiere of 'The Bikeriders'

    He shot 'Elvis' here — and now he's launching his new movie at Sydney's State Theatre during the Harbour City's annual film fest.

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    Coming Soon: Brisbane's New 4000-Square-Metre 'Bluey's World' Experience Will Open for Real Life in November 2024

    Life-sized sets that you can wander around, including the Heeler family home and backyard, will plunge you into the world of the beloved animated Australian series.

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