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Hadestown: The Musical is heading to cinemas. Image courtesy of Trafalgar.
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Hadestown proves live theatre can sell out the cinema – meet the Australian director behind the lens

As Hadestown heads to Australian cinemas, director Brett Sullivan reveals how he captured the magic of the Broadway cast.

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How the National Film and Sound Archive preserves film history – and loans it out

The National Film and Sound Archive takes ScreenHub inside its vast collection, and reveals how 16mm and 35mm film gems…

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Dendy Cinemas’ latest program unearths rare films you can’t watch anywhere else in Australia

Das Boot, the full War and Peace and other rare treasures are coming Dendy Cinemas as part of Journeys: Cinematic…

Jodie Comer in Prima Facie. Image: NT Live.
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Theatre on the silver screen: ‘Not till you’ve seen one do you understand how accessible it is’

National Theatre's stage-to-cinema program brings some of the world's biggest actors and productions to Australia.

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Deadman’s Land and the audacious quest to make an adventure film for $30,000

'We put everything we had into this,' says Australian filmmaker Peter Cullen about Bad Virtue Productions' new action-adventure film Deadman's…

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Screen Australia: ‘We have to rebuild the connection between the audience and the content’

In a public Q&A, Screen Australia detailed the importance of its Screen Currency 2026 report and how it will inform…

John Cameron Mitchell revisits Hedwig and the Angry Inch at MIFF. Photo: Supplied.
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch at 25: John Cameron Mitchell on his cult hit

As he returns to Australia, John Cameron Mitchell celebrates a film that's greatest legacy may be its refusal to belong…

Hyun Lee at the Sydney Film Festival premiere of French Girls. Photo: Tim Levy.
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Hyun Lee on French Girls: ‘You experience all of these magical things that reward you for taking the risk’

Hyun Lee shares the many moments of serendipity that led to showing her debut feature film at both SFF and…

Linday Beamish as Severin in Shortbus (2006). Image: ThinkFilm.
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What makes cinema dangerous? Inside the Festival of Dangerous Ideas’ new film program

From Salò to Shortbus, FODI’s new program explores how film can challenge our ideas about sex, violence, power and morality.

Sample People. Image: Clinton Smith.
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Cult Aussie film Sample People returns after 26 years: ‘We had so many great actors involved’

The filmmakers behind cult film Sample People talk about how the local screen industry has changed, and how it felt…

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