The King review – Shakespeare reboot is Game-of-Thrones lite with touch of Python
Much of the poetry and emotion has gone from this decaff version of the Henry plays, letting down Timothée Chalamet’s decent lead performance
September 2019
First look review
The King review – rogues' gallery of grunters and brawlers
Timothée Chalamet makes for a slight royal alongside Robert Pattinson’s French dauphin in this bruising adaptation of Shakespeare’s history plays
July 2019
Ad Astra and Joker to premiere at Venice film festival
Hollywood heavyweights line up to launch their awards runs at Venice, which is courting criticism for also including Roman Polanski’s new film in competition
May 2017
Send in Brad Pitt: Netflix gets out the big guns as it declares war on cinema
It has already seized prime-time TV territory. Now Netflix has cinema in its crosshairs – with War Machine, a big-budget battle movie starring Brad Pitt. Director David Michôd outlines the plan
March 2016
Guardian Australia film club
10 best Australian films made by first-time directors
From Gillian Armstrong to Warwick Thornton, Australian cinema is rife with debuts that made the directors’ names. Here are some highlights
January 2016
First look: Animal Kingdom TV adaptation moves the Cody family to California
Based on David Michod’s iconic Australian thriller, the American series’ first trailer premiered today
October 2015
Guardian Australia film club
Australian cinema's lost wave: the renaissance nobody's noticed
Luke Buckmaster
Since 2005, the Australian film industry has been making movies up there with any period in its history including the New Wave of the 70s and 80s
July 2015
Guardian Australia film club
The Animal Kingdom film club episode
Recorded live at Guardian Australia’s first Film Club, film critic Luke Buckmaster discusses debut films with Animal Kingdom producer Liz Watts, Kath Shelper of Ruben Guthrie and Tristan Roche-Turner of zombie horror Wyrmwood
Guardian Australia film club
Guardian Australia film club: Animal Kingdom screening and Q&A – in tweets
Follow the panel debate on making your first film in our new series of bimonthly screenings and discussions
Guardian Australia film club
David Michôd on Animal Kingdom: I feared I was making a gigantic mess
The writer-director of his now-classic debut film on crippling self-doubt, navigating the industry and how Ben Mendelsohn ruined Air Supply forever
August 2014
The Rover review – 'an honourable misfire' of a dystopian drama
The Rover review – Ozbilly shaggy dog story loses its way
June 2014
Rewatching classic Australian films
Animal Kingdom: rewatching classic Australian films
The Rover review – an Australian road movie that runs out of road
April 2014
Brad Pitt set to star in Stanley McChrystal biopic The Operators
Australian film-maker David Michôd is to write and direct film about the controversial former US general
January 2014
Trailer park
The Rover: exclusive trailer for Robert Pattinson's new film
Watch an exclusive trailer for the new film by Animal Kingdom's David Michôd, starring Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson
July 2012
Robert Pattinson to star in The Rover, Kristen Stewart sorry for being one
Twilight stars are in the news for separate reasons: Pattinson is to star in a western and Stewart apologises for an affair
February 2011
Animal Kingdom – review
Guy Pearce is an honest cop fighting to save a teenager from his violent family in this striking Australian crime story, writes Philip French
Animal Kingdom – review
Peter Bradshaw: This study of a dysfunctional crime family on the verge of imploding is tense, violent and supremely watchable
Animal Kingdom director David Michôd takes us around Melbourne's dark side
Guy Pearce and Aussie veteran Jacki Weaver star in a gritty crime tale that's making Michôd in demand in Hollywood
