Peter Weir to receive Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at Venice film festival
From mythic creatures to innovative documentaries: 10 films to see at Sydney film festival 2024
November 2023
Master and Commander at 20: a miraculous masterpiece of action cinema
Peter Weir’s adventure didn’t find enough of an audience in 2003 but its old-fashioned sturdiness has given it a long life
August 2023
Going out, staying in
From Star Wars: Ahsoka to Macbeth: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
Whether it’s another spin-off in a galaxy far, far away or Reuben Joseph in a Shakespearean dystopia, our critics have you covered for the next seven days
November 2022
‘With my camera I don’t shoot, I heal’: director Euzhan Palcy receives honorary Oscar
A Dry White Season director takes lifetime achievement award, alongside Michael J Fox, Witness director Peter Weir, and songwriter Diane Warren
July 2019
Dead Poets Society: 30 years on Robin Williams' stirring call to 'seize the day' endures
Luke Buckmaster
From its enthusiasm for literature to its rousing finale, Peter Weir’s film is a salute to inspiration itself
April 2019
Calling myself an Australian is not enough to make me feel like I belong
Stan Grant
Stories such as Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith helped me recognise the contradictions at the heart of our national identity
August 2018
James Rickeston: Cambodia trial of Australian director begins – video
Director Peter Weir testifies for James Ricketson in Cambodian court
April 2018
My favourite film decade
From Don't Look Now to The Godfather – why the 1970s is my favourite film decade
While Jaws and Star Wars spawned the blockbuster, groundbreaking film-makers pushed cinema to the limits with edgy drama and sparkling comedy
March 2018
Cate Blanchett joins stars signing open letter that calls on Australia to protect screen industry
Gillian Armstrong, Peter Weir, Rose Byrne and Richard Roxburgh among 215 people who have put names to appeal
January 2018
Hypnotic thriller that haunted a nation inspires remakes for a new generation
Half a century after novel depicted tragedy at Hanging Rock, updated film and theatre versions shed new light
December 2017
Arlene Foster: Brexit brinkmanship rooted in a border childhood
The DUP leader was born into the bloodiest era of the Troubles and was never going to back down over the border question
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
July 2015
Let's fight harder to keep first-time Australian film-makers at home
Luke Buckmaster
With talents like Snowtown’s Justin Kurzel and The Babadook’s Jennifer Kent getting snapped up overseas, the Australian film industry needs to find ways for debut film-makers to grow and improve at home
April 2015
Rewatching classic Australian films
The Cars That Ate Paris rewatched – freaky foot-to-the-pedal action
Mad Max continues Australia’s longstanding cinematic love affair with cars, but nothing can top The Cars That Ate Paris for sheer weirdness
November 2014
Ethan Hawke: ‘Mining your life is the only way to stumble on anything real'
Rewatching classic Australian films
Gallipoli rewatched – Weir scathingly deconstructs war as grand adventure
August 2014
Bill Kerr obituary
Rewatching classic Australian films
The Last Wave rewatched – mysticism, prophecy and the end of times
