Here be dragons

Alastair Newton Brown’s Here Be Dragons, a powerful indictment of the eye for an eye mentality of war, is coming to the screen at Dendy Newtown in Sydney, with a portion of proceeds going to the charitable Veterans Film Festival and its film industry careers program, Screen Warriors.

Learning from disaster movies

Many people have turned to disaster films such as Contagion and 28 Days Later to entertain themselves in lockdown, but such films can also offer vital clues about the best – and worst ways – that individuals and societies can respond to global crisis.

Son of sequel – Has Hollywood run out of ideas?

With remakes of Mulan, Dune, The Witches and The Invisible Man all due out this year, a new book answers the big question: what justifies a remake?

Family films to watch this Christmas

The holidays are here, the family is around, so which feel-good movies can you watch together to reconnect with something meaningful? Here are ten family films which offer more than the usual Christmas fare.