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Peter Weir’s The Cars That Ate Paris – a driving force in Ozploitation filmmaking

It has been 50 years since the cinema release of Peter Weir’s iconic, offbeat, cult classic The Cars That Ate Paris. The film seared the image of a silver Volkswagen Beetle weaponised with deadly spikes into the national imagination. It also helped shape the tropes of Ozploitation filmmaking within the…

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Peter Weir to receive Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at Venice film festival

Australian director of Gallipoli and Dead Poets Society praised by festival for his impact in Hollywood ‘while keeping his distance from the American movie industry’

The Guardian - AU

From mythic creatures to innovative documentaries: 10 films to see at Sydney film festival 2024

The 5-16 June program includes Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest Kinds of Kindness, and a hairy family in Sasquatch Sunset

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50 Of The Best And Most Surprising Movie Details You Probably Never Noticed

We’ve gathered some of the best examples of cool, creative and downright bizarre easter eggs hidden in movies. The post 50 Of The Best And Most Surprising Movie Details You Probably Never Noticed first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Streaming: The Holdovers and the best films about teachers

From Robert Donat’s heart-breaking Mr Chips to the real-life Mr Bachmann, Judi Dench’s venomous schoolmarm to Paul Giamatti’s classics stickler in The Holdovers, teachers great and awful make for inspirational cinema

The Guardian - UK

The 10 best drama movies of all time, ranked

From Citizen Kane to No Country for Old Men, here's the best dramas that you absolutely need to watch today

Total Film

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

The Guardian - US

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Master and Commander at 20: how a film about men fighting at sea is actually a safe harbour of positive masculinity

At 20, Peter Weir’s 2003 masterpiece Master and Commander remains a captivating historical drama – and an emblem of wholesome masculinity.

The Conversation

Every Reference and Easter Egg in the 'Barbie' Movie, Explained

From '2001: A Space Odyssey' to Marcel Proust.

Marie Claire

What to stream: A film guide to enhance your 'Barbie' viewing experience

“Barbie” isn’t just a movie that uses the iconic doll to explore themes of existentialism, the human condition and patriarchy. It’s also a true celebration of cinematic history. Writer and director Greta Gerwig shared her list of 33 films that inspired “Barbie” on the cinephile social network Letterboxd recently, but…

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The Truman Show Writer Reveals Alternate Final Line Jim Carrey Almost Said, Plus One Of The ‘Darker’ Scrapped Plotlines

The Truman Show writer revealed an alternate final line Jim Carrey almost said, along with one of the darker scrapped plotlines.

Cinemablend

Harrison Ford’s 20 best performances – ranked!

Still an action hero at 80: we celebrate the charismatic carpenter’s finest screen outings as the fifth Indiana Jones adventure swings into Cannes today – and cinemas next month

The Guardian - UK

Look back at Gothenburg Greats as Aberdeen mark 40th anniversary of European win

The club and city council are honouring the players, who will be awarded the Freedom of the City of Aberdeen in a ceremony on Friday.

The Independent UK

Inside legendary St Mirren and Celtic Scottish Cup double corker not for TV as legend turns to YouTube

The classy midfielder had eight unrewarded years in Paisley before his old Saints boss, Alex Ferguson, took him to Pittodrie in July 1983.

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Belfast Live

Linfield appoint ex-DUP politician as General Manager after Pat Fenlon departure

The former DUP Councillor was a special adviser to former Education Minister Peter Weir and later worked full time with Rangers

Los Angeles Times

Michael J. Fox, Diane Warren, Peter Weir and Euzhan Palcy honored at Governors Awards

LOS ANGELES — The motion picture academy’s Governors Awards returned to its November calendar date for the first time since 2019 on Saturday night, with Martinique-born filmmaker Euzhan Palcy, Australian director Peter Weir and songwriter Diane Warren receiving honorary Oscars, and actor Michael J. Fox delivering an emotional, 12-minute speech…

The Guardian - UK

‘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

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Hybrid tree wrongly sold as 'sterile' highlights potential wildings solution

A hybrid pine variety in huge demand has been labelled sterile and unable to spread without any evidence to support the claim.

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The Independent UK

Honorary Oscar awards celebrate Fox, Weir, Warren and Palcy

Four standing ovations in one night might seem a little over-the-top, even by Hollywood standards, but at the Governors Awards Saturday night, where Michael J

Belfast Live

Baroness May Blood: Tributes to 'fearless' Belfast campaigner after death aged 84

The Belfast woman was president of the Labour Party in Northern Ireland and played a key role in the formation of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition

Daily Mirror

Tom Watson and Arlene Foster among new peers with seat in House of Lords - see full list

In a list released on a day of chaos for the government, TUC General-Secretary Frances O'Grady and retired Tory MP Nicholas Soames, grandson of Winston Churchill, were appointed to the House of Lords

Belfast Live

Arlene Foster and Peter Weir nominated for House of Lords peerages

Prime Minister Liz Truss recommended the list to King Charles III, on advice from her predecessor Boris Johnson.

The Independent UK

Former Stormont first minister and education minister to join House of Lords

Arlene Foster and Peter Weir are set to be made life peers, the DUP has said.

Benzinga

Michael J. Fox To Receive Oscars' Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present its Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Michael J. Fox as well as Honorary Academy Awards to filmmakers Euzhan Palcy and Peter Weir and songwriter Diane Warren.

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Oscars to Honor Fox, Euzhan Palcy, Diane Warren, Peter Weir

Diane Warren will finally be able to thank the Academy this November. The oft-nominated songwriter has been selected to receive an honorary Oscar at the annual Governors Awards alongside directors Peter Weir and Euzhan Palcy. Actor Michael J. Fox will also be bestowed with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, the…

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