Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Warwick Thornton

The New Boy review – Cate Blanchett goes full wimple in the Australian outback

With just a touch of camp, Blanchett plays an imperious nun imposing Christianity on Indigenous orphans in Warwick Thornton’s enjoyable, enigmatic drama

The Guardian - UK

The New Boy review – Cate Blanchett doesn’t dazzle in Warwick Thornton’s enigmatic film

Aswan Reid delivers Australian cinema’s most impressive child performance for some time, as the titular youngster taken to an outback orphanage

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Call to ban consultancies’ political donations, Burney sets priorities for voice, ‘floating gold’ found

Transparency advocates say firms such as PwC should be banned from making political donations; Linda Burney to set out priorities for an indigenous voice

The Guardian - AU

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Cate Blanchett and Warwick Thornton on The New Boy: ‘Saviour is such a dangerous word’

The director’s latest film, about an Aboriginal boy taken to a Christian orphanage, sat untouched for years – until the actor came into his orbit

The Guardian - AU

Sydney Film Festival 2023 program: Highlights chosen by our film critics

In its 70th year, the festival program boasts almost 300 films — from international heavy hitters and award-winners to lesser-known gems and trailblazing debuts. Here are nine you can't miss.

ABC News

Postcard from Cannes #3: About a Boy

As Cannes festival goers dodged raindrops and puddles during another rainy day on the Croisette, other storms were brewing inside the cinemas. Namely in the form of two films – one from Jordan, the other from Australia – both tackling religion, women’s rights, and the emphasis society places on the…

Radio France Internationale

The New Boy review – Cate Blanchett’s boozy nun indulges possible second coming in woozy wartime saga

Blanchett in imperious zealot mode is hard to resist, but Warwick Thornton’s story of orphans and evangelists in the 40s outback never quite fulfils its promise

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

From The New Boy to Asteroid City: 10 films to see at the 2023 Sydney film festival

The festival’s June program includes climate heists, FBI whistleblowers, new Wes Anderson – and 20,000 bees

The Guardian - AU

Beyond angry protesters and inked arms, there's this First Nations story of the Southern Cross – one of unity and belonging

Can the Southern Cross represent Australian identity? Waved by a proud athlete or an angry protester, inked into skin or stuck to a car window, these five stars condense different aspirations, identities and histories into a recognisable symbol.

The Conversation

TV tonight: exposing the scandals that felled Robert Maxwell and his daughter Ghislaine

A new three-part documentary tells the story of the notorious family. Plus, Joe Lycett samples the delights of the Basque country. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Australia Post honours film legends

Portraits of directors Baz Luhrmann, George Miller, Gillian Armstrong, Peter Weir and Warwick Thornton feature on a new Australia Post stamp release.

AAP

‘We wanted to kick in the doors’: the Indigenous film-makers reinventing horror

A small army of undead are helping writers and directors explode traditional narratives of colonisation – with thrilling results

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the National Press Club

93 stories

SFF

15 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.