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Cinemas are turning the volume down and leaving the lights up during special ‘sensory-friendly’ film screenings designed for children with autism.

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Chris Ball has been crazy about Herbie the Love Bug since he was three, and now has spent $20,000 creating a replica Herbie.

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The mother of Frankenstein and science fiction deserved something Gothic and feminist; instead we get teen romance dressed in period garb, writes Keva York.

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Oscar-nominated actor and celebrated author whose plays chronicled the explosive fault lines of family and masculinity in the American west, dies aged 73.

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Victor Power has tears in his eyes as the credits fade: the 98-year-old veteran never thought he’d return to Dunkirk. He says Christopher Nolan’s film tells the truth of what happened to him on the beach — and serves as a warning that “we don’t want any more wars”.

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Rooted firmly in the terrain of teenage anxieties and romance, Spider-Man: Homecoming turns out to be pretty good, writes Jason Di Rosso.

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The Sydney Film School faces an exodus of students after the Federal Government removes their access to Commonwealth loans, meaning prospective students will have to pay $19,000 in fees upfront.

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Before cameras even begin to roll, female characters suffer sexism in how they are described on the pages of screenplays. But what can we do to improve this?

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Leaked video showing a frightened dog being forced into churning water during filming of A Dog’s Purpose was “misleadingly edited” and the German shepherd was unharmed, say American Humane, the group responsible for overseeing animal safety on the movie set.

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Of all the films nominated for Best Picture at this year’s Oscars, Manchester by the Sea is the most gruelling to sit through.

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