Clara Bow appeared in 58 films in just over a decade.
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The star of the 1920s silver screen who appears on Taylor Swift’s new album abruptly left Hollywood at the height of her success – a middle finger to the men whom she had made rich and powerful.
Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
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This quirky, nebulous, joyous then rueful story is not for those who like their love stories simple.
Taylor Swift and Clara Bow.
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Bow and Swift have shared unrelenting scrutiny, overshadowing their hard work and success.
Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind (1939).
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As Hollywood continues to reckon with its past, Vivien Leigh’s story is a reminder of the challenges faced by women, even the most successful ones.
The xenomorph from Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic, Alien.
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A new book explores the enormous Alien franchise spawned by the 1979 film.
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Many of Count Orlok’s characteristics have gone on to be canon in the lore of vampires.
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Held in the leafy hills of Olinda, organisers expected 80 people – but more than 800 showed up to watch Australian and international films.
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David Dalaithngu has died at 68. When he appeared in the 1971 film Walkabout, his name was misspelt in the credits. He won international acclaim as an actor, becoming a household name.
French director Julia Ducournau wins the coveted Palm d'Or prize for her film Titane at Cannes 2021.
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More women won than ever this year but work must be done to make sure they are not forgotten or left out again.
The Baker test of Operation Crossroads, July 25 1946.
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The cinematic legacies of Operation Crossroads, the first peacetime nuclear tests, fundamentally shaped how we view the mushroom cloud.
Most people are avoiding movie theaters, even as restrictions have eased.
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The motion picture industry has endured a pandemic before. But the coronavirus may completely upend the old way of doing business.
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In the lead-up to Nolan’s new film Tenet, Inception is being re-released in cinemas. Even after ten years, the movie still holds surprises..
Destruction of the Kelly Gang. Drawn by Thomas Carrington during the siege.
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Four reporters joined the showdown with the Kelly gang 140 years ago. They became part of the story and set the tone for a legend.
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Sixty years after it premiered, Psycho remains Hitchcock’s most celebrated film. But it is really two films, glued together by the most iconic scene in cinema history.
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Could a lingering impact of coronavirus be a new heyday of the original socially-distanced cinema?
Still from Prince Achmed (1926)
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More than a decade before Snow White, Lotte Reiniger was pioneering revolutionary animation ideas – now they are being rediscovered.