Stephen A. Russell
The New Daily
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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‘They’d refuse to read it’: The Assistant director reveals movie fight
When Australian director Kitty Green’s The Assistant debuted at the Telluride Film Festival, the buzz focused on it being a response to Harvey Weinstein. → Read More
The Trip to Greece: Rob Brydon's thoughts without Steve Coogan
Even with only one half of The Trip to Greece’s stars on the line, the mercurial wit of Rob Brydon is enough to derail the best-laid plans. → Read More
Move over Danerys, all hail new queen Elle Fanning in The Great
Rousingly feminist in a way Game of Thrones tried but fluffed, The Great starring Elle Fanning is funny, then snaps to devastating loss and back again. → Read More
Easter movies: Ten unforgettable egg scenes on screen
Easter isn’t quite the same this year, for obvious reasons. Sweet tooth-feeding artisans are feeling the pinch as the demand for chocolate Easter eggs → Read More
In My Blood It Runs explores childhood, culture and listening to elders
In My Blood It Runs is the new documentary from Gayby Baby's Maya Newell, who spent three years filming an Indigenous boy's cultural clash at school. → Read More
Love, loss and farts: Behind John Sheedy's H is for Happiness
Pairing gritty, tough moments with wholesome humour, this new Aussie film follows a young girl's quest to fix her family. → Read More
Birds of Prey showcases Margot Robbie just wanting to have fun
Birds of Prey starring Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn is is a sugar rush of female-driven, ass-kicking nuttiness with surprisingly violent scenes. → Read More
True History of the Kelly Gang director explains Ned's alpha masculinity
True History of the Kelly Gang director Justin Kurzel explains Ned Kelly's 'alpha masculinity' and history as brought to life by all-star cast. → Read More
Boxing Day movies 2019 see family fun, weepies, comedies and Cats
Boxing Day movies: Your guide to films for the whole family from inadvertent digital fur terror and tissue-ready weepies to button-pushing comedies. → Read More
Tony Jones talks giving up Q&A to move to China and his next career move
Tony Jones talks giving up Q&A to move to China with his journalist wife Sarah Ferguson, their upcoming co-production and his next career move. → Read More
Black Widow trailer raises major questions about the MCU super spy
Black Widow is coming in May 2020 and Scarlett Johannson's turn in the trailer featuring the MCU super spy raises some interesting questions. → Read More
Knives Out with Daniel Craig is a gleefully wicked whodunnit
Knives Out with Daniel Craig is a gleefully wicked and star-spangled update of the beloved whodunnit in the mode of Agatha Christie. → Read More
Official Secrets and The Report lay bare truths for political thriller fans
Official Secrets and The Report are dueling political thrillers which lay bare the devastating assaults on post-9/11 truths. → Read More
Love on the Spectrum follows seven singles hoping to find love
Love on the Spectrum, a new ABC dating series, follows seven singles on the spectrum hoping o find love with the help of a dating coach. → Read More
Terminator: Dark Fate is lazy filmmaking and franchise needs to end
Terminator: Dark Fate is lazy filmmaking and should spell the end of the once groundbreaking franchise which not even Linda Hamilton can save. → Read More
Halloween movies to see this year star a trio of scream queens
Halloween movies you should see this year include Ready or Not, The Furies and Little Monsters starring a trio of scream queens. → Read More
Blinded by the Light: Springsteen's story told differently
Bruce Springsteen tribute Blinded by the Light does things a little differently to the music biopics we've become accustomed to in the past year. → Read More
After The Wedding actor Billy Crudup is always almost famous
Billy Crudup has worked in movies for 20-plus years. Despite always appearing on the cusp of something huge, he never quite steps into the A-list. → Read More
‘Glorious’ Renee Zellweger shines in Judy biopic
Bridget Jones star Renée Zellweger wowed audiences at Melbourne’s Capitol Theatre and Sydney’s Orpheum and Ritz cinemas last week. She walked the red → Read More
JLo-led Hustlers is much more than a strippers’ heist flick
In a world where superhero franchises rule cinemas, Jennifer Lopez's Hustlers is the smart, morally fascinating popcorn movie you've been waiting for. → Read More