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Fom 'The Dry' to 'Schindler's List', there's no shortage of Australian novels being translated to the big screen.

From The Dry to Schindler's List, there's no shortage of Australian novels being translated to the big screen.

Monitor movie critic Peter Rainer navigates the Toronto film festival – and an industry still dealing with dual strikes – and is rewarded with a top-notch cinematic passport.

Letters to the editor for the July 31 weekly issue. A reader discussed his time as a military chaplain – and how it taught him to care for others.

NOPE | Stream from Thursday, 22 June   From Oscar-winning hitmaker Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us), Nope stars Oscar...

NOPE | Stream from Thursday, 22 June   From Oscar-winning hitmaker Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us), Nope stars Oscar...

What happens when humanity and bigotry collide? “R.M.N.” does not offer easy remedies.

Whether it’s due to a witty script, ridiculous plotlines and characters or over-the-top violence and gore, we love to snicker, shudder and scream all at the same film. Eschewing lighthearted films that are also too light on the frights, here are 25 great horror comedies to watch this Halloween.

In their latest collaboration, “Air,” Matt Damon and Ben Affleck take on Nike’s wooing of Michael Jordan. The movie is “eminently worth watching” says Monitor film critic Peter Rainer.

Eighty years ago today, bombs fell on a Kent town in one of the worst air raids to hit the county during the Second World War.