From the highly anticipated Bruce Springsteen biopic to a horror movie from the viewpoint of the family pup, here are the films filling up cinemas in October.
National Gallery to host postponed APY artists exhibition after three years
The National Gallery will host an exhibition of art from the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands three years after a video appearing to show a non-Aboriginal assistant helping to paint an artwork led to it being postponed.
Keaton's cause of death revealed as fans urged to support shelters
The actor's family says the 79-year-old died of pneumonia, expressing gratitude for the "extraordinary messages of love and support" received following news of her passing.
Julia Roberts helms queasy #MeToo drama, After the Hunt
The ingredients are all here — public scandal, duelling divas and unearthed secrets — but Luca Guadagnino's provocative drama misses the mark.
Author on the pain of seeing Gaza victims from afar that 'look like my kids'
Randa Abdel-Fattah explores the experience of Palestinian Australians in Discipline, her first book for adults.
At 70, Paul Kelly says songs are 'coming less often now'
As the 70-year-old songwriter prepares his 30th album, he talks about the music that has driven him creatively.
Diane Keaton was a charming, kooky on-screen force. Here are her best films
With a career beginning in the late 1970s, Diane Keaton would star in more than 100 films and earn several Oscar nods.
Vale William Robinson
One of Australia’s finest painters, two-time Archibald Prize winner, William Robinson recently passed away. His ‘Creation Landscape’ series was inspired by living on a farm in the Gold Coast hinterland, and his depictions of his attempts at farming reveal the funny side to the family man.
Gregory Porter's songs will break your heart and heal it too
From the pain of racism to the joy of love, Gregory Porter's voice carries it all with power and purpose.
Parks and Rec star Nick Offerman on playing sovereign citizen Jerry Kane
In Sovereign, Nick Offerman stars as real-life radical-right sovereign citizen Jerry Kane, who, with his son, killed two cops in Arkansas in 2010, drawing parallels to Australian fugitive Dezi Freeman.
Dream of trivia glory? Let's play, HARD!
Hard Quiz Kids is back. The more basic questions should be right up your alley.
From the ARIAs to the AFL we can’t stop watching Baker Boy ‘sonically evolve’
Yolngu musician Baker Boy talks to News Breakfast about channelling difficult emotions after the Voice referendum to create his new album.
Hungarian writer receives Nobel Prize in Literature for 'visionary oeuvre'
László Krasznahorkai has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, one of the world's most prestigious writing awards.
Beast of War tells the true story of WWII soldiers stalked by a hungry shark
Mystery Road star Mark Coles Smith and his Beast of War director Kiah Roache-Turner on taking a chomp out of WWII soldiers.
I've read 63 books so far this year. Here's how I did it
Research shows Australians are reading fewer books than ever before. One writer shares her advice on how to make reading a daily habit.
'It's NOT what he'd want': Robin Williams's daughter calls out AI videos
The daughter of the late actor Robin Williams has condemned AI-generated content featuring her father's likeness.
Pulp's Jarvis Cocker has a wild wedding story few will top
Love was "always problematic" for Jarvis Cocker, who fronts Britpop icons Pulp. But after decades of cynical songs on the subject, he's beginning to change his tune on romance.
'It's sickening': The lengths Trent Dalton has gone for a good story
In Gravity Let Me Go, a struggling crime journalist lands the scoop of a lifetime, to the detriment of his loved ones. That's something Trent Dalton understands intimately.
Mystery Road: Origin screenwriter Erica Glynn has only ever written with mob
With the help of Mystery Road: Origin's steely detective Jay Swan, an all-Indigenous writing team tackles one of Australia's biggest issues.
Jilly Cooper, English author known for her 'bonkbusters' dies at age 88
The author was best known for The Rutshire Chronicles, including the novel Rivals, which was recently adapted into a Disney+ series.
Paul Thomas Anderson's latest movie already eyed for Best Picture
One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, uses the ever-turning wheel of political violence as a backdrop for a screwball adventure.