Stephanie Bunbury
Stephanie Bunbury is a film and culture writer for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
Wes Anderson is famous for his all-star casts. How does he do it?
Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Bryan Cranston – Asteroid City is another star-studded outing in which Wes Anderson left nothing to chance.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
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Must-see films at the Melbourne International Film Festival
Our film critics choose their top films from this year’s festival.
- by Stephanie Bunbury and Jake Wilson
You can almost smell the peaches in this moving Spanish drama
Director Carla Simon focuses on a family of peach farmers in rural Catalonia who are condemned to lose both their livelihood and a way of life.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
How this writer’s longstanding horror of dying influenced his hit play
Creator of the hit West End play 2:22 Danny Robins discusses his personal journey into the supernatural.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
Remember Blackberry and Y2K? The films exploring tech bros and their woes
Two films premiering at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival celebrate a very specific moment in time.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
What’s it like to work for one of cinema’s most enigmatic directors?
Famously eccentric Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki didn’t do interviews for his new film Fallen Leaves – he left that to his actors, who reveal how he works behind the scenes.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
Cate Blanchett on faith, work and being the only woman in the room
Cate Blanchett, starring in Warwick Thornton’s new film The New Boy, says for her, acting has never been about the role. “For me, it’s about the conversation.”
- by Stephanie Bunbury
Can Elemental break Disney’s animation rut?
Pixar is hoping its $200 million film will bring ‘everybody’ back to cinemas.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
‘This could end for us all tonight’: the circus skaters defying death
Think a backflip is hard? Try doing it on ice, as Cirque du Soleil brings its toughest show to Australia.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
Kink was the vehicle that let me get to grips with my body: Dan Daw
Disabled performer Dan Daw, who performs at RISING Festival this month, says the two places he feels truly free are in the bedroom and on stage as a dancer.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
Naked, ‘wild’ and elusive: Pierre Bonnard’s muse keeps us guessing
Was Marthe Bonnard a jealous, obsessive wife, or an artist in her own right? On the eve of the NGV’s winter blockbuster, we uncover the woman behind the canvas.
- by Stephanie Bunbury