Shailene Woodley

Shailene Woodley: ‘Authenticity is my love language’

Despite being only 29, Shailene Woodley already has 25 years’ acting experience under her belt. Here, the star of Big Little Lies and Divergent talks about being free-willed, her hippy passions and her late-night calls with Kate Winslet

Alex Moshakis

01, Aug, 2021 @7:00 AM

The Last Letter from Your Lover review – sappy romance is nothing to write home about

The adaptation of Jojo Moyes’s 2012 novel, starring Shailene Woodley and Felicity Jones, toggles between two love stories and shortchanges both

Adrian Horton

22, Jul, 2021 @3:00 PM

The Mauritanian review – fence-sitting Guantánamo drama provides few answers

This painfully worthy adaptation of former inmate Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s diary stars only good guys, and is hand-wringingly self congratulatory

Peter Bradshaw

31, Mar, 2021 @11:14 AM

Endings, Beginnings review – seriously middling

Shailene Woodley is caught between two smouldering, bearded stools in a well-meaning drama that lacks storytelling nous

Peter Bradshaw

06, Aug, 2020 @6:00 AM

Dying of the light: why Hollywood needs to get over its obsession with terminally ill teens

Five Feet Apart is the latest film about doomed young heartthrobs – a trope rife in popular culture since Romeo and Juliet

Steve Rose

18, Mar, 2019 @10:00 AM

Adrift review – shipshape Shailene Woodley keeps survival drama buoyant

The Divergent star puts in a career-best performance in this lost-at-sea tale

Jordan Hoffman

31, May, 2018 @1:00 PM

It’s easy to sneer at Hollywood doing politics but the Golden Globes nailed it | Abi Wilkinson

Instead of simply speaking out themselves, Hollywood celebrities raised the profiles of real-life activists, writes freelance journalist Abi Wilkinson

Abi Wilkinson

08, Jan, 2018 @11:52 AM

Has the satire and humour of Big Little Lies been lost in translation?

The Australian novel has been adapted for US screens, leaving behind both Sydney’s northern beaches and the nuance

Ella Donald

22, Mar, 2017 @7:14 PM

The week in TV: Big Little Lies; War Child; The Replacement and more

A big-name cast added to the bewildering dazzle of Sky Atlantic’s new drama, while the story of child refugees broke hearts on Channel 4

Barbara Ellen

19, Mar, 2017 @7:00 AM

From When We Rise to Big Little Lies: the best of film and TV streaming in Australia in March

David Bowie cult classics, Korean arthouse thrillers, and Aussie soap opera favourites, here’s what’s coming to streaming services in Australia this month

Lauren Carroll Harris

11, Mar, 2017 @9:01 PM