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Reality screens at the Sydney Film Festival on June 11, 12, and 17, ahead of a national release later in 2023. “I knew it was secret. But I also knew I had pledged service to the American People.”…
Band screens at the Sydney Film Festival on June 8 and 10. Band begins with a subtle Björk joke which is apt because for many audiences their knowledge of Icelandic culture and music will be limited…
Sunflower, written and directed by Gabriel Carrubba is a tender, yet tough coming-of-age queer story set in the suburbs of Melbourne. The film documents a turbulent time in the life of high schooler L…
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is not only an antidote to superhero fatigue it is genuinely one of the most beautifully rendered animated features in years and possibly the best tent-pole release…
British director Rob Savage showed how inventive he is with his pandemic Zoom horror film Host. His ability to create strong visuals is what makes the otherwise thin Stephen King adaptation The Boogey…
Nicole Holofcener’s You Hurt My Feelings is essentially mumblecore for the middle aged. In stating that, however, I am aware that mumblecore took its roots from directors such as Woody Allen (who Holo…
SISU is a Finnish word that can’t be translated. It means a white-knuckled form of courage and unimaginable determination. Sisu manifests itself when all hope is lost. Finnish director Jalmari Helan…
Directors Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra Portuguese drama Légua sits comfortably in the slow cinema canon. It is a meditative film that combines daily ritual, tradition, and generational shifts al…
Disney live action remakes are curious beasts. They tend to fall into two categories – remakes of the beloved animations (such as Mulan, The Jungle Book, Dumbo and so on) or character spin-offs such a…
This review contains mention of mental health issues, suicide, sexual assault, and drug use. In 1996 the controversial film Kids directed by Larry Clark and scripted by Harmony Korine burst into cine…
In Australian Cinemas on June 1. When one sees the title card “Based on a True(ish) Story” and brought to the screen by the creative team behind Fisherman’s Friends there isn’t much doubt what kind o…
Trained to See will be screening at the Castlemaine Documentary Festival on Saturday 17 June 2023. Tickets are available here. There are many iconic photographs from WWII, from the patriotic to the w…