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Master Gardener is Paul Schrader’s latest entry into his loose trilogy of solitary men that started with First Reformed (2017) and The Card Counter (2021), it is also his most romantic, or whatever ro…
Harried Parisian taxi driver Charles (Dany Boon) is not having a good day. In fact he’s not having a good anything. He is tired of being stuck inside his taxi for hours on end and barely making a livi…
This review contains mentions of abuse and sexual assault Smoke Sauna Sisterhood screens at Perth's Revelation Film Festival on July 12, 14 and 15. “For my sisters” Anna Hints’ beguiling docume…
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The phenomenal success of Pixar studios has meant that audiences view it as a benchmark for family themed animation. It has also meant that when Pixar releases anything that is considered below par, a…
The saga of getting The Flash to screens is enough to be a movie in itself. Going through several writers and a couple of directors, the death of the Snyderverse, the new guard of the DCEU, James Gunn…
It’s 1988 and Newcastle P.E. teacher Jean Newman (Rosy McEwen) is surrounded by noise. A naturally rather tense woman who needs relaxation tapes to sleep, the noise is breaking her down. It isn’t just…
The first thought that comes to mind when thinking about Hasbro’s Transformers are usually giant mechanical vehicles transforming into humanoid mechanical creatures - punching and shooting other mecha…
If you thought that five Disney remakes released four years ago would be all that the biggest entertainment company in the world would produce, then one would be sadly mistaken. It didn’t even take CO…
The Mother of All Lies screens at the Melbourne International Film Festival on August 6 and 12. Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir digs deep into memory through the tactile act of re-enactment to unc…
Love Road is Ulysses Oliver’s directorial debut. It’s also one of five films that have screened at the Sydney Film Festival in 2022 and 2023 that hail from production company Breathless Films. In 2022…
Is There Anybody Out There? screens at the Sydney Film Festival on June 12 and 15. The first thing documentarian Ella Glendining does is to perform a dance for the camera. It’s her way of saying “Thi…