Stephen A Russell

Stephen A Russell is a Melbourne-based arts writer. His writing regularly appears in Fairfax publications, SBS online, Flicks, Time Out, The Saturday Paper, The Big Issue and Metro magazine. You can hear him on Joy FM.

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L-R: Hunter Page-Lochard and Tasma Walton in 'Reckless'. The photo depicts two First Nations actors, one male with a closely trimmed beard, the other female and wearing a red jacket with a black and white scarf tied around her neck. They are sitting side by side in the front seat of a car at night, with the male actor behind the steering wheel. He looks deeply worried, she looks intently into the rear view mirror, as if she is thinking furiously.
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Reckless review: the best Australian comedy of the year

Directed by Beck Cole and starring the magnificent Tasma Walton and Hunter Page-Lochard, this First Nations-led dark comedy crime caper…

Sarah Snook in All Her Fault. Image: Foxtel Group. Photo: Sarah Enticknap / PEACOCK.
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All Her Fault review: frothy and fun thriller that will have you sloshing along

Sarah Snook plays a mother on the edge in the latest wine-mom thriller All Her Fault.

Fwends. Image: Sydney Film Festival.
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Fwends review: a love letter to Melbourne and friendship

Sophie Somerville’s debut feature Fwends is in limited release this week, having debuted at the Berlinale.

Pizazz perform 'Welcome to Troy' in the final show in HBO Max's 'Happiness'. A chorus line of smiling musical theatre performers smile at the audience, their arms outstretched behind and before them.
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Happiness review: super-cute Kiwi musical comedy sings

If you love the pizzazz of amateur theatre’s razmataz, this is your new favourite binge.

John Lithgow and Olivia Colman in Jimpa. Image: Closer Films / Mad Ones Films. Melbourne Queer Film Festival highlights.
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Melbourne Queer Film Festival – ScreenHub's top 6 picks

We uncover gems from this year’s Melbourne Queer Film Festival program.

Wolfram. Image: Bunya Productions.
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Wolfram review: a beautiful film, illuminated by hope and resilience

In Wolfram, filmmaker Warwick Thornton returns to the world of Sweet Country with fresh hope.

Bugonia. Image: Universal Pictures. Streaming on Binge. Best new films.
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Bugonia review: incendiary and out of this world

Emma Stone goes all out once again in Bugonia, her latest close shave with Greek weird wave filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos.

Penny Lane is Dead. Image: Sanctuary Pictures. Australian horror movies.
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Penny Lane is Dead review: a gripping ripper

Penny Lane is Dead, the debut feature from special effect, hair and makeup artist Mia’Kate Russell, fuses punk rock with…

Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in Deliver Me From Nowhere. Image: 20th Century Studios
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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere review – monotony unfitting of its subject

Scott Cooper's Springsteen biopic is just another piece of fluff floating in the genre.

Frankenstein. Image: Netflix.
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Frankenstein review: Guillermo del Toro’s take is monstrously good

Del Toro’s focus on majestic craft is the perfect fit for Mary Shelley’s masterpiece, Frankenstein.

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