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.

Stephen A Russell's Latest Articles

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. Streaming on Binge.
Features

Melbourne Queer Film Festival – ScreenHub's top 6 picks

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

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

Luke Bracey, Bryan Brown and Susie Porter in Bruce Beresford's The Travellers. Photo: David Dare Parker / Sony Pictures.
Interviews

Bruce Beresford on The Travellers and his life in cinema

The acclaimed director and writer Bruce Beresford talks to ScreenHub about the career that's taken him from the New Wave…

Romeo + Juliet with Live Band and Choir. Image: Mitch Lowe.
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Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet with Choir and Band review: a sweet, sorrowful stunner

Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet is brought to new heights with Backyard Cinema's live band and choir at the Astor Theatre.

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One Battle After Another review: a truly killer action thriller

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another never loses sight of its spectacular characters despite refusing to take its foot…

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