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When Fall is Coming review: mushrooms and murder combine again – or do they?
When Fall is Coming is a gloriously knotty, autumnal treat from French filmmaker François Ozon.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps review – goofy wonder
Starring Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby, The Fantastic Four: First Steps is well-styled, spirited and sweet.
Together review: Michael Shanks' debut film is freaky fun
Alison Brie and Dave Franco are magnetic in the Australian-made supernatural body horror Together.
MIFF 2025: our guide to the films not to miss
With an enormous program to wade through, we’ve made teeing up your MIFF 2025 schedule easier.
Jurassic World Rebirth review: here we go again, chomps
Jurassic World Rebirth has its charms, but the franchise's bite isn't what it was.
28 Years Later review: intensely entertaining
28 Years Later is beautiful, mythical, scary and funny, pushing the zombie movie way beyond its bounds.
Slanted review: body horror meets racism in prom queen satire
Australian filmmaker Amy Wang brings comedy and drama to her tale of 'ethnic modification surgery', Slanted.
The Phoenician Scheme review: Wes Anderson's frothy flight of fancy
Mia Threapleton steals the show from a marvellous Benicio Del Toro in Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme.
Talk to Me twins Danny and Michael Philippou on their spooky new movie Bring Her Back
Featuring Oscar-nominated star Sally Hawkins, new horror Bring Her Back goes even harder than Talk to Me.
Bring Her Back review: a rivetingly terrifying tragedy
Directors Danny and Michael Philippou of Talk to Me fame have done it again with their new horror: Bring Her…