Big Screen Highlights – great films in the shadows of Avengers

To watch anything in the cinema at the moment you have to push your way past Avengers: Endgame. How did it take over? What else is around?
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Top End Wedding is a feel-good movie. Like, really really friendly but completely not cynical. Image: I am Film.

Avengers: Endgame has taken over the cinemas and is running to full houses on 1070 screens – the highest number ever. In Hoyts Melbourne Central it is running no less than 33 sessions per day and has even squeezed out the Asian films which normally do very well.

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.