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X-Men '97. Image: Disney.
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X-Men '97 Season 2 Eps 1-4 review: a high-energy first act

X-Men '97's second season kicks off with a blast of character introductions and major story developments.

Tavern Talk Stories: Dreamwalker. Screenshot: Gentle Troll Entertainment / ScreenHub.
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Tavern Talk Stories: Dreamwalker review: a cosy, complex drink-making narrative sim

Tavern Talk Stories: Dreamwalker is a cosy narrative adventure game where you serve fantasy heroes of all kinds in your…

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The Valley review: a serene documentary on the beauty of rural living

The Valley is a meditative, quiet documentary comprised of beautiful, character-focussed vignettes.

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Dead Man's Wire review: a magnetic Bill Skarsgård holds this true crime thriller together

With Bill Skarsgård playing a twitchy, awkward and outright funny pseudo-everyman, Dead Man's Wire is not your average crime thriller.

Race Around the World. Image: ABC.
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Race Around the World review: next stop, documentary fame?

Six young documentary makers are off on a race around the world.

Ground Up. Image: ABC iview.
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Ground Up review: comedian Sam Pang's got a winner here

In the brilliantly written new comedy Ground Up, Hugh Shen must build a stadium for Tasmania's first AFL team.

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Momento review: a sweet Unpacking-like about the possibilities of life

Momento presents a lovely new twist on Unpacking-style gameplay.

Actors Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen in the new Australian horror film Leviticus. The young male leads stand either side of a flyscreen door at night, attemping to touch their hands together through the screen.
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Leviticus review: tender and terrifying

Homophobia is the monster in Adrian Chiarella’s powerful debut feature.

Dr Jeni Haynes lives with dissociative identity disorder, and is the subject of the compelling new SBS-screened documentary We Are Jeni. A middle-aged woman wearing a floral dress and glasses sits on a chaise lounge next to a small brown dog.
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We Are Jeni review: a compelling documentary about Dr Jeni Haynes and her ‘alters’

Dr Jeni Haynes lives with dissociative identity disorder and 2682 people inside her mind.

Silenced shows at the 2026 Sydney Film Festival. Image: Supplied.
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Silenced review: Brittany Higgins & Amber Heard feature in Selina Miles' new film

Equal parts sobering and rousing, Silenced follows what happens in the courts when women speak out about sexual assault.

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