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The Pool review: Sydney documentary is beautiful but shallow

The Pool, Ian Darling's handsomely shot documentary, spent a year filming in and around Sydney’s Icebergs Pool.

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We Bury the Dead review: gruesomely hilarious Tasmanian survival thriller

In We Bury the dead, Hobart has been annihilated: cue a future cult classic film with a wow-a-minute story.

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Audrey film review: comedy with teenage hopes and tacky tropes

Audrey's comedy might be blunt at best, but it gets better as it goes along and the characters begin to…

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The Jury: Death on the Staircase, SBS review: a gripping true crime show

The case the 12 jurors are faced with in SBS's new court show is real, and the insights into the…

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Always Listening, SBS review: Lifeline volunteers share their stories

Australian director Genevieve Bailey’s powerful new documentary Always Listening puts faces to the voices who volunteer for Lifeline.

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The Correspondent, film review: Peter Greste thriller on a vitally important topic

The Correspondent, starring Richard Roxburgh, examines the dangers facing a free and fair press.

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Territory, Netflix review: a soapy Shakespearean outback saga

Territory takes a widescreen look at a scheming family on a Northern Territory cattle farm, with twists round every corner…

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Nautilus review: a rollickingly subversive submarine story

Nautilus serves up plenty of swashbuckling entertainment while posing curly colonial questions.

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Like My Brother, film review: Tiwi Islander female football story transcends the oval

Shot over a six-year period, Like My Brother explores how a great sporting opportunity can come with serious caveats.

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A Different Man review: deliciously off-kilter tale about obsession

A Different Man is a dark tale of identity and obsession, with a cracking performance by Sebastian Stan in the…

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