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Suzume by Makoto Shinkai explores the impacts of trauma
Makoto Shinka's Suzume draws on memories of Japan's natural disasters and blends it with coming-of-age tenderness.
Meet the real man who inspired Russell Crowe's The Pope’s Exorcist
The Pope's Exorcist, starring Russell Crowe, is in cinemas now – and it's based on the life of exorcist Father…
The Super Mario Bros. Movie review: It's-a mess!
The Super Mario Bros Movie is an extremely detailed and colourful montage of nostalgia that sadly is so tightly shackled to…
Fantastic Film Festival program highlights a trove of weird and wonderful cinema
Fantastic Film Festival Australia is back this month with a bunch of genre-defying films for you to feast your eyes…
EO: how Jerzy Skolimowski's film makes us empathise with a donkey
The latest flick from Polish director Skolimowski is all about a donkey named EO: an animal that cannot speak, but…
Of An Age film is a tender and romantic Melburnian treat
A Serbian ballroom dancer experiences an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend's older brother, in this unique and…
Pearl is a gory and glamorous masterpiece
With a killer performance and a clear vision, Ti West's prequel film Pearl is the must-see horror of the year.
Birrarangga Film Festival 2023: the highlights
Get ready for a fine selection of Indigenous cinema – the Birrarangga Film Festival is back in Melbourne from this…
Pearl vs X: what you need to know before seeing the slasher prequel
Pearl, the A24 horror that serves as the back story for 2022's X, is out in cinemas this week –…
Everything Everywhere All At Once in three key scenes
The genre-bending Everything Everywhere All at Once made awards history this week – here are three (of many) reasons why.