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Film reviews: Flora on the Sand (1964) and Juvenile Jungle (1956)
The feature of a retrospective at the 2023 Japanese Film Festival, Kō Nakahira was a filmmaker who interrogated themes of…
Cassandro review: Gael García Bernal blazes in lucha libre biopic
Cassandro teases a great movie within a series of competently performed but rather undercooked narrative beats.
MIFF Review: Family is haunted in Joanna Hogg's The Eternal Daughter
Tilda Swinton plays dual roles in this elegiac closing chapter to The Souvenir and its sequel. These musings on memories…
Carmen review: dance is grand, but story is king
Re-imaginings have the power to transform the old into the new, but this interpretation of Bizet's Carmen doesn't exude quite…
No Hard Feelings review: funny, sexy and a damn good time
Does No Hard Feelings signal the return of raunchy, crowd pleasing rom-coms? We can only hope.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – not all spider-men are created equal
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is a stunningly animated film, beautifully woven with punchy, emotional storytelling and a killer soundtrack.
Fast X review: the franchise only has a few good miles left in 'er
Fast X, the latest of the Fast and Furious franchise, sputters through a few entertaining action sequences but ultimately falls…
Review – Huesera: The Bone Woman holds the skeleton key to my heart
A chilling feature debut from Michelle Garza Cervera, Huesera tells the story of a woman in Mexico haunted by impending…
Review: John Farnham: Finding the Voice truly sings
This loving tribute to John Farnham, a star who would not give up, is also a gorgeous send-off for Olivia…
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…
