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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.
Mercy Road review – unreal thriller grinds the gears (MIFF 2023)
Neither John Curran’s screenplay nor direction can sell Luke Bracey as the next Tom Hardy in the adrenaline-dripping Mercy Road.
MIFF 2023 snapshots: week two of the Melbourne International Film Festival
It's MIFF 2023 at a glance: two-sentence reviews to help you choose what film to see next at the festival.
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…
Shayda is a powerful debut from Iranian-Australian writer/director Noora Niasari
Holy Spider star Zar Amir Ebrahimi and a remarkable young Selina Zahednia imbue the aching, semi-autobiographical Shayda with genuine heart.
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…
