As recently seen at the Melbourne International Film Festival, from Finnlay Victor Dall comes a review of Australian-Filipino filmmaker James J. Robinson’s feature film directorial debut, First Light, about a nun in the Philippines contemplating faith, power and corruption. … More MIFF Review: First Light
The cool celebration of cinema that is the Melbourne International Film Festival is back this August, running from the 7th until the 24th in cinemas and from the 15th until the 31st online. Here’s a rundown of the details, from the program to tickets, including a few useful tips on how to get MIFFed. … More MIFF 2025 Information & Tips For Cheap Tix
From Angela Nacor comes a review of Dutch filmmaker Halina Reijn’s American erotic drama with an unusual mix of power imbalances: Babygirl, starring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson. … More Babygirl Review
From Johnny Hill comes a review of American filmmaker Brady Corbet’s 215-minute epic period architectural drama: The Brutalist. … More The Brutalist Review
Fresh from its Melbourne premiere, and ahead of our IMAX outing to see it, from Finnlay Victor Dall comes a review of Mickey 17, singular South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho’s new sci-fi satire and broader comedy starring Robert Pattinson as Mickey 17, amongst others. … More Mickey 17 Review
As the British Film Festival kicks off in Melbourne (running from November 6th until December 8th), from Finnlay Victor Dall comes a review of its centrepiece film that reunites English filmmaker Mike Leigh and actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste for the story of a hypersensitive and brutally honest woman and her family: Hard Truths. … More British Film Festival Review: Hard Truths
As the 2024 US election comes to a closer, from Johnny Hill comes a review of The Apprentice, Iranian-Danish director Ali Abbasi and American writer Gabriel Sherman’s attempt at tackling the story of a young Donald Trump. … More The Apprentice Review
In cinemas Australia wide from September 26th, and as recently seen at the Melbourne International Film Festival, from Lachie Carroll comes a review of Francis Ford Coppola’s polarising and controversial science-fiction and city planning epic (film or flop) more than forty years in the making: Megalopolis. Starring Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, and more. … More Megalopolis Review
In cinemas Australia wide from September 19th, and as recently seen at the Melbourne International Film Festival, from Finnlay Victor Dall comes a review of French director Coralie Fargeat’s new body horror feature, in which Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley co-star as an ageing slash de-ageing Hollywood star with an unusually bad case of body dysmorphia induced by society and: The Substance. … More The Substance Review
As recently seen at the Melbourne International Film Festival, from Lilly Sokolowski comes a review of American filmmaker Annie Baker’s feature film directorial debut about the coming-of-age of both a daughter and mother: Janet Planet. … More MIFF Review: Janet Planet
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