Local cinemas this week
Human Flow Ai Weiwei has made a film that is perfectly “critic-proof”. No one, surely, will dare to say anything negative for fear of being labelled off-side on this sensitive issue. And let’s be clear: […]
Movies
The Other Side Of Hope giveaway
Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival, where it topped the prestigious Screen International critics’ poll, The Other Side Of Hope is the hilarious and poignant new comedy […]
Mary Magdalene double pass giveaway
Her story will be told. Mary Magdalene is an authentic and humanistic portrait of one of the most enigmatic and misunderstood spiritual figures in history. This biblical biopic– the new film from the director of […]
Local cinemas this week
Red Sparrow One day Jennifer Lawrence will rule the world. Judging by her daring performance in this grim and murky Russian spy thriller, that day may be soon. Meanwhile (hey, give her time, she’s only 27!) we […]
Human Flow giveaway
Over 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war in the greatest human displacement since World War II. Human Flow, an epic film journey […]
Local Cinemas this week
The Square Christian (Claes Bang) is the head curator at a prestigious contemporary art museum in Stockholm. Startlingly handsome, elegantly dressed and decked out in fashionable eyewear, he’d be instantly recognizable in the hippest of […]
In The Fade preview giveaway
Winner of the 2018 Golden Globes for Best Foreign Language Film, Fatih Akin’s topical thriller In The Fade tells the story of Katja (Diane Kruger), whose life falls apart when out nowhere, her husband Nuri […]
One blockbuster you should see
We don’t usually bother with multiplex fare, especially the increasingly dreary super-hero franchises. Besides, Ciao isn’t on Disney’s media invitation list. But for the most talked about and arguably most important film of the year, maybe we […]
The Square giveaway
“…it sets out to make your jaw drop. And it succeeds.” Christian is the respected curator of a prestigious contemporary art gallery in Stockholm. He thinks of himself as a decent man—after all, he drives an electric car and supports […]
Local cinemas this week
Finding Your Feet There is a market for movies about baby boomers rediscovering their “true adventurous selves” after they’re firmly stuck in Centrelink’s clutches – and you’ll see them at the daytime weekday sessions of […]