Local cinemas this week
Two Kristen Stewart movies in one week, what a treat for fans… One brilliantly showcases her talents, the other is a sodden mess Seberg Ironically, the far superior of the two earns a lower Rotten […]
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Local cinemas this week
Our pick of the week is a brutal, uncompromising journey into the darkest recesses of Australia’s hidden colonial past. It may well be the best local film of the year. Movie of the week: The Nightingale […]
Local cinemas this week
This teenage buddy movie screened at the Sydney Film Festival. Why? Booksmart The end-of-high-school romp, where the kids go wild/take drugs/drink themselves senseless/have sex and yet still learn something really significant about life is a […]
Local cinemas this week
Movie of the week: The Third Wife Set in Vietnam during the late 19th Century, Ash Mayfair’s exquisite debut feature revels nostalgically in the country’s rural past and its lavish costumes while exploring some of the […]
Local cinemas this week
The Sydney Film Festival has finished, and the first of its in-competition movies hit local screens. It’s one of the best. Movie of the week: Never Look Away Will the Germans ever get over the trauma […]
Election Day movies
Most Australians are probably more invested in who wins the Iron Throne than the outcome of the Federal election. But for those who are interested in how things are decided without dragons, two sensational new […]
Local cinemas this week
Two tough and sinewy films open this week – for those who like plenty of meat on the bone. Acute Misfortune Undoubtedly the real Adam Cullen would have been delighted to have been portrayed on […]
Local cinemas this week
Two Australian movies set in the tropical far north hit our screens this week. A+ for effort and intent, C- for the results Top End Wedding A few critics have broken ranks, but only the […]
Local cinemas this week
Stock up on the tissues, two lovely but emotionally potent little gems open this week in our arthouses Movie of the week: 1985 Expanding his own 2016 short of the same name, Yen Tan’s emotional tearjerker […]
Local cinemas this week
Our Nic is bruised, battered and bad Movie of the week: Destroyer We’ve had plenty of male bad cops on screen before, but so far no female actors have been prepared to get down and dirty. […]