Local cinemas this week
Child endangerment features in two releases this week, one a chilly remake of a true original, the other a bloated and unnecessary sequel. Top pick: Angel of Mine Noomi Rapace, from the original Danish The Girl […]
Dendy Cinemas Newtown
Maradona giveaway
The third film from the award-winning team behind Senna and Amy and producer Paul Martin, Diego Maradona is constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage from Maradona’s personal archive with the full support of […]
Hail Satan? giveaway
Chronicling the extraordinary rise of one of the most colourful and controversial religious movements in American history, Hail Satan? is an inspiring and entertaining new feature documentary from acclaimed director Penny Lane. The Satanic Temple […]
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 […]
Sydney Film Festival at Dendy Newtown
We all know what happens to suburbs that gentrify. Sure they become more prosperous – but inevitably, also more boring and staid – the very opposite of what attracted the young urban adventurers to the […]
Under the Silver Lake giveaway
From the dazzling imagination that brought you It Follows comes a delirious neo-noir thriller about one man’s search for the truth behind the mysterious crimes, murders, and disappearances in his East L.A. neighbourhood. Sam (Andrew […]
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 […]
At last – a really great Aussie film?
“I’m not an animal Adam, I’m a journalist.” – Erik Jensen It’s been quite a while since an Australian film has produced so much critical buzz and excitement, and not just amongst journalists. Named one […]
Little Woods giveaway
Ollie (Tessa Thompson) is barely getting by in Little Woods, an economically depressed fracking boomtown in North Dakota. She has left her days of illegally running prescription pills over the Canadian border behind, eyeing a […]
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 […]