As recently seen at the Melbourne International Film Festival, from Chloe Stephenson-Brown comes a review of We Were Dangerous, first-time feature director Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu’s feminist dramedy about so-called delinquent teenage girls in 1950s New Zealand. … More MIFF Review: We Were Dangerous

As recently seen at the Melbourne International Film Festival, from Adeline Williams comes a review of Dìdi, a uniquely Asian American and aughts flavoured coming-of-age film directed by Sean Wang in his feature debut. … More MIFF Review: Dìdi

As recently seen at the Melbourne International Film Festival, from Johnny Hill comes a review of The Shrouds, Canadian director David Cronenberg’s latest body horror feature, though one perhaps much more sensitive than his past work, with a focus on grief and how both loved ones’ deaths and technology leave us in their wake. … More MIFF Review: The Shrouds

Currently showing at the Melbourne International Film Festival, from Lachie Carroll comes a review of La Cocina, Mexican director Alonso Ruizpalacios’ kitchen drama about a New York restaurant and its workers, or one of the freshest entries in the current wave of culinary cinema. … More MIFF Review: La Cocina

Currently showing at the Melbourne International Film Festival and in cinemas Australia wide from August 29th, from Lucy Beltrami comes a review of and personal reflections in light of I Saw the TV Glow, American director Jane Schoenbrun’s sophomore spooky drama. … More MIFF Review: I Saw the TV Glow

From Johnny Hill comes a review of Bertrand Bonello’s sweeping sci-fi drama about the universality of fear and it and technology’s consequences for human connection: The Beast. … More The Beast Review

From Madeleine McDonald comes a review of Georgia and Sophia Scott’s documentary Tomorrow’s Freedom, as recently seen at the Palestinian Film Festival Australia, and about West Bank Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouti, his imprisonment by Israel, and his and his family’s quest for Palestine’s freedom along with his own. … More Palestinian Film Festival Review: Tomorrow’s Freedom

Following our MIFF review of Past Lives last year, from Amirahmad Azhieh comes another look at Canadian-Korean writer-director Celine Song’s decades spanning relationship drama. … More Past Lives Review

From Johnny Hill comes a review of Jonathan Glazer’s newest film, idyllically haunting historical drama and fivefold Academy Award nominee (including for Best Picture and Best Director): The Zone of Interest. In cinemas Australia wide from this February 22nd. … More The Zone of Interest Review