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Love Me star Heather Mitchell on playing women with agency
The hit Melbourne love story is back for a second season, with a zesty role that Mitchell is happy to…
The Power review: Toni Collette and the teenagers smashing the patriarchy
This rip-roaring adaptation of the Naomi Alderman novel asks, ‘What if Margaret Atwood’s Handmaids got superpowers?’
My Old School review: this head-spinning doco is a must-see
Featuring a lip-synching performance by Scottish star Alan Cumming, My Old School asks if we can really trust our memories.
In Our Blood review: sweet ABC musical show needed a bit more oomph
In championing the queer community’s response to the HIV/AIDS crisis, this was surely worthy of a bigger budget.
Daisy Jones & The Six? What an insult to Fleetwood Mac
Forgettable songs, dodgy chemistry and a Spinal Tap (without the lols) mockumentary format – this one's all filler, no killer.
The Banshees of Inisherin: history hangs heavy in Irish Oscar hopeful
Can Colin Farrell bring home his first golden statuette in a story that spins off the aftermath of the Irish…
Queerstralia review: our exultant, sometimes tragic LGBTIQA+ history
Comedian Zoë Coombs Marr knows she's taken on a mighty task, but delivers with abundant joy.
Ivan Sen on sitting in silence with new feature Limbo
This director explains why his black-and-white outback noir, starring Rob Collins and Simon Baker, resisted a score.
We Are Still Here filmmaker Beck Cole: ‘It’s incredibly authentic’
We Are Still Here, released across Australia this week, ties together eight stories by First Nations filmmakers.
Tár review: Cate Blanchett conducts herself ferociously
Cate Blanchett delivers a monstrously good performance in Tár – a dark modern masterpiece.