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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.
The 2023 films Australian directors are most looking forward to
We asked some of the brightest names in the Australian screen industry what films they cannot wait to see, and…
The biggest Hollywood films coming in 2023
Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Guardians of the Galaxy join a host of sequels and new films coming from Hollywood…
Movies 2023: new films coming to cinemas from July to December
Barbie, Mission Impossible, Wonka and Oppenheimer are just some of the treats coming to cinemas in the second half of…
Movies 2023: new films coming to cinemas from January to June
The Whale, Babylon, Women Talking, Broker and Evil Dead Rise are just some of the treats coming to cinemas in…
Black Snow on Stan burns brightly – review
This crime drama, created with cultural input from the local South Sea Islander community, is a hugely compelling mystery.
The 10 best Australian films of 2022 ... maybe
What were the best homegrown films of 2022? And which one triumphed in spite of a 'turdsome turn' by Hollywood…
Queer movies 2022: 10 of the best LGBTQIA+ films this year
From Afrofuturist adventures to American rom-coms via lesbian spies who survived the holocaust, it’s been an intriguing year in queer…
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc at the Japanese Film Fest: review
This kookily cute biopic by director Kenji Nakanishi maps out an intriguing historical moment in Japan.