Brisbane
Coming Home
The reunion of director Zhang Yimou and actress Gong Li is just one of many in elegant but melodramatic historical…
The Owners
A surreal telling of life and land in Kazakhstan, steeped in both tragedy and comedy.
Melbourne
Familiar in form but effective in impact, Iranian drama Melbourne dreams big but stays small in its domestic drama.
White Reindeer
Zach Clark’s different kind of holiday film looks at the unhappy flipside of what is supposed to be the merriest…
Human Capital
Paolo Virzì's thriller of societal commentary always feels both diverting and calculating – and that's no accident.
Hard To Be A God
Intricate in texture yet clouded in dusty bleakness, this is Russian science fiction at its most disquieting and hypnotic.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
A Farsi-language neo-noir, feminist, dystopian, vampire, western, romance and horror effort that is as exceptional as it sounds.
Hill of Freedom
This observational comedy is the definition of short and sweet, but with the substance rarely accorded with such a description.
The Captive
Solemn and moody, Atom Egoyan's return to mistreated children and miscarried justice is intermittent in its effectiveness.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Showing family life with affection and understanding, this adaptation of the popular children's book is irreverent and astute.