Victoria
An Honest Liar
An Honest Liar builds upon layers of deception to create a thoroughly entertaining spectacle.
Violette
Provost’s biopic captures French writer Violette Leduc’s struggle with rejection without reducing her to a tortured artist trope.
Gaming in Color
A pertinent and telling documentary, tracing the subculture existing at the intersection of gaming and queer culture.
Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory
Repetition hampers this crusading documentary, despite its vital and heartfelt message and remarkable real-life stories.
Beautiful Noise
Passion rather than insight drives this fan-oriented, surface-level tribute to a short-lived music movement.
The Salvation
If the narrative doesn't provide all the signposts, the visuals will, as The Salvation writes a love letter to the…
Sepideh – Reaching for the Stars
Obvious symbolism and convenience doesn't temper this resonant documentary's universality and authenticity.
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
A tribute rather than a tell-all, sharing the stories of and the love for the man behind many a music…
Female-only film festivals should not exist
Ideally we would have no need for festivals that promote women in film, as we would already give them the…
Elizabeth I: The Last Dance
The exclusive World Premiere screening of Lindsay Kemp's 'Elizabeth I: The Last Dance' in Melbourne is exquisite and dazzling.