Reviews
2001: A Space Odyssey
Over 90 musicians from the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and over 60 voices in the Adelaide Chamber Singers, combined with Stanley…
Goddess
A stay-at-home mum’s domestic life has inspired this new wish-fulfillment Australian film, based on a successful stage musical.
Blinder
This new football movie features plodding plotting, clichéd dialogue, lacklustre cinematography and a plot that asks us to cheer for…
Oz the Great and Powerful
A wistful, warm but ultimately uneven attempt at continuing L. Frank Baum’s legacy, made 74 years after The Wizard of…
In the House
Celebrated filmmaker François Ozon has adapted Juan Mayorga’s play The Boy In The Last Row to create a reserved yet…
Great Expectations
The latest adaptation of Dickens’ oft-filmed tale features fine performances from an impressive cast, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes and…
5 Broken Cameras
A Palestinian farmer’s decision to document his son’s early years turns into a stunning first-person account of life under Israeli…
Save Your Legs!
Save your money – this new Australian comedy is over-reliant on cliché and convention in its exaggerated chase for laughs.
I Give It a Year
Humour is almost entirely lacking in this strained subversion of romantic-comedy tropes directed by Dan Mazer, and starring Rose Byrne…
Side Effects
Rooney Mara, Jude Law and Channing Tatum star in this chilling thriller, Steven Soderbergh’s latest (and allegedly last ever) film.