Reviews

Red, White & Royal Blue review: paint-by-numbers queer romcom disappoints
Rival hunks Henry and Alex meet, bone, develop feelings, breakup, and experience all the typical romcom events in Prime Video's…

The Inspired Unemployed: (Impractical) Jokers review
Four twenty-something mates are on a mission to humiliate each other in the surprisingly inventive laugh-fest The Inspired Unemployed: (Impractical)…

MIFF 2023 snapshots: opening weekend
MIFF at a glance: two sentence reviews to help you choose what film to see next at the festival.

MIFF Review: Family is haunted in Joanna Hogg's The Eternal Daughter
Tilda Swinton plays dual roles in this elegiac closing chapter to The Souvenir and its sequel. These musings on memories…

Shayda is a powerful debut from Iranian-Australian writer/director Noora Niasari
Holy Spider star Zar Amir Ebrahimi and a remarkable young Selina Zahednia imbue the aching, semi-autobiographical Shayda with genuine heart.

Heartstopper season 2 review: is there life left yet in Nick and Charlie’s burgeoning romance?
Can the luminous adaptation of Alice Oseman’s cute queer comics maintain the huge hit status for Netflix?

‘Twisted Metal’ TV show is a surprisingly watchable high-concept comedy
Twisted Metal fits nicely into the modern TV comedy show mould, and is entertaining and unique enough to keep you…

Talk to Me review: an Australian horror to possess you
Adelaide directors Danny and Michael Philippou deliver a seat-jumping cult hit in the making.

Exhibition review: Two Girls From Amoonguna, ACMI
‘Two Girls From Amoonguna’ is about pushing through adversity and alchemising it into art that speaks to the spirit and joy of life…

Barbie review – this Barbie will bust the block
Barbie perfectly walks the line between being a Greta Gerwig film and a Mattel movie based on a toy, and…