Reviews
Carnage for Christmas review: sleigh queens and bloody screams
You don't need a festive excuse to get into Alice Maio Mackay's Carnage for Christmas.
Companion review: an entertaining Valentines revenge thriller
Can artificially-intelligent sex androids truly love their creepy incel 'boyfriends'? Companion finds out.
Madam review: New Zealand sex work comedy drama is racy and pacy
Madam, starring Rachel Griffiths, is based on the true story of a first-time brothel owner in small-town New Zealand.
Grand Tour review: a dreamy trip through an out-of-time Asia
Grand Tour is a Portugese film that takes viewers on an atemporal travelogue through Asia.
The Newsreader Season 3 review: a winning finale
The third and final season of The Newsreader inches towards the 1990s, with all the elements that have made the…
Optics, ABC review: strong comic chops and social media spin
Optics feels like two warring comedy concepts doing battle, at the occasional expense of laughter.
A Complete Unknown review: blowing in the wind
A complete unknown? Monica Barbaro easily steals the limelight from Chalamet in this so-so, frustratingly incurious biopic.
Babygirl review: the stakes are high but the orgasms seem worth it
Babygirl, starring Nicole Kidman, may open some frank conversations about female sexual desire.
One Mind, One Heart film review: Larissa Behrendt documentary hits home
One Mind, One Heart, tracing the repatriation of a long-lost Yirrkala Bark Petition, is thoroughly researched and lovingly executed.
Film review: Lasting Impressions, IMAX Melbourne
Impressionist artworks explored through immersive 3D and animation, and set to music by Debussy, Ravel, Piaf and others.