Reviews
TV Review: Why Are You Like This self-skewers twenty-somethings
Spinning off from a Fresh Blood pilot, this comedy mocks the pretensions and self-righteousness of youth, and though the characters…
Film Review: Long Story Short seizes the years
Josh Lawson's time travel rom-com has charming leads and a gripping premise, but Mel Campbell wishes for a riskier script.
TV Review: Aftertaste is main course drama with comedy garnish
Strong performances and well-developed characters ground this lush ABC series about mismatched foodies in the Adelaide Hills.
Film Review: High Ground delivers its own reckoning
An enthralling addition to a new canon of films about historical injustice to our First Peoples, writes Sarah Ward.
Film Review: Occupation: Rainfall offers antics, aliens and explosions aplenty
Occupation: Rainfall is a blockbuster on a scale rarely seen in local productions, but don't expect all the threads to…
Film Review: Wild Things puts young activists in the spotlight
Tracing a year on the frontline of Australian environmental activism, Sally Ingleton's documentary is most powerful in its portrait of…
Film Review: Dawn Raid - Southside and the Polynesian Sound
Documenting the rise of the legendary Polynesian record label in 90s' and 00's Aotearoa/NZ against a backdrop of racism, this…
Film Review: Penguin Bloom plays it by the book
Naomi Watts is compelling in a story of resilience that sticks closely to the true account and to the formula…
TV Review: Bump is Australia's answer to Booksmart
Sharp and sweet, the new Stan series from Kelsey Munro and Claudia Karvan is a quirky teen pregnancy drama in…
Film Review: Eric Bana shines in The Dry
Fans of Jane Harper's blockbuster crime novel won't be disappointed by this faithful big-screen adaptation, but reviewer Mel Campbell wishes…