Film
MIFF 2024 Shorts Awards winners
The MIFF 2024 Shorts Awards winners were announced at a ceremony at ACMI, Melbourne, on the weekend.
New films coming this week – cinema movie guide and release dates
Your guide to new films in cinemas from 19 to 25 August 2024, including Blink Twice, Australian film Take My…
Left Write Hook to get national cinema release
The Australian documentary about the healing power of boxing and writing for trauma survivors will release in October.
I Saw The TV Glow review: it draws you in then tears you apart
I Saw The TV Glow explores the pain of hidden trans identity via an allegorical TV show obsession.
Left Write Hook review: survivor documentary stings like a bee
Donna Lyon and Shannon Owen's Australian film documents the physical and psychological healing journey of eight women who have experienced…
Nuns are a habit on the Hollywood screen – but why?
From The Sound of Music to Immaculate, nuns have been on a run, even as their real-life counterparts dwindle.
Despite Barbie, 2023 was not the Year of the Woman in film
White men are still the overwhelming majority on screen and behind the camera, according to the latest damning report by…
Australian Workers Film Guide goes live with archive of historical films
The Australian Workers Film Guide is a new archival website documenting key labour history films.
The Organist, film review: Australian indie leaves a bad aftertaste
Melbourne-made dark comedy The Organist has plenty of interesting ideas, but ultimately fumbles the execution.
Addition: adaptation of Toni Jordon's novel to premiere at TIFF 24
Teresa Palmer stars as a woman obsessed with numbers in Addition, an Australian romantic drama based on the best-selling novel.