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Audrey. Image: Rialto.
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Would you be better off without your kids? Audrey cheekily asks the question

Audrey is a quintessentially Aussie dark comedy that questions the sacrifices of motherhood.

Woman of the Hour. Image: Leah Gallo/Netflix. Best 3 new films.
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Woman of the Hour: reframing true crime in a post-#MeToo era

Anna Kendrick’s unflinching directorial debut, Woman of the Hour, reframes a real crime for a post-#MeToo era.

In The Belly of a Tiger. Image: AFF/IMDB
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5 incredible Indian films from the 2024 Adelaide Film Festival

5 standout Indian films from the Adelaide Film Fest that redefine cinematic storytelling.

The Cars That Ate Paris. Image: New Line Cinema.
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Peter Weir’s The Cars That Ate Paris – a driving force in Ozploitation filmmaking

How The Cars That Ate Paris shaped Ozploitation film culture.

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The Blair Witch Project at 25: how one film changed the horror genre

The Blair Witch Project popularised the low budget 'found-footage' horror genre and inspired a generation of indie filmmakers.

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Wake in Fright retains clarity after all these years

With Umbrella Entertainment announcing the restoration of Aussie film classic Wake in Fright, it’s time to reflect on the gritty…

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Netflix’s A Family Affair rejects stories of sexual women as ‘bad mothers’ – but it’s a terrible film.

Starring Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron, A Family Affair fails in its mission to challenge stereotypes about sexual mothers.

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‘Maternal cli-fi’: the new genre changing up the absent-mother narrative in cinema

How The End We Start From boosted maternal cli-fi, a genre spotlighting mothers in worlds destroyed by natural disasters.

Behind the scenes of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Image: Jasin Boland/Warner Bros Entertainment
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From outback to wasteland: what Mad Max films tell us about the Australian desert

Films like Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga present an imagined future of mega drought: a possible future scenario for climate…

Australian Documentary A Fire Inside.
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Energy, climate and corporate ties in Australian documentary

The links between promotion and philanthropy in the documentary sector have a long history. What have we learnt?

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