The new Australian film is an effective exploration of one woman’s eating disorder, and a worthy entry into the growing canon of contemporary female-led horror.
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The film is a portrait of a highly dysfunctional family fighting over generational wealth – a familiar story for many.
The much beloved and best-selling picture book series The Pout-Pout Fish comes to the big screen, with mixed results.
The Philippou brothers have done it again. You won’t be able to watch – but you won’t be able to look away.
Original horror stories, a sequel to an Aussie hit, and a Christmas film: the best of Australian cinema in 2024.
Jon Bell’s film is a blend of parental anxiety, Indigenous lore and class tensions – and the first half had me thinking it might earn its place in Australia’s horror ranks.
I asked Rachel Griffiths what she thought was the key to the film’s success. She identified its universality.
New Aussie horror Birdeater feels like it’s a new entry in this New Wave, filtered through an anarchic Australian sensibility. But after 40 minutes it fizzles out.
Our new wave of horror carries the legacy of Australia’s strong horror history – while finally signalling the shedding of some cultural biases.
The plot is rudimentary, but the tone is totally compelling, the characters are likable, and the surf photography first rate.
From Molly Reynolds and Shekhar Bassi, ShoPaapaa is a mundane and excruciating 95 minutes – but will become an enduring portrait of 2020.
The message of Eva Orner’s new documentary is spot on, the logic of its argument faultless. But it tells us things more than it makes us feel things, and this is seldom beneficial in the medium.
The 2020 federal budget allocates an additional A$53 million towards screen funding, but there are strings attached.
True History of the Kelly Gang marks the tenth screen version of the Ned Kelly outbreak, and is a more violent and dark – and therefore true – telling.
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