Australian Cinema – Reality Checked
The most terrifying thing about film is that it’s all already happened
Little Monsters
I's a strange thing to say that something is deceptively good
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
One rarely expects a film as good as ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ to come along and we are always glad when it does
Producer Majhid Heath on Indigenous Horror Anthology ‘Dark Place’ Premiere
"Five wickedly twisted tales from the next generation of Aboriginal Writer/Directors all looking at the post-colonial Aboriginal experience through the horror genre"
The Dead Don’t Die
What a waste of everyone’s time. Us, the cast, Jim Jarmusch; everyone except Tilda Swinton who here made magic all on her lonesome
Judy and Punch and The Nightingale
Both bear uneasy depictions of violence, yet one resonates powerfully and with evident quality. The other, ill-considered in near every respect
Mirrah Foulkes on ‘Judy and Punch’ Australian Premiere
"It's a pretty unusual film, it's a fictionalised origin story about the infamous Punch and Judy puppet play"
Pain and Glory
We don’t deserve Pedro Almodovar; thank God he disagrees
Ghost Town Anthology
It’s rare that a film with such efficient storytelling could flounder for nearly two hours
The Miracle of the Little Prince
Above and beyond all else beautifully shot, the sequences in each of the four locations are rendered stunningly
The Guilty
Packing more furrowed-brow acting into a film than you are ever likely to see, The Guilty is a reliably mood-driven Danish thriller