
Festevez / / Melbourne Openair Cinema, Moonlight Cinema, Mov' in bed, Reviews, Sydney Openair Cinemas
Knives Out
Mystery-comedies don’t get made very much, nor do flicks that would have Agatha Christie queuing up

British Film Festival Highlights
Keira Knightley. Ian McKellen. Helen Mirren. Even more Helen Mirren

Transnistra
If you had to look up the title you may not learn what you want to from this film – a Wikipedia entry this is not

Hi, A.I.
This review was not written by a machine

Festevez / / Moonlight Cinema, Queer Screen - Mardi Gras Film Festival, Reviews, Westpac Openair Cinema
Judy
First thing’s first – Renee Zellweger; she’s good. Really good. She’ll probably win an Oscar, but we’re not here to talk about that

Festevez / / Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Queer Screen - Mardi Gras Film Festival, Reviews
Benjamin
Despairing of his second feature, British filmmaker Benjamin (Merlin’s Colin Morgan) quickly falls for singer and all round charming dude Noah, played by Phenix Brossard who at the time of writing has likely been cast in a Mick Jagger biopic

Festevez / / Byron Bay Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Reviews, Sydney Underground Film Festival
Alice
Alice, abruptly discovering that her life savings were depleted by her husband’s use of escort services, turns to the industry to reclaim her property and support her child

Festevez / / Melbourne Openair Cinema, Moonlight Cinema, Mov' in bed, Reviews, Sydney Openair Cinemas
Ad Astra
Sad Astra. Sad Astronaut. Brad Astra. Dad Astra. Sad Brad Dad Astronaut movie

Tone-Deaf
Millennials! Baby boomers! Cinema’s just only catching up on this trove of terror and the latest one is Tone-Deaf

Greener Grass
An appropriately bizarre addition to this year’s Sydney Underground Film Festival, Greener Grass wants you think it’s better on the other side

The Art of Self-Defense
They’re men! Men in belts, tight belts! They roam around the dojo looking for fights!

Dreamland
Defying straightforward explanation, the first of three imminent flicks titled Dreamland will surely be the most bizarre

Angel of Mine
It always comes down to that ending

Braid
As this is the Underground Film Festival, the resulting trials are not especially G-rated

Mantis Nest
Discovered with a smoking gun and all three of her dead parents, Sugar has a very short window to convince the authorities she didn’t do it

Searching
Memorable above all for breaking one ever-cautionary and cardinal rule of the detective thriller and to the film’s great credit doing it well

The Final Land
Two men, at odds, facing their ends aboard a spacecraft know that they might each be the last person they ever see

SciFi Film Festival Premieres ‘Norman’ amidst 2019 Slate
“There’s a vastness of vision in the 2019 line-up”

Muralla
Those who fall from grace can yet fall farther

#KOFFIA 2019 heads across Australia with ‘Extreme Job’
Very rarely does a film so nail a premise

Inseparable Bros
A burgeoning cinematic focus on disability would not be complete without venturing into the funny

Festevez / / Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne Openair Cinema, Reviews, Sydney Openair Cinemas
The Farewell
It’s far from unheard of that a film’s production or genesis is as if not more interesting than the finished product, but it’s rarely the case for so quality a picture

Festevez / / Brisbane International Film Festival, Byron Bay Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Reviews
Little Monsters
I's a strange thing to say that something is deceptively good

The Death of Dick Long
The Death of Dick Long is having none of your genre

Festevez / / Melbourne International Film Festival, Reviews, Sydney Film Festival, Travelling Film Festival
Kursk
Kursk doesn’t want you to remember the actual disaster too closely, just some of it’s fallout

Something Else
Monsters are almost always metaphors for something. Many films forget this and just have something wreaking havoc, while others make it crystal clear.

We Are Little Zombies
If you see this film you will never forget the title

Festevez / / Cottesloe Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne Openair Cinema, Moonlight Cinema, Mov' in bed, Perth Openair Cinema, Reviews, Sydney Openair Cinemas, Westpac Openair Cinema
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
The 9th film by Quentin Tarantino was always going to be one of the most anticipated of 2019

Thor Ragnarok: A Checklist
Irreverent opening extravaganza of little relevance to main story – check