“We are proud that the 8th Persian Film Festival is paying a tribute to the strength and resilience of women from Iran and Afghanistan all around the world”

Mystery-comedies don’t get made very much, nor do flicks that would have Agatha Christie queuing up

First of all; it’s stunning

“We have seen a strengthening of stories from around the world playing into genres"

You may as well go out with a bang

“We can't wait to see what next year has in store for Japanese cinema!”

"We have a spotlight on first-time Iranian filmmakers as we wanted to bring their exciting new works to the centre of attention"

“Hopefully this project will provide opportunities for our directors and to dispel the myth that women only make one kind of horror or that they aren’t interested in the genre”

Keira Knightley. Ian McKellen. Helen Mirren. Even more Helen Mirren

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

This review was not written by a machine

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

The most terrifying thing about film is that it’s all already happened

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

Most films forget to place the bomb under the table – very few manage three ticking simultaneously

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

Sad Astra. Sad Astronaut. Brad Astra. Dad Astra. Sad Brad Dad Astronaut movie

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

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

Here’s a few picks that might just help you sort out your IFF 2019 schedule!

They’re men! Men in belts, tight belts! They roam around the dojo looking for fights!

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

“My prediction is that a couple of years from now the fact a feature was shot on a phone will be totally unremarkable"

It always comes down to that ending

"It always feels good to get recognition, what made this one special is that it was in my home town"

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

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

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

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

“There’s a vastness of vision in the 2019 line-up”