This is a brave approach to film making as it bucks some genre expectations that might make a mainstream audience feel confused. This can be seen in IMDb reviews that oscillate from 1 to 10 stars.
Continue readingMaddie’s Secret (2025)
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There might need to be a content warning on Leah Nelson’s beautiful and heartfelt film that if you have experienced the loss of a parent, particularly to old age or long illness, it might make you cry.
Continue readingThe Friend’s House is Here (2026)
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It feels rare to watch a film that centres itself on female friendship. This seems to be an important element in this gentle drama, an underlying message about the persistence of community.
Continue readingImposters (2026)
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I don’t expect much from a midnight horror screening at the Melbourne Film Festival, but I want something with a good level of scariness that isn’t too ridiculous in its narrative arc.
Continue readingThe History of Concrete (2026)
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Before seeing this film, someone in a film queue told me that, of course this wouldn’t be a film about concrete.
Continue readingThe Blood Countess (Die Blutgräfin) (2026)
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What a hoot! I knew this was going to be a little bit absurdist and a lot camp and I thoroughly enjoyed every stylish and silly moment.
Continue readingMārama (2025)
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Māori and gothic horror are major tick boxes for me, particularly when I see an image like the one above.
Continue readingSpecies (Sanguine) (2026)
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This was such a contrast to AnyMart (2026) which hid its horror shocks behind a whole lot of scene development. Species – or Blood as its original title translates – hits you with it in the first act and is delightfully gory and darkly comedic.
Continue readingThe Sun Never Sets (2026)
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I don’t know who Joe Swanberg is, but he was there at the screening and the audience seemed to think he was something pretty special. It seems he hasn’t had a film out for about six years, and in the past has moved around different genres and was a leader in mumblecore.
Continue readingRehearsals for a Revolution (2026)
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It felt like I was entering the same kind of world as Past Future Continuous but with a much more authentic pay off.
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