Classic, low budget, late night film festival fare.
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We Bury the Dead (2024)
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Zombie movie – tick. Set in Tasmania – tick. Starring Daisy Ridley – okay, I can go with that.
Continue readingIron Winter (2025)
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Kasimir Burgess made a documentary Franklin a few years back, that I really enjoyed. With that film, he used a central story and narration to help us understand several threads about activism, nature, and acceptance of identity.
Continue readingI, Poppy (2025)
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I think I probably knew this was going to be a depressing film because it was about low caste farmers in Rajasthan fighting against corrupt officials.
Continue readingThe Mastermind (2025)
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I really love Kelly Reichardt films. Even the ones that don’t seem to be about anything, like Showing Up (2022), somehow draw me in with the beauty of moments and the delicate journey of quite ordinary characters.
Continue readingNosferatu (2024)
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I’ll admit upfront that I’m not a fan of the films of Robert Eggers. I didn’t mind The Witch, although I found the ending laughable which was a shame as it had a great mood, but I really hated The Northman and The Lighthouse and so when I heard that he had remade Nosferatu, I had mixed feelings.
Continue readingHow to Make Gravy (2024)
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This is a well-meaning film that will have a guaranteed audience amongst Australians who love the Paul Kelly song it is based on.
Continue readingGladiator II (2024)
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Okay, full disclosure; I had very low expectations of this sequel to the much loved Russell Crowe sword and sandals epic that came out almost a quarter of a century ago.
Continue readingPoison (2024)
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It’s hard to know what to say about this worthy, well acted, very downbeat drama, directed by Luxembourger Désirée Nosbusch.
Continue readingThe Return (2024)
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Greek heroes are arseholes. This is a rather serious and languid retelling of the end of the Odyssey when Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) returns home after 10 years to his wife and queen Penelope (Juliette Binoche).
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