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You’ll Never Find Me (2023)
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Sometimes you want a horror experience that’s visceral and uncomplicated and the debut feature by South Australian directors Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen gives that in spades.
Continue readingLa Chimera (2023)
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Charcoal (Carvão) (2022)
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May December (2023)
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It’s hard to know what to say about this artful, meticulous, melodrama by Todd Haynes.
Continue readingBeyond Utopia (2022)
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What starts as a talking heads documentary about North Korean defectors becomes a gripping race to safety as we follow a family who have crossed the border into a hostile China.
Continue readingMonolith (2022)
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South Australian director Matt Vesely worked with a development lab and funding specifically for first-time feature directors to create a film on a defined, small budget to create this tense, one room, one character, sci-fi thriller.
Continue readingKayo Kayo Colour (2023)
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As the first gorgeous black-and-white scenes unfolded, I thought I had stumbled into a documentary.
Continue readingThis is Going to be Big (2023)
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I was waiting in the lounge of the Capitol cinema, when a previous screening of this homegrown documentary finished. The foyer filled with a joyful throng of participants and their families, whose faces I now recognise for their starring turns in Thomas Highland’s skilful documentary.
Continue readingBirdeater (2023)
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This smart, funny, and scary exploration of toxic relationships was a delightful surprise.
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