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film January 15, 2022
Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci disappoints, but the cast’s committed performances still make it worth watching.
film January 8, 2022
The fourth instalment in The Matrix franchise is a joyless, pompous, unimaginative exercise in greed.
film January 8, 2022
Sixty years after winning an Oscar for her role in West Side Story, Rita Moreno appears in Steven Spielberg’s version, which has a new sense of what it means to ‘get it right’.
film December 18, 2021
Through the second year of the pandemic, watching big films on the small screen became ever lonelier.
film December 11, 2021
In The Eyes of Tammy Faye, a fascinating real-life story of the televangelist movement is obscured by its redemptive narrative.
film December 11, 2021
Oscar-winning documentary-maker Eva Orner says that despite the dark places she explores, she never gives up hope.
film December 4, 2021
For his leading role in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune Timothée Chalamet has been charged with ‘saving the film industry’, but he wears the mantle modestly.
film November 27, 2021
Julia Ducournau’s Palme D’Or-winning film Titane gives horror a high-octane twist.
film November 20, 2021
The chilling effect of film censorship in Hong Kong
New film censorship guidelines in Hong Kong, released this month, will have a chilling effect on a once-vibrant industry.
film November 20, 2021
Flawed but utterly mesmerising, Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog demonstrates her mastery of filmmaking.
dance November 20, 2021
2022 Sydney Festival director Olivia Ansell
Sydney Festival’s new director, Olivia Ansell, wants to remind the city of its unruly histories.
