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film December 9, 2023
Marrakech International Film Festival
In the shadow of a devastating earthquake and an all-pervasive war, the 20th Marrakech International Film Festival featured some of the best cinema from Africa and the Middle East.
film December 2, 2023
Ridley Scott’s epic Napoleon isn’t as bad as his worst films, nor is it as good as his best.
film October 19, 2023
Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon
Martin Scorsese’s latest film is a failure of execution and insight, a revisionist Western that hasn’t resolved its central questions.
film October 14, 2023
Director and screenwriter Kitty Green
Australian director Kitty Green’s highly anticipated second feature, The Royal Hotel, continues her lifelong quest to challenge imbalances of power.
film October 7, 2023
In Muayad Alayan’s moving A House in Jerusalem, showing at the Palestinian Film Festival, the present is haunted by a violent past.
music September 16, 2023
Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense
Talking Heads’ iconic Stop Making Sense came at a critical juncture of a volatile career. The reissue of the film and album gives us a chance to be stopped in our tracks all over again.
film September 16, 2023
La Chimera is a transcendent film that blurs the boundaries of the ancient and the modern and recalls the greatest artists of Italian cinema.
film September 16, 2023
Director Noora Niasari’s debut feature film Shayda – Australia’s official nomination for the international Oscar – is driven by dark childhood memories.
film September 2, 2023
Celine Song’s semi-autobiographical debut feature Past Lives is a profound reflection on loss and love.
film September 2, 2023
Since his breakout role in Wes Anderson’s 1998 film Rushmore, Jason Schwartzman has embodied eccentric loners. In Asteroid City, his familiar persona is given its greatest emotional weight.
film August 12, 2023
Melbourne International Film Festival 2023
The 71st Melbourne International Film Festival delivers a dizzying range of contemporary cinema, with a focus on the spectres of authoritarian repression.
