This year we’ve seen two iconic American directors create films completely unlike anything else in their back catalogue. We had Jim Jarmusch’s subtle but insightfully human Mother, Father, Sister, Brother which thankfully avoided any of his characteristic attempts at ironic cool and now we have Steven Soderbergh’s very British The Christopher’s which is about as far as we could get
Read moreWarwick Thornton is arguably Australia’s finest contemporary film director. With works such as Sampson and Delilah and Sweet Country he has crafted unflinching, gritty, yet poetic and masterfully constructed films celebrating First Nations Peoples while laying bare the often brutal prejudice inflicted on them. His latest film, Wolfram is a sequel of sorts to Sweet Country as Philomac (this time
Read moreThe intense, atmospheric and darkly comic psychological/ supernatural thriller Obsession falls into the ‘careful what you wish for’ film subgenre. Like a much more sinister and violent Twilight Zone episode, the film sees lovelorn Bear (Michael Johnston) desperate for romance with his work colleague Nikki (Inde Navarrette). While at a shop selling crystals and other faith healing knicknacks, Bear, on
Read moreHypnotic, atmospheric, inventive, visually striking and at times gut wrenching, Spanish/ French co-produced psychological drama Sirat should prove one of the year’s most memorable films. Sirat, sees despondent middle aged dad Luis (Sergi Lopez) and his young son Estaban (Bruno Núñez Arjona) in the unusual environment of a desert rave party in Morocco where Louis hopes to find his estranged
Read moreComedy thriller How To Make A Killing is a loose remake of the wonderfully misanthropic 1949 Alec Guinness classic Kind Hearts And Coronets. While pacy enough to be watchable throughout, this take on the tale of murderous ambition and vengeance starring Glen Powell feels tonally messy and never matches the wit or invention of its predecessor. Powell plays Becket Redfellow,
Read moreWith Ryan Gosling in the lead, space adventure Project Hail Mary is one of the big science fiction movie hopefuls for 2026. Evoking many films past, Project Hail Mary will likely tick boxes of familiarity for a lot of filmgoers and its introspective serio-comic style will no doubt resonate with some but others will probably find it strangely underwhelming. The
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