In Review
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Brunswick Underground Film Fest 2025 Review - The Lost Sex Films of King’s Cross
The restoration of Charis and George Schwarz’s work is a wonderful reclamation of a peculiar piece of Australian cinematic history.
Brunswick Underground Film Fest 2025 Review - From Ground Zero
The people of Palestine need more than words, what is depicted in From Ground Zero makes that abundantly clear.
Brunswick Underground Film Fest 2025 Review - The Code
The Code is an earnestly off-kilter, free-wheeling journey down the rabbit hole.
Fantastic Film Fest 2025 Review - Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round
Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round is an audacious leap into analogue horror that skilfully marries the nostalgic charm of children’s television with a creeping, unsettling dread and forebodingly surreal stylistic turns.
Film Review - An Unfinished Film
There are few films that you will watch like director and writer Ye Lou’s docufiction, An Unfinished Film.
🇵🇸Palestinian Film Fest 2025 Review - Upshot
Upshot is a perfect example of utilising simplicity to underline the horror of reality.
Fantastic Film Fest 2025 Review - Mr. K
Mr. K is ambitious, imaginative and impressive, but the setup is unfortunately better than the payoff.
Fantastic Film Fest 2025 Review - Salt Along the Tongue
Aside from the fact that you may struggle to eat tomatoes for a short period of time, Parish Malfitano’s sophomore film is nothing short of spectacular.
French Film Fest 2025 Review - Meet the Leroys
Meet the Leroys (Nous, les Leroy), the directorial debut of Florent Bernard, is a 102-minute French dramedy that explores the emotional toll of divorce on an entire family.
Europa Europa Film Fest 2025 Review - They Will Be Dust
if you’re into making a mockery of death, ethereal dancing, classical art allegories, and ‘tacky’ playlists then They Will be Dust is the film for you.
Europa Europa Film Fest 2025 Review - Julie Keeps Quiet
What stands out the most is the ironically loud message of Julie Keeps Quiet.
Film Review - Queer
Though Queer has all the ingredients of a great drama, its delivery misses the mark.
Film Review - Grand Tour
If you enjoy thoughtful films and would like to explore a movie that doesn’t follow the “rules”, or give everything to you on a silver platter, this may be the perfect film for you as you escape the hot summer weather with a drink and an ice cream in an air-conditioned theatre.
Film Review - Babygirl
Reijn suggests that pleasure has an interstitial quality, making it neither good nor evil, only a key part of life.
Film Review - The Brutalist
Nothing in the film really ‘fails’, per se, and if there were a universal, objective checklist of things that make a Good Movie–there isn’t, by the way–The Brutalist meets them all.
Film Review - We Live in Time
We Live In Time is a contemplative and slow-burning exploration of love, time, grief, and the human condition.
Film Review - Moana 2
“What lies beyond” Moana 2’s eye-catching animation and lavish island and ocean scenes, is a celebration of culture and identity that Disney has somehow gotten right after so many ill-fated attempts at representation in recent times.
Film Review - Sonic the Hedgehog 3
For the fans, Sonic 3 remixes and updates one of the most popular Sonic adventures in ways that bring a new speed to a classic narrative.
Film Review - Kraven the Hunter
As I watched Kraven the Hunter, I couldn't help but reflect on my experience with the Sony universe on the whole. Is it really possible that this was ever going to work?
Film Review - Anora
Anora is a technical masterpiece - Baker’s approach to casting leads the audience to believe they’re watching a documentary instead of a drama.