In Review
Welcome to In Review! Check out the latest reviews across film, TV, theatre and so much more…
Film Review - Song Sung Blue
Song Sung Blue is sure to be the crowd-pleasing film of the New Year. It really is “so good, so good, SO GOOD!”.
Film Review - Hamnet
Most apparently, Hamnet is a showcase for some incredibly committed performances.
Film Review - The History of Sound
The History of Sound ultimately succeeds as an elegy for bonds never granted room to flourish, and its quiet power lingers long after the frame cuts to black.
Film Review - Eternity
Eternity is a must watch. It’s not just a great romantic comedy, but also one which has a perspective that almost none of its genre companions do.
Film Review - Wicked: For Good
Wicked: For Good is good, not great. But that’s okay - it still manages to hold space for an extremely emotionally satisfying ending.
Film Review - On Swift Horses
On Swift Horses explores the intersecting relationships of its principal characters but proves too ambitious, stringing together more narrative threads than its two-hour run time can support.
Film Review - Beating Hearts
Beating Hearts is a film of great indulgence, over saturating you with love, violence and earnestness, and asking for no more than an open heart and a not-so-critical mind.
Brunswick Underground Film Fest 2025 Review - The Code
The Code is an earnestly off-kilter, free-wheeling journey down the rabbit hole.
Film Review - The Wedding Banquet
There are a few funny jokes and the ending is very sweet, but they unfortunately they can’t save this banquet from feeling like a slog.
Film Review - My Melbourne
My Melbourne is the people we all know: our friends, our family, our neighbours, our coworkers, our bosses, our classmates, the people on our tram rides in the morning, and the people we talk to on a night out.
Film Review - Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is a tale bound to resonate with every woman’s experiences.
Film Review - Queer
Though Queer has all the ingredients of a great drama, its delivery misses the mark.
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 - 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.
Film Review - Your Monster
Subverting expectations and blending genres, Your Monster is an endearing love letter to the ones who’ve had their hearts broken, and gives them permission to embrace their fury.
MIFF 2024 Film Review - Timestalker
Timestalker tells the story of a woman named Agnes who keeps falling in love with the wrong man in several different time periods, after being continuously reincarnated.
Film Review - It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover’s controversial smash hit novel, It Ends With Us, has just hit theatres in all its soapy Hallmark glory.
Film Review - The Taste of Things
The Taste of Things serves up a complicated feast for the eyes, intrinsically tying its romanticisation of cooking as a love language to the identities and passions of its two leads.
Film Review - Challengers
Guadagnino has served up a smash hit, and it’s up to audiences to decide what to do now that the ball is in their court.
Film Review - Love Lies Bleeding
Glass subverted my expectations repeatedly through her pairing of lesbians and gym bros, the supernatural creeping into the frame, and an unexpected experimental conclusion to the movie. Love Lies Bleeding is a bloody good thriller!