One Night in Miami… is a terrifically deft piece of cinema whose limited scope gets widened with larger-than-life characters that not only represent their individual burdens, but also carry with them the historical weight of their actions.

My Salinger Year, directed by Phillippe Falardeau, is a warm and engaging film about a young writer’s attempt to forge her own voice.

As a Melbournian myself I did enjoy the Aussie terminology, accents, Fitzroy streets and other familiarities, however the storyline of How Do You Know Chris? was lacking.

The authenticity of Lingua Franca’s narrative is reinforced by the talent of its director and star, Isabel Sandoval, who is the first ever trans woman of colour to write and direct a feature film screened in competition at Venice Film Festival.

While at first glance, this film screams Marriage Story, the execution of the film is a lot less emotionally exhausting and a lot more wholesome.

My initial thoughts on the film were that it was going to be another teen movie, trying too hard to be relatable and a typical coming of age movie. I was admittedly, very wrong.

Miss Juneteenth is a beautiful, warm story about the difficulty of balancing current adolescent wishes, with past adolescent regrets.

As much as this is a story about the infamous mime artist Marcel Marceau, it doesn’t feel like his heroism takes over the greater purpose of the French Resistance

The Wretched is a mediocre horror film that reuses generic tropes in a shallow yet visually engaging story…

Why would one watch Notre Dame? Maybe for its likeable characters, their comic yet touching performances, the idiosyncrasies of a French film or…

Endings, Beginnings explores the intricacies of restarting and the willpower to begin again…

Burden is a naïve but noble attempt to explore the complicated nature of ingrained racism in the American South.

The Assistant offers a realistic, understated and deeply unsettling look at sexual abuse in the film industry…

Vivarium is a very grim picture of what parenting can really feel like, and a horrible perspective of the way people can lose what seems to be their entire lives to their children and mortgage…

Ben Wheatley’s latest comedy-drama boasts an extensive cast of fully fleshed out and detailed characters, each with their own independent storyline. But that is, unfortunately, about all it brings to the table.

For lovers of macabre, dark humour, Come To Daddy delivers an entertaining ride, even if…

The Professor and the Madman delves into the origins of the hefty tome that is the Oxford English Dictionary. It’s a tale that’s full of more murder and mystery than you might expect…

The screenwriting debut of Shia LaBeouf, Honey Boy is a real and heartfelt exploration of the complications of addiction, family and love.

Director Mirrah Foulkes manages to deconstruct the familiar dynamic of traditional 17th Century Punch and Judy puppet shows and show the gender-based violence at the core of not only these shows but also…

Bangla is a romantic comedy that explores the difficulties when young love and religious rules conflict….