Writer-Director Carolina Cavalli’s debut Italian feature film Amanda follows the titular character as she sets about aggressively re-befriending her long-lost childhood friend turned recluse Rebecca.

Director Lukas Dhont’s sophomore feature film Close explores the relationship between two best friends, Léo (Eden Dambrine) and Rémi (Gustav De Waele) as they begin high school.

We Are Still Here is aptly described by the saying “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” as it doesn’t particularly stand out for its technical or creative proficiencies, but rather because the message it manages is profound.

Do you remember that feeling you'd get when you were a child, trying to go to the toilet but terrified of the dark hallway that led from your bedroom to the bathroom?

A symphony of cinema, bubbling with dark and subtly thrilling emotions, elevated by an incredible lead performance and anchored by adept direction.

However blunt its approach may be (and perhaps that obtuseness is key to something like this working for many audiences), The Whale succeeds on its emotional front, conveying a broader message of understanding and sympathy before judgement.

Vicky Krieps delivers her most achingly beautiful performance yet, as Empress Elizabeth of Austria, a figure endowed with all the spirit and boundless curiosity of woman, yet forced to undermine and erase herself amongst a culture, time and country that has little use for such traits in women. 

Rocketing off at a Scorsese-Esque pace, money changes hands, morals are compromised, and men get covered in explosive elephant diarrhoea, which sums Chazelle’s 3-hour epic up quite well as it is striking, explorative, inspired, and at times flat-out-hilarious. 

Say it with me: M3GAN is hip. M3GAN is happening. M3GAN is the moment.

For Spielberg, the world makes sense through the dreamlike lens of filmmaking. The Fabelmans manages to conjure cinematic spectacle out of family drama with embracive character studies and an unyielding recount of bittersweet youth.

The true purpose of this kind of movie is to shock, and shock it does.

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is a breath of fresh air in the animated feature landscape.

While detractors of the first film will likely not be persuaded by Avatar 2: Aquatic Boogaloo's flashy 3D gimmicks, those on the fence or otherwise still in love with the first film […] will be pleasantly surprised to hear that not only was The Way of Water worth the wait, but it also surpasses the heights of the first film.

Maybe skip the popcorn for this one, but make sure you climb aboard for one of the best films of the year.

What are you expecting from a Sony rendition of a decades old kid’s cartoon strip about a singing crocodile, adapted for the big screens for 2022 with Shawn Mendes taking the lead as the titular Lyle, the crocodile?

Don’t expect a barrel of laughs or a feckin’ good time, but McDonagh’s latest is a powerful dark comedy that’ll have you thinking about your own mental state long after you leave the cinema.

The Lost King can pretend like it’s focusing on Richard, but the truth is they could change the title to The Lost Queen, and nobody would bat an eye.

Moja Vesna rewards those with the patience to dig into the details.

While some viewers may appreciate All Jacked Up and Full of Worms' feverish blend of influences spanning Henenlotter, Cronenberg and Waters, unfortunately it winds up much like its protagonists, lost in the primordial ooze; buried while attempting to become one with the dirt.

A film whose subject matter should have been treated with the utmost care, She Said can only be described as an overall meagre, flat attempt at capturing a moment in time that will be remembered for its fervent rage and violent passion.