A meditation on love, land and the power of connection
This is a difficult film to categorise. Structurally, its core is a famous 2004 concert, where Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter – husband and wife, and both legends of the Australian music scene – joined the Australian Art Orchestra on stage for a musical odyssey through their back catalogue.
Gold taps into eerie history of Australian film
There is a long history in Australian cinema of depicting natural environments as a source of psychological and physical horror.
It’s 1969 and suburbia is cosy, then violence erupts
Belfast opens with a scene of nostalgic sweetness. It’s 1969 and Buddy (Jude Hill) fights dragons in his local laneways, as mothers call children in for tea.
A reminder of the human cost of all conflict
Bosnian filmmaker Jasmila Žbanić’s filmography traces the scars of her country’s troubled recent history.
He mapped his unborn daughters’ path to Wimbledon … surprisingly, it worked
Manufacturing one prodigy, let alone two, seems a risky business. Horror stories abound about tennis parents chasing vicarious glory through the offspring they sacrifice to stardom.
Secret defines Amin’s journey to safety
The 2007 animated film Persepolis was a landmark of autobiographical filmmaking.
The Rescue reveals how the impossible came true
The clash between pessimism and belief generates the main tension in The Rescue.
Twist on classic coming of age saga
In an interview with Variety, Joachin Trier describes his latest film as “a coming of age tale for grown-ups who wish they had already done so”.
Tale of dancer drawn into dangerous world forms a masterpiece
Zola, the new film by writer-director Janicza Bravo, feels like a spiritual sequel to Harmony Korine’s controversial 2012 film Spring Breakers.
Performance depth fails to save Nitram
How do you portray on screen Australia’s worst modern-day massacre, Port Arthur, in a way that is both sensitive and truthful? How do you contend with the human realities, as well as the social and political context in which the film is made?
