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Current Theatrical Releases, Film September 12, 2018 September 12, 2018

Film Review: A Simple Favour (2018)

Based on the book of the same name by Darcey Bell, A Simple Favour sees Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick), a mummy blogger, trying to…

Current Theatrical Releases, Documentary, Film September 12, 2018 September 12, 2018

Film Review: Won’t You Be My Neighbour? (2018)

by Simon Storey

Although not a cornerstone of the Australian childhood – that honour belongs to either Harold from the LifeEd van or Cheez TV – the…

Current Theatrical Releases, Film September 10, 2018 September 10, 2018

Film Review: Searching (2018)

by Claire Robson

John Cho takes Facebook stalking to a whole new level in Aneesh Chaganty’s feature debut, Searching. When his daughter Margot (Michelle La) goes missing,…

Current Theatrical Releases, Film September 10, 2018 September 10, 2018

Film Review: Beast (2017)

by Simon Storey

When a new writer/director’s first feature film is a team up with a largely unknown leading lady and the results are phenomenal, we know…

Festivals, Film, Foreign September 10, 2018 September 11, 2018

Film Review: Boys Cry (2018)

by Angus Tonkin

Organised crime was never on the radar for young lads Mirko (Matteo Olivetti) and Manolo (Andrea Carpenzano). Down and out in suburban Rome, they’re…

Current Theatrical Releases, Film September 10, 2018 September 11, 2018

Film Review: Christopher Robin (2018)

by Angus Tonkin

Are people not as friendly as they were? Are they losing sight of their priorities? It’s a good question that Britain’s small population of…

Festivals, Film, Foreign September 10, 2018 September 10, 2018

Film Review: Domestique (2018)

by Angus Tonkin

It was suggested before seeing Domestique, the debut film from Czech writer-director Adam Sedlák, that a hug would be a fitting consolation at the end….