Australian filmmaker Goran Stolevski’s You Won’t Be Alone opens in an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia. A disfigured witch, Maria (Anamaria Marinca), hovers over a crib. The baby’s mother pleads not to take her infant … at least until she turns 16. The God-fearing woman takes a blood oath to that effect. She…
A suspenseful thriller that stretches credibility, Fall benefits from some spectacular cinematography. So see it on the biggest screen you can. Married couple Dan (Mason Gooding) and Becky Connor (Grace Caroline Currey) are into each other and big mountain rock climbing. They share that passion with Becky’s best friend, Shiloh Hunter (Virginia Gardner). But then…
Othello has long been one of Shakespeare’s most controversial plays, but with its challenges comes great potential. That potential is realised in Queensland Theatre’s production, part of the 2022 Brisbane Festival program. It is an electric adaption that approaches the tragedy from a uniquely-Queensland perspective. Jimi Bani and Jason Klarwein inject Australian and Torres Strait Islander…
Australian lawyer, journalist and comedian James O’Loghlin draws on his time as a legal aid lawyer in the 1990s as the basis of his new novel Criminals. The book revolves around three characters, connected by an armed robbery, an event which causes each of them to reconsider their lives and move in new directions. Dean…
Twelve years ago, Justin (Matthew Connell) fell in love for the first time. That relationship with Jason (Lachlan Martin) lasted for 18 months. Next up, a six-and-a-half-year love affair in London with Sam (Yuchen Wang) was on the skids. And Justin also had a fourth month fling with Nick (Joss McClelland). Writer and director Justin Nott puts…
– Wog Boys Forever – Only in cinemas from 6 October 2022 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to Kismet Movies. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE Steve ‘The Wog Boy’ Karamitsis (Nick Giannopoulos) and his best mate Frank (Vince Colosimo) are back on the big screen in the hilarious new…
A family movie about the impact of war on children, The Railway Children Return is a sequel 52 years in the making. It’s 1944 and a new wave of German bombing has British families on edge. Parents scramble to get their children onto steam trains bound for the country to families who will care for…
Food, sex and art are three of the key ingredients in Flux Gourmet. This is the latest bizarre cinematic concoction from British director Peter Strickland, who’s based in Hungary. This black comedy is an absurdist satire of the contemporary art world with its provocateurs, sycophantic backers and receptive audiences and the creative process itself. Over…
Heavyweights Julia Roberts and George Clooney work together for the sixth time on the feel-good romcom Ticket to Paradise. And their chemistry remains strong. Twenty-five years ago a love story between David (George Clooney) and Georgia (Roberts) played out, which saw them marry and soon after have a child. That daughter, Lily (Kaitlyn Dever), is…
True Things is the sophomore feature for director Harry Wootliff, following 2018’s Only You. Kate (played by Ruth Wilson, who also produced the film alongside Jude Law) is a self-destructive woman in her early thirties who works as a clerk in a government welfare office. She is insecure, lonely, and a little bored with her…
