Take a ride on the trippy little train that is The Vast of Night and you will think you have been sucked right back into the golden age of science fiction TV. Let us glide across the living room to see what is about to start on the idiot box. Paradox Theater presents for your…
A relentless, super intelligent mind puzzle, which gets better and better as the stakes grow, this is one of the year’s best offerings. Based upon Herman Koch’s 2009 international bestselling novel – which has been published in more than 50 countries – The Dinner is a dark, suspenseful drama about the lengths people will go…
– Bookworm – Only in cinemas from 29 August 2024 We have 10 in-season double passes thanks to Rialto Distribution. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE Mildred (Nell Fisher, EVIL DEAD RISE) is a precocious eleven year-old old Kiwi, an only-child raised by a solo mother, who escapes her humdrum existence by…
Box office success spawns sequels. Dinosaurs have always been big business, so why would the studio stop at the trilogy of Jurassic World movies? Now, three years after Jurassic World Dominion, we have a reboot. The series kicked off with three Jurassic Park movies, starting in 1993, before Jurassic World came along in 2015. The…
Anarchic and visually stylish, T2: Trainspotting has been eagerly anticipated by fans of the original, which was released in 1996. But even if you didn’t see that, director Danny Boyle delivers a gritty experience with the same four degenerates that made the first installment such a favourite. Mind you, it took me a few minutes…
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande is the third feature from director Sophie Hyde, and like her previous two films (Animals and 52 Tuesdays), it centres around a strong female character coming to terms with her sexuality and her body. This is the first feature script written by British comedian Katy Brand, best known for…
Jonathan Larson wrote the smash hit Broadway musical Rent. How he got there is the subject of Tick, Tick … Boom!, the new film from Lin-Manuel Miranda. Larson (Andrew Garfield) dreams of being a Broadway musical writer. His creativity is recognised by his close and loyal friends, but he is on the cusp of 30…
The Secret Chord fleshes out the David I learned about as a child: the young boy who outmaneuvered a giant with a stone and a sling shot; the boy anointed as King, earning him the enmity of the presiding King Saul; a young shepherd who fought off lions and bears to protect his sheep. Geraldine Brooks’…
Pablo Neruda was the pen-name (and later legal name) of Chilean poet, diplomat and politician Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, who lived from July 12, 1904 to September 23, 1973. In 1971, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Lyrical, poetic and steeped in politics, Neruda is what I would term a “festival” film; one for purists. It’s…
Director Fatih Akin breaks a compelling storyline into three chapters in the crime drama In the Fade. Out of nowhere, Katja’s (Diane Kruger) life falls apart when her husband Nuri (Numan Acar) and little son Rocco are killed in a bomb attack. Her friends and family try to give her the support she needs. Katja somehow…
