Body image is a hot topic at the moment, something The Substance recently tapped into with great success. But while The Substance leaned more into a particular kind of body horror, Aaron Schimberg goes in a different direction with his intriguing but perplexing A Different Man. In the film, the main character has neurofibromatosis. Basically…
The Linda Lindas burst onto the scene in 2021 with a viral performance at the Los Angeles Public Library, captivating the world with their powerful song, “Racist, Sexist Boy”. The band, made up of four young musicians — Lucia and Mila de la Garza, Eloise Wong, and Bela Salazar — channels youthful energy and a…
Michael Keaton both stars in and directs this slow-burn crime drama about a contract hitman suffering from rapidly developing dementia. This marks Keaton’s second effort behind the camera, following 2007’s little-seen The Merry Gentlemen, a dark drama about another hitman undergoing a crisis. There are a number of superficial similarities between that film and this…
Taciturn American Lee Miller (Kate Winslet) is about to be interviewed in her London home. She questions why she should allow the interview to take place and then agrees on the condition that she can ask the interviewer some hard questions of her own. That (apparently) is Lee Miller to a tee – unapologetic, surly,…
Multi-award winning indigenous American author Louise Erdrich has set her new novel The Mighty Red in the heartlands of the Ojibwe people (Erdrich herself is a member of the Turtle Band, a tribe of the Ojibwe). Set on the banks of the Red River in North Dakota, country used for growing sugarbeet but also subject…
The harrowing WWII drama From Hilde, With Love is based on the true story of Hilde and Hans Coppi. He was a revolutionary and a communist in Germany when Hitler was in power, learning Morse code to liaise with the Russians. She was a conservative dental assistant who was with another man when he caught…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 18 October 2024. The 23-year-old, Maryland-raised songwriter Jordana (Jordana Nye) (photo above by Kacey Makal) arrived on the music scene with 2020’s Classical Notions of Happiness, an album of lo-fi pop and hushed folk songs recorded in her bedroom….
The 2024 Russell Hobbs British Film Festival returns to Australian cinemas this November with a star-studded line-up. The festival will screen at Palace Cinemas in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Byron Bay and for the first time, Ballarat. The curated program features tender dramas, action packed thrillers, comedy, documentaries and retrospectives. And it features…
– Russell Hobbs British Film Festival – In Palace Cinemas nationally from 6 November – 8 December 2024 We have 5 double passes to a session at the Festival (excluding special events) Note: Tickets are digital. They are individually barcoded and invalid once redeemed. As with printed tickets they can be presented (printed or digitally)…
I’m in awe of what Academy Award winner (for his short Harvie Krumpet) Adam Elliot can do with adult stop-motion animation. His storytelling is quirky and accessible, as shown in his second feature (after Mary and Max), Memoir of a Snail. This is a heartfelt story drawn from personal experiences. It follows a loner named…
