Some 25 years after she directed Looking for Alibrandi, Kate Woods’ new family film will make your heart leap with joy.
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Could this film about hidden queer lives have worked better as a series?
This adult animation, laced with beautifully illustrated musical sequences, offers a fresh take on modern lesbian relationships.
Navigating systems which are hostile to deaf people leaves Ángela and her partner Héctor in impossible situations.
Samuel Van Grinsven’s film follows a man and his estranged mother’s widow, as both are drawn into a haunting possession that forces them to confront their pasts.
A woman battling society, three men who battled to be king, a couple battling each other and a battle for creative control.
Jasmin Gordon’s first feature film is about a mother trapped in a hostile world.
Sumptuous cakes provide ample distraction from the weak script.
A psychology expert reviews this story of marital disharmony that, for some viewers, might feel a bit too close for comfort.
Two films that play with time, an environmental art show, a guilty streaming pleasure and a cosy game
Even though you see the story coming, it arrives fresh and surprising – set against a stunning coastal backdrop.
A more cynical and pragmatic look at what makes a good match that ends on a bum note.
The sequel successfully recaptures the unapologetic girlish silliness that made the first film so beloved.
This is very much the Superman movie that Gunn wants to make. And therein lies the problem.
Thirty-two years, six Jurassic iterations and countless monstrous digital apparitions later, the wow factor is a distant memory.
The film is a poignant and comical exploration of music, loss, nostalgia and hope.
Directed by Kriv Stenders, using reenactments, archival footage and contemporary interviews, the film portrays Bjelke-Petersen as a complex and polarising figure.
28 Years Later left my cinema theatre weeping. Take tissues.
From unsettling horror thrillers to intergenerational social satires, here are the top five films of this year’s Sydney Film Festival.
The Women’s prize winning book, two wildly different iterations of Scotland on screen, the meeting of two great Regency minds and a big win for us!
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Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Professor, Director of the Centre for Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, Adelaide University
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Professor of Film Studies
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Theatre, Australian Catholic University
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Senior Lecturer in Film History in the School of Society and Environment, Queen Mary University of London
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Research Fellow, Robotics & AI, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication, Anglia Ruskin University
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Honorary Professor, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Lecturer in Media, Adelaide University
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Lecturer, Screen Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Illustration and Animation, Adelaide University ; University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor and Cinema and Screen Studies Discipline Leader, Swinburne University of Technology
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Director of Learning and Teaching, School of Arts., Western Sydney University