‘Climax’: A triumph for France’s great provocateur
Prior to the release of Climax, many film critics and movie lovers alike were fairly skeptical about how...
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‘The Grinch’: Illumination’s faithful adaptation featuring Cumberbatch’s woeful attempt at Carrey’s Grinch
Illumination’s back with another animated film adaptation of a famous Dr. Seuss narrative: The Grinch. It’s difficult to...
‘Widows’ may be the most important film of 2018
A caress and a slap—that’s how Academy Award winning director Steve McQueen (Shame; 12 Years a Slave) describes...
‘Robin Hood’: An edgy, modernised iteration which steals from better films
“Forget what you think you know, this is no bedtime story,” says Tim Minchin’s Friar Tuck in a...
‘A Star Is Born Soundtrack’: A track-by-track review
Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut and Lady Gaga’s acting debut shine in A Star Is Born (2018), a masterfully...
Luisa Mitchell on the blistering success of the Uni Goonies Film Festival
At the beginning of the year, six students from Curtin University came together to create an event to...
We’re calling it: ‘Suspiria’ is the best horror film of 2018
Witches, witches, witches—they’ve been the stars of some recent horror film and television successes. Sabrina the Witch has...
‘Boy Erased’ delivers a message of Biblical importance
This year we’ve received a slew of queer films. From Rafiki, the defiant lesbian romance, to Love, Simon,...
‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’: A middlebrow reboot of the beloved series
It was only a matter of time until Sony brought anti-heroine Lisbeth Salander back to the big screen,...
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’: A shallow and formulaic biopic for a completely unformulaic band
Queen are legends. And if you didn’t know that already, well, they’re going to reiterate it to you...
