You might be sick of video calls by now, but ‘Language Lessons’ celebrates their awkward and intimate power to connect us.
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You might be sick of video calls by now, but ‘Language Lessons’ celebrates their awkward and intimate power to connect us.
Read moreElroy Rosenberg reflects on the troubling MIFF documentary about Björn Andrésen’s life as an object of aesthetic attraction — and then pity.
Read moreEmma Dante’s unconventional Sicily-set drama poignantly captures, over decades, the mourning between sisters after a tragic accident.
Read moreSnow-capped peaks, rolling hills, pine trees, log cabin, woodchop block and axe, fire, middle-aged white woman staring pensively into the distance.
Read moreAlex Piperno’s surreal film is a tight synthesis of utter, lacklustre realism and dream logic that lulls one into belief in the unreal.
Read moreDebbie Zhou speaks to Sis Gürdal about conveying hidden colonialism in her short film, her striking visual style, and the tensions of working as an overseas Turkish filmmaker.
Read moreRamsay’s characters, lost in their own daydreams, create worlds out of piles of food to break free from their painful realities.
Read moreAhead of the BAFTAs, Claire White caught up with the director of ‘Babyteeth’ about the imagery of an Australian summer, young love, and depicting teenagers with care and celebration.
Read moreUsing food, Hirokazu Kore-eda grounds his body of work within the mores of social realism, threading themes of family and memory.
Read moreLee Isaac Chung’s gentle tale of assimilation and cultivation steeps in something universal.
Read moreThomas Vinterberg’s boozy dark comedy explores the pleasure, pain, and ambiguities of alcohol — and challenges us to see both drinking and sobriety in a new light.
Read moreAnnabelle Ots speaks to Prison X’s Violeta Ayala and Roly Elias about pushing the boundaries of co-authored storytelling, fighting against a techno-totalitarian future, and the irony of freedom in colonised spaces.
Read moreThe foods featured in Varda’s films reflect the simple staples of everyday life – as equally nourishing as they are sublime.
Read moreNolan’s confusing action flick has Elroy Rosenberg thinking about the very nature of art and ambiguity.
Read moreA fellow alum of Gorokan High School, Sam Twyford-Moore breaks down the Texan Best Actor winner’s less-than-illuminating autobiography.
Read moreThe Rough Cut staff’s favourite cinematic bon-bons, including the best of Nancy Meyers and Billy Wilder.
Read moreTina Huang reacts to Clea DuVall’s lesbian Christmas romcom.
Read moreEliza Janssen discusses music recommendations, screenwriting advice, and social media doom-spiralling with the writer behind teen classics ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Stick It’.
Read moreIvana Brehas speaks with the comedian on the surreal connection between Aunty Donna’s Netflix sketch series and ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’.
Read moreMichelle Wang speaks to the director of ‘The Trouble with Being Born’ about the film’s intersectional exploration of identity, relationships, sexuality, and technology.
Read moreCoens, ‘neon-noir’, and Gun Crazy dominate our roundup of hardboiled faves.
Read moreSpike Lee’s filmed version of David Byrne’s Broadway show captures a feeling of infectious enthusiasm and energy.
Read moreTansy Gardam unboxes this curious brand-tastic product, which is at the very least an improvement on the ‘78 special.
Read moreMatthew Rankin’s debut feature is a surreal quasi-biopic set in a delicious nightmare world of Canadian politics.
Read moreTarantino’s irredeemable characters find themselves in direct incongruity between food and violence.
Read moreEliza Hittman’s naturalistic drama is at its most tender, yet hard-hitting when it says nothing at all.
Read moreIn his debut documentary, Joor Baruah creates a delicate and stylised visual anthropological treat, foregrounding the controversy of dam construction with issues of frontierisation and borderlands.
Read moreKidman’s transformative role brings power and authenticity to Lee Daniels’ pulp film.
Read moreThis multilingual film sheds light on the conflict between various ethnic militant groups and the state armed forces across two decades in India, but finds hope in future generations.
Read moreCronenberg, witches, and bleak Aussie horror reign supreme this spooky season.
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