Emma Dante’s unconventional Sicily-set drama poignantly captures, over decades, the mourning between sisters after a tragic accident.
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Emma Dante’s unconventional Sicily-set drama poignantly captures, over decades, the mourning between sisters after a tragic accident.
Read moreYou might be sick of video calls by now, but ‘Language Lessons’ celebrates their awkward and intimate power to connect us.
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 moreLee Isaac Chung’s gentle tale of assimilation and cultivation steeps in something universal.
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 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 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 moreThe Helen Reddy biopic is firmly formulaic and second-wave, but it still manages to inspire.
Read moreMark Cousins’ gargantuan series on female directors is captivating and aspirational from every one of its 14 hours.
Read moreIt may be a meaningful step forward for Australian queer cinema, but this lesbian teen rom-com offers little outside of representation.
Read moreFilmed in 1967 and reconstructed in 2020, Matilda Alexander ponders Raúl Ruiz’s Chilean cinépoem, which brims with visionary ambition.
Read moreThere are no simple truths in this bittersweet, confronting film of a delinquent Polish youth masquerading as a Catholic priest.
Read moreEmma Seligman’s debut feature is an affecting examination of the pressures, anxieties and insecurities of young womanhood.
Read moreShalini Kantayya’s documentary is a methodical look at facial recognition algorithms which avoids being by-the-numbers.
Read moreThis slow-burning Guatemalan ghost story deals with heavy questions about complicity and justice.
Read moreIn this year’s impressive Animated Shorts line-up, three films elevate the mundane through style and tone.
Read moreIn this year’s heavy-hitting International Shorts line-up, three women-centric films stand out, exploring separate facets of female isolation.
Read moreThe repetitive imagery and near silence of Allison Chhorn’s experimental film may cause pandemic-era viewers to reflect on their own daily routines.
Read moreHsiao Ya-chuan crafts a rewarding, if at times confounding tale of paternal love, politics, and temptation.
Read moreNays Baghai crafts an empathetic portrait of ice freediver Kiki Bosch, exploring how the traumas of her past led her to the extreme sport.
Read moreIt’s hard not to fall for the community spirit and gentle charms of Ros Horin’s sophomore documentary feature.
Read moreSet in the aftermath of the Kosovo war, Antoneta Kastrati explores the stigmatisation of female psychology in her unflinching narrative debut.
Read moreWatery characterisation and borrowed genre tropes leave this thriller down among the dead men.
Read moreAlthough ‘GNT’ and ‘The Quiet’ are animated, they’re far from two-dimensional.
Read more‘Her Own Music’, ‘Mukbang’, and ‘Idol’ tell their stories of adolescence and social media madness sensitively – and quickly.
Read moreIn her documentary, Kathy Drayton affectingly examines the climate crisis in Australia and its influence on her relationship with her daughter.
Read moreJakeb Anhvu’s observational documentary can feel more like an exercise in aesthetics than the fascinating cultural study it promises.
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