In the first edition of Rough Cut’s new video essay series centering on food in cinema, Tyrie Aspinall pieces together images from Wong Kar-wai’s sensuous filmography.
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In the first edition of Rough Cut’s new video essay series centering on food in cinema, Tyrie Aspinall pieces together images from Wong Kar-wai’s sensuous filmography.
Read moreBilly Price looks back on his experience as the titular subject of Jennifer Venditti’s 2007 documentary.
Read moreThe Rough Cut crew celebrate the best books, good habits, and comfiest cinema they caught up on whilst self-quarantining.
Read moreThe Helen Reddy biopic is firmly formulaic and second-wave, but it still manages to inspire.
Read moreRhea Thomas dives deep into the independent US studio’s cleverly constructed public image, from ‘Midsommar’ merch to the reinvention of Robert Pattinson.
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 morePablo Larraín’s latest film is a metaphysical exploration that gives into the domination, submission and total openness of the senses.
Read moreKelly Reichardt’s quiet film offers examples of kindness amongst the exploited.
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 moreMatilda Dorman deciphers the hollow political and social resonances that lie with a quasi-fictional film about a bar on closing night.
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 moreThurman is the sole performer in this goofy BatFilm to not only perfectly reflect Schumacher’s weightless camp, but to enrich it.
Read moreJames Walsh talks to the director of ‘A Hundred Years of Happiness’ about blending in as a documentary filmmaker, and using an observational approach to allow his young Vietnamese female subject to speak for herself.
Read moreMarta Pulk documents a teen’s shifting sense of self, as she is tasked with watching 224 plays in 365 days.
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 moreMichelle Wang speaks with the director of ‘Descent’ about the physical and psychological journey of filming an underwater exploration of the soul.
Read moreAhead of ‘Idol’’s Australian premiere at the Sydney Film Festival, Alex Wu talks about his short film, the one-take structure, and being influenced by Lee Chang-Dong and Asghar Farhadi.
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