WILD MOUNTAIN THYME: It's A Thyme All Right
WILD MOUNTAIN THYME: It’s A Thyme All Right

A genuinely unusual movie that will elicit a genuinely unusual reaction, Wild Mountain Thyme is shockingly terrible.

KILL IT AND LEAVE THIS TOWN: A Markedly Somber & Mesmerizing Animated Journey
KILL IT AND LEAVE THIS TOWN: A Markedly Somber & Mesmerizing Animated Journey

Mariusz Wilczynski’s Kill It and Leave This Town is art in its purest form; sincere, evocative, and intimate.

DEAR SANTA: Capturing The Spirit Of Christmas And Community
DEAR SANTA: Capturing The Spirit Of Christmas And Community

Dear Santa is a film that proves love and charity are all around, showing that Christmas is not just for children, but for the communities and the heart.

MANK: David Fincher Makes His Long-Awaited Return
MANK: David Fincher Makes His Long-Awaited Return

While Mank isn’t David Fincher’s best work, it certainly places quite high in his repertoire.

THE VENTURES: STARS ON GUITARS: A Well-Meaning Retrospective
THE VENTURES: STARS ON GUITARS: A Well-Meaning Retrospective

While we always talk about The Beatles and The Beach Boys, but the impactful legacy of The Ventures deserve their due.

Revelation Perth Film Festival 2020: THE XROSSING
Revelation Perth Film Festival 2020: THE XROSSING

The Xrossing steadily forms into a heartbreaking variation on familiar story beats that blends regional melodrama with a hard-edged crime-thriller.

THE JINKX & DELA HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Filled With Queer Christmas Cheer, These Queens Deliver The Goodies
THE JINKX & DELA HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Filled With Queer Christmas Cheer, These Queens Deliver The Goodies

The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Special is a labor of yuletide love that shows the raw creativity and determination of queer performers.

The Cry of Jazz: An Invaluable Meditation on Art and Race
The Cry of Jazz: An Invaluable Meditation on Art and Race

The Cry of Jazz does not waste energy or time, and in doing so it succeeds in breaking through with its considerable strength.

FATMAN: A Noel-istic Misfire
FATMAN: A Noel-istic Misfire

Fatman is an exhausting, vile, depressingly boring movie which might have been kinda funny as a skit or short.

MY PRINCE EDWARD: A Quietly Critical Examination Of Societal Norms
MY PRINCE EDWARD: A Quietly Critical Examination Of Societal Norms

My Prince Edward brings hope to anyone who yearns for cinema from one of Asia’s most iconic and special regions.

Black Bear: Good Bark, Little Bite
BLACK BEAR: Strong Bark, Little Bite

Black Bear goes to such lengths to get across a mundane idea that even its lack of meaning is forgivable in light of its wild viewing experience.

Monster Fest 2020: POSSESSOR
Monster Fest 2020: POSSESSOR

As part of Melbourne’s annual Monster Fest, we got a look at one of the films in the lineup: Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor.

HILLBILLY ELEGY: Our Annual “Movie to Get Mad About” Is Here!
HILLBILLY ELEGY: Our Annual “Movie to Get Mad About” Is Here!

In context to its insufferably self-congratulatory source, Hillbilly Elegy might be the least-bad adaptation one could hope for, for whatever that’s worth.

AMMONITE: A Beautiful Tale Of Loneliness Billed As A Romance
AMMONITE: A Beautiful Tale Of Loneliness Billed As A Romance

Ammonite is a cold, distant viewing that rewards the viewer in sporadic intervals, confident that it will find the right audience.

"There Is No Reason For Us To Identify With Things That Divide Us": Interview With Karim Saleh, Star Of LUXOR
LUXOR: Lonely Wanderings in Egypt

Luxor will reward that patience with a lovely, unsentimental look at life, which is well worth the price of admission.