2016
Katie Says Goodbye proves playing an uplifting song at the end of a film doesn’t resolve the absence of thematic meaning that was lacking throughout the entire movie.
With her film Tamara and The Ladybug, Lucía Carreras has managed to craft a small scale film with a social awareness and universality reminiscent of The Bicycle Thieves.
With the end in sight, there seems to be trouble brewing from every angle for the Shadowhunters in the coming future.
Adult Life Skills is a poignant examination of a young woman whose growth has been stunted by grief, carried by Jodie Whittaker’s charming performance.
Ben Ferris’ experimental docu-drama hybrid 57 Lawson has aged as an important archive of a brief period of time, a lyrical tribute to Australia’s often ignored lower class population.
With an unapologetic, feminine roar, City Of Joy takes on a wholly ignored genocide, racism, toxic masculinity and bloodthirsty greed, a rallying cry for survivors of violence and product consumers.
Australian writer-director Kosta Nikas’ Sacred Heart is a mature, thoughtful, and dramatic piece of filmmaking for a first-time feature director.
Dusty & Me is a greyhound leap ahead of similar films that have come before but as dog tales go it can’t quite keep the company of classic animal epics – it’s not quite that memorable.
My Erotic Body shows that a woman’s true erotic self is not defined by a specific body type, age, or what society deems as attractive.
The Lighthouse is one of the best locked-room dramas that Britain has ever produced, and it works as an impressive showcase of the talents behind it.
Spidarlings is a love letter to a forgotten era of midnight movies – but in 2018, it feels less revolutionary than in their 70’s heyday.
With no clever jokes and not enough scares to build any real suspense or fear, The Night of the Virgin falls flat.
Despite promise and an interesting concept, Zen Dog in anything but unique disintegrating into a series of indie tropes.
95 And 6 To Go follows the Takesues in a one-of-a-kind document; exploring the family’s innately meaningful transgenerational memories.
Koreeda Hirokazu’s intimate family drama After the Storm captures a side of Tokyo rarely seen in cinema, as well as beautifully depicting a turbulent familial relationship with glimmering hope.