• Blair Witch turns 25

    Adam Daniel     |      July 16, 2024

    This year marks the 25th anniversary of The Blair Witch Project, a film that popularised the found-footage horror sub-genre, captivated a generation of horror fans and inspired a hundred copy-cats.

  • In praise of Donald Sutherland

    Daryl Sparkes     |      June 23, 2024

    Donald Sutherland never pigeonholed himself as a certain defined type of actor. He could play goofy, dramatic, scary, intense, subtle, tough or gentle and excelled at them all.

  • Reality Bites at 30

    Adam Daniel     |      May 4, 2024

    Here’s something to make you feel old, the Generation X classic Reality Bites has turned thirty years old. The good news is that the film stands up and is as much fun as ever.

  • Deciphering the monolith

    Ari Mattes     |      April 11, 2024

    Monolith, a low-budget, high concept science fiction film from first time Australian director Matt Vesely and writer Lucy Campbell, is a triumph of quiet, intelligent film making.

  • You’ll never find me

    Erin Harrington     |      March 20, 2024

    The new Australian psychological horror film You’ll Never Find Me is an unsettling and economical chamber piece that makes effective use of its limited location and dialogue-heavy script.

  • It happened one night – 90 years ago

    Alexander Sergeant     |      March 16, 2024

    Frank Capra’s cynical romantic fable, It Happened One Night, celebrates its 90th anniversary this year and is well due a critical revisit.

  • Do look now

    Gregory Frame     |      October 7, 2023

    Adapted from Daphne du Maurier’s supernatural short story and directed by Nicolas Roeg, Don’t Look Now is a moving and tender portrait of marriage and parental grief, as well as a haunting – and occasionally terrifying – horror film.

  • A haunting in Venice

    Stuart Richards     |      September 16, 2023

    A new cinematic adaption of Agatha Christie’s late novel “A Hallowe’en Party” leans heavily into the gothic with a hint of supernatural terror amping up the murder mystery.

  • The invisible hit

    Ben McCann     |      December 16, 2022

    James Cameron’s Avatar was a blockbuster in its day – with people literally queuing around the block to see it – but left little cultural wake, so will its sequel match the hype of its publicity campaign?

  • 5 films to catch at the Sydney Film Festival

    Ari Mattes     |      November 17, 2021

    Cinemas are reopening after the long COVID lockdown and, if Hollywood blockbusters aren’t your cup of tea, there’s a feast of more substantial international fare to enjoy at the Sydney Film Festival.

  • Whatever happened to Christmas films?

    Lisa Needham     |      December 25, 2019

    Every festive season for years, we’ve been served Christmas schmaltz at the movies, but that’s now changing. And while we’re on the subject, why is Die Hard a Christmas film?