2021
The Box uses an identity crisis to excavate the skeletons in Mexican capitalism’s close -what the movie asks is, who put them there and why?
Onoda’s story, as exceptional as it may be, embodies the plight of every soldier sent to fight and die.
Without Gandolfini, without any sort of revelation, we’re left with a movie that sort of resembles The Sopranos but feels more like a cheap knock off.
Hinterland’s high concept is let down by a weak script that doesn’t make the most of the film’s intriguing setting and talented cast.
Missing retains the feeling of a J-horror, slowly building the intensity of its mystery while examining the potential compassion and deliverance of death.
Thriving upon Amalric’s sophisticated storytelling and Krieps’ propulsive performance, Hold Me Tight may be too formally ambitious for some.
In our first report from the Melbourne Film Festival, Sean Fallon reviews Saloum, Dual, Shadow, The Integrity of Joseph Chambers and The Pez Outlaw!
If you’re looking for an escape from our current reality, then Emergency Declaration is probably not the summer blockbuster for you.
Full Time is a panic-fuelled portrait of human resilience that’s crafted with both urgency and grace, examining the self-sacrificial nature of parenting.
John Mathis’ Where’s Rose is more concerned about real-life horrors than it is with fantastical ones, and it is all the better for it.
Based on “The Dreams in the Witch House”, Bobby Easley’s 2021 H.P. Lovecraft’s Witch House aims high as it tackles the supernatural.
While it crafts compelling images, She Will doesn’t do enough to stand out from other recent films to use psychological horror to tell a tale of #MeToo.
Wet Sand centers on the death of a man named Eliko, and when his daughter Moe arrives she is looked at as an outsider in the community.
A movie to keep your eyes on in terms of theatrical moviegoing, while Memoria will not work for some, others will find a newfound appreciation.
Murina combines the sinister tension of noir with the emotional agony of coming of age to tell the story of one young woman’s attempts to escape the future laid out for her.