Film and screen

Film reviews: Die My Love, Predator: Badlands

Lynne Ramsay’s Die My Love delivers a raw take on isolation and motherhood, while Predator: Badlands falters with shallow tone and franchise setup.

Film review: Bugonia

Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons shine in Bugonia, a darkly funny, politically charged satire from Yorgos Lanthimos about conspiracy theories and aliens.

Film review: Twinless

Film review: After The Hunt

Julia Roberts stars in After The Hunt, a tense academic drama exploring privilege, power, and generational conflict at Yale’s philosophy department.

Film review: The Travellers (plus ticket giveaway)

Bruce Beresford’s The Travellers aims for emotional depth in a rural homecoming tale, but its forced drama and nostalgia miss the mark.

Film review: The Smashing Machine

Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine redefines the fighting genre with raw emotion, gritty visuals, and Dwayne Johnson’s standout performance.

Film review: One Battle After Another; Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

Paul Thomas Anderson finally works with Leonardo DiCaprio in one of the year’s best films. And Spinal Tap returns to the genre it helped create.

Film review: A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (plus ticket giveaway)

Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell star in Kogonada’s whimsical A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, a sentimental magical realist romance that misses the mark.

Film review: Went Up The Hill

A gothic ghost story set in New Zealand, and co-produced with Australia, Went Up The Hill explores trauma, grief, and possession with haunting visuals and…

Film review: Sorry, Baby

Eva Victor’s debut Sorry, Baby is a tender, powerful indie drama exploring trauma, healing, and memory with quiet brilliance and emotional depth.