Best films of 2024 (plus ticket giveaway)
The yearly countdown of the best films of 2024, and a ticket giveaway for an upcoming awards contender.
By Francisco Silva - 9 min read
Film review: To Leslie, Champions plus Living ticket giveaway
This week Andrea Riseobourgh proves that her Oscar nod was well deserved, while Bobby Farrelly does the offensively bare minimum
By Francisco Silva - 7 min read
Book review: 50 Human Rights Cases that Changed Australia
Individual cases, multiplied by many repetitions, can help to teach big lessons. So it is in 50 Human Rights Cases that Changed Australia, a courageous,…
By The Hon. Michael Kirby - 4 min read
Film review: Empire of Light, and two giveaways
Sam Mendes writes and directs this prestige drama that in spite of Olivia Coleman’s tremendous performance, fails to hit the right buttons.
By Francisco Silva - 5 min read
Film review: Aftersun, Cocaine Bear
This week, one of the most beautiful and heartbreaking British debuts in recent memory, and a film so ludicrously entertaining that it’s hard to believe…
By Francisco Silva - 6 min read
Film review: Women Talking, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
Sarah Polley’s thought-provoking Women Talking confronts oppression and patriarchy as two interchangeable concepts, while Marvel’s Ant-Man does the bare minimum
By Francisco Silva - 6 min read
Film review: The son, Corsage and ticket giveaway
The director of The Father continues his trilogy, and Vicky Krieps helms a new type of period drama.
By Francisco Silva - 7 min read
Two Can Play That Game – The Lorikeet Tree
Back to school means back to 20 minutes reading per night for primary school-aged children.
By Audrey Elizabeth - 3 min read