Film review: The Sheep Detectives

The surprise of the year, this whodunnit with talking animals and starring Hugh Jackman and Emma Thompson has little to complain about except how charming…

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Film review: Wolfram (plus ticket giveaway)

Warwick Thornton’s sequel to Sweet Country continues to explore the Australian outback between World Wars through an essential First Nations point of view.

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Film review: Michael, Alphabet Lane

Michael Jackson’s long-awaited biopic dodges the elephant in the room and delivers something so sanitised it barely registers as a movie. On the other hand,…

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Film review: The Stranger

For the first time, a French filmmaker adapts Albert Camus’ loved and complex novel The Stranger.

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Book review: Night of the Living Rez

With plenty of dark humour, Morgan Talty’s Night of the Living Rez explores fractured family life on the Penobscot Nation in Maine.

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Film review: Father Mother Sister Brother, The President’s Cake

Jim Jarmusch’s new film features a stellar cast in three melancholic stories about family, while a new Iraqi neo-realist film explores 90s Iraq through the…

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Film review: I Swear (plus ticket giveaway)

A solid British comedy docudrama about the real life story of a Scottish man living with Tourette’s syndrome, I Swear is the kind of educational…

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Film review: Project Hail Mary (plus ticket giveaway)

Andy Weir’s bestseller attracts Ryan Gosling and top creative talent for a very enjoyable film that enhances the best modern Hollywood can do.

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Book review: Hooked

After the thunderous success of Butter, Asako Suzuki’s sixth novel finally receives an English translation.

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Oscars review recap: One Battle After Another

On his 10th picture, Paul Thomas Anderson finally cracked the code to win six Academy Awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture….

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