Film of the week: Evil Does Not Exist
The Japanese director behind 2021’s Drive My Car delivers a beautiful and contemplative eco-drama that ends with one of this year’s most harrowingly haunting endings.
By Francisco Silva - 3 min read
Film review: Broker, Linoleum
Japanese master of social-realism Hirokazu Koreeda makes his first film outside of his native country, and an American indie feature debut taps into that millenial…
By Francisco Silva - 5 min read
Book review: Australian Abstract
Artist and curator Amber Creswell Bell’s fifth book is a collection of some of the best Abstract Art Australia has to offer
By Laura Gamio - 2 min read
Film review: John Wick Chapter 4, Of An Age
Keanu Reeves takes one last ride as John Wick in the fourth film of the action saga, and Of An Age, a heartbreaking Australian gay-awakening…
By Francisco Silva - 5 min read
Film review: Living, Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Kazuo Ishiguro pens Living, a British adaption of a Kurosawa classic with Bill Nighy, and Shazam! 2 tries to pick up the pieces of DC…
By Francisco Silva - 6 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 - 6 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 - 2 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 - 4 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 - 5 min read