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Is it a thriller, satire or nightmare? Eddington will keep you guessing
Director Ari Aster sends his kindred spirit Joaquin Phoenix on another odyssey through a divided America.
- by Jake Wilson
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Ne Zha 2 smashed the box office once. With Michelle Yeoh’s help, could it do it again?
The Academy Award winner is part of the coming English-language version, a film she believes will resonate with audiences far beyond China.
- by Nell Geraets
‘A film about the worst version of myself’ wins massive cash prize
MIFF’s Bright Horizons prize, worth $140,000, has gone to a sardonic Colombian comedy about a washed-up poet.
- by Karl Quinn
He watched Alien 14 times in a row, then gave birth to an internet monster
Col Needham first tracked movie credits in a paper notebook in 1981. Now his IMDb is the go-to site for film and TV fans around the world – and worth a fortune.
- by Karl Quinn
This film’s ending makes no sense – but it isn’t a complete write-off
Relay is billed as a thriller but works best as a study of isolation – and its director remains criminally underrated.
- by Jake Wilson
Love triangles and secrets collide in this story of a sibling rivalry
Kangaroo Island tells the story of an actor who returns to her scenic childhood home.
- by Sandra Hall
Life, death, God: The small film tackling the biggest questions
Kangaroo Island by husband-and-wife team Timothy David and Sally Gifford is a small but perfectly judged film about some Very Big Topics.
- by Karl Quinn
Ethan Coen’s new crime caper pays homage to campy B-movies
In the second film of their lesbian trilogy, the acclaimed director and wife Tricia Cooke embrace the trashy.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
‘Still stings’: Why Carey Mulligan is tapping into childhood heartbreak over Take That split
The Oscar-nominated star was only 10 when the boy band split – but the emotional memory has served her well for her new film The Ballad of Wallis Island.
- by Michael Dwyer
How Indian cinema’s ‘positive values’ are winning audiences across the world
The man known as the George Clooney of Indian film says his industry offers an antidote to the cynicism of Hollywood.
- by Nell Geraets
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A fizzy ending? Sure. But Liam Neeson is just plain fun in Naked Gun reboot
The 73-year-old plays iconic cop Frank Drebin with glee alongside Pamela Anderson’s crime novelist-come-sleuth.
- by Sandra Hall