Film – Reviews Archive

The Australia Western Sahara Association (AWSA) hosted a special screening of “Limbo: The Forgotten Promise” at NSW Parliament House on 17 September 2025. Hosted by the Hon Janelle Anne Saffin MP and Ms Kobi Lee Shetty MP, the screening focused on Western …

A British film festival wouldn’t be complete without at least one cinematic period drama. Bringing little-known histories to light with visual beauty, attention to detail and exaggerated emotional heart seems to be a common theme among England’s most critically acclaimed films. Think …

Making its Australian debut at the 2025 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival, Fuori is a poignant portrayal of the power and complexities of female friendship, as well as the experience of surviving in a male-dominated world. Set in Rome during the summer …

For better and for worse, much of our understanding about disabilities have come from cinema. Of course, there are the sensationalised Blockbusters that have probably done more harm than good in defying stereotypes. Think 1970’s smash hits like Rainman or One Flew …

  El 47, this year’s centrepiece at the Spanish Film Festival, is a poignant biopic that shines a light on a little-known piece of Spanish history in the aftermath of Franco’s dictatorship. Inspired by a true story, Marcel Barrena’s film follows the …

Cinemagoers packed into Palace Cinema Norton Street on Thursday night for the opening of the 2025 HSBC Spanish Film Festival in Sydney. With the hum of acoustic guitar welcoming us into the cinema, along with the familiar smells of fresh popcorn and …

  Leona (Jixin) Li, Oliver Wen Audiences at Chatswood’s Concourse Theatre were treated to a night of fun discovery of Chinese Modern History with “Donald’s Inferno,” a comedy stage production written and directed by Jon-Claire Lee. The show ran on December 10 …

After eight years of development hell and production drama, the movie Queen fans have been waiting for has finally arrived. Is it a killer flick or does it bite the dust? The answer is unequivocal: If you want to have a good time, check out Bohemian …

In 2004, Mark Taylor was travelling across Argentina and discovered countless Latin American films he felt needed to be showcased in Australia.  Scoping across horror, fantasy, comedy, family friendly animation, shorts, documentaries and mockumentaries, Taylor returned home to Australia and launched the …

Picture this: you have a partner who is a writer. One day, she or he receives a shock phone call from Stockholm, with news of winning the Nobel Prize in Literature. Your whole family is ecstatic. Friends are delighted. Well-wishers and journalists …