Deciphering the monolith

Monolith, a low-budget, high concept science fiction film from first time Australian director Matt Vesely and writer Lucy Campbell, is a triumph of quiet, intelligent film making.

You’ll never find me

The new Australian psychological horror film You’ll Never Find Me is an unsettling and economical chamber piece that makes effective use of its limited location and dialogue-heavy script.

It happened one night – 90 years ago

Frank Capra’s cynical romantic fable, It Happened One Night, celebrates its 90th anniversary this year and is well due a critical revisit.

Do look now

Adapted from Daphne du Maurier’s supernatural short story and directed by Nicolas Roeg, Don’t Look Now is a moving and tender portrait of marriage and parental grief, as well as a haunting – and occasionally terrifying – horror film.

A haunting in Venice

A new cinematic adaption of Agatha Christie’s late novel “A Hallowe’en Party” leans heavily into the gothic with a hint of supernatural terror amping up the murder mystery.

The invisible hit

James Cameron’s Avatar was a blockbuster in its day – with people literally queuing around the block to see it – but left little cultural wake, so will its sequel match the hype of its publicity campaign?

5 films to catch at the Sydney Film Festival

Cinemas are reopening after the long COVID lockdown and, if Hollywood blockbusters aren’t your cup of tea, there’s a feast of more substantial international fare to enjoy at the Sydney Film Festival.

Whatever happened to Christmas films?

Every festive season for years, we’ve been served Christmas schmaltz at the movies, but that’s now changing. And while we’re on the subject, why is Die Hard a Christmas film?