Eliza Janssen

Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon is a telekinetic trip of style but not much substance

Ana Lily Amirpour’s mind-controlling main character is always a bit of a cipher, reflecting New Orleans stranger’s desires.

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Best new movies and TV series on BINGE: October 2022

Your jam-packed guide to everything landing on BINGE this month.

I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THAT

I’ve Always Wanted To Do That: Flying (*falling) with an umbrella like Mary Poppins

Every kid has watched the Disney movie and dreamed of descending gracefully into a Technicolour London fantasy.

Guides

Best new movies and TV series on Disney+ Australia: October 2022

Wanna know what’s coming to the House of Mouse this month? Here’s your guide.

reviews

Bali 2002 takes a scattershot look at the relationship between Australia and Indonesia

Stan’s tearjerking series undermines the impact of its tragedy by constantly returning to the moment the bombs went off.

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Best new movies and TV series on Amazon Prime Video Australia: October 2022

Your guide to everything landing on Amazon Prime this month.

features

Besties on vacation: the enduring appeal of George Clooney and Julia Roberts

We look back at two stars whose charisma and chemistry make a perfect match. Steven Soderbergh comes up a lot.

reviews

We’re All Going To The World’s Fair combines adolescent dysphoria with haunting body horror

You’ll need to touch grass after seeing Jane Schoenbrun’s disturbing tale of online dysphoria and loneliness.

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‘You can be flamboyant but it won’t make any sense’: George Miller on crafting fantasy worlds

The Aussie director talks collaborating with his daughter, the rigour of good sci-fi, and his past as a doctor in ER.

I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THAT

I’ve Always Wanted To Do That: Bashing a printer, Office Space-style

I took a few office-dwelling friends out to rage against the machine, in comedy’s ultimate scene of cubicle catharsis.

features

Best new movies and TV series on BINGE: September 2022

Your jam-packed guide to everything landing on BINGE this month.

features

Best new movies and TV series on Disney+ Australia: September 2022

Wanna know what’s coming to the House of Mouse this month? Here’s your guide.

features

Best new movies and TV series on Amazon Prime Video Australia: September 2022

Your guide to everything landing on Amazon Prime this month.

features

Spotlight on Emma Thompson: she’s looked at life on screen from both sides now

The Dame makes us laugh, cry, and think with every gracious performance and script in which she’s involved.

reviews

Bodies Bodies Bodies is a fun fun fun version of Clue for the TikTok era

Rachel Sennott is the hilarious standout of this entertaining, if shallow, Gen Z-skewering horror-comedy.

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Wrapping up our coverage of 2022’s Melbourne International Film Festival

For the next 18 days, we’ll be keeping you up to date with mini MIFF reviews, news, and movie buzz from around town.

reviews

Maybe don’t take your elderly parents to see Gaspar Noe’s crushing Vortex

Love is not enough to survive the terrors of time and death, in one of the year’s most depressing dramas.

reviews

Day Shift suggests that there’s no fresh way to vamp up vampires onscreen

It’s bloody hard (excuse the pun) to make a good vampire movie when every possible genre subversion has been played out.

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Retrospective: 25 years ago, Event Horizon made space exploration look like a terrible idea

Ooh, heaven is a place on earth – and hell is a dimension the 1997 film warns us against ever visiting.

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The new A League of Their Own highlights glaring omissions from the original – but it’s not all home runs

The Prime Video series is more wishful with its Mrs. Maisel feminism than the stirring athletic joy we could’ve got.

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Spotlight on Olivia Newton-John: hopelessly devoted to the late Aussie singer

We’ve chosen five essential performances to memorialise Newton-John’s passing, from Eurovision to “Physical”.