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Jake Wilson is a film critic for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.

Wine at 7.30am with Gerard Depardieu: could this young star’s story be more French?

Wine at 7.30am with Gerard Depardieu: could this young star’s story be more French?

At 25, Benjamin Voisin already has the equivalent of an Oscar to his name.

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Toy Story prequel Lightyear reaches for the stars, but lands in a black hole
★★½

Toy Story prequel Lightyear reaches for the stars, but lands in a black hole

My first thought going into this Toy Story spin-off was to wish Pixar hadn’t bothered.

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Men is a horror movie about misogyny, but does the story lead us astray?
★★★

Men is a horror movie about misogyny, but does the story lead us astray?

Alex Garland’s slow-burn shocker Men – the film many walked out of at Cannes – comes to Australian cinemas this week.

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Life in lockdown when you’re a pop star: not that different (or interesting), actually
★★

Life in lockdown when you’re a pop star: not that different (or interesting), actually

Alone Together is authentic enough, but is it depressing or empowering to watch the British singer stuck at home like everybody else?

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This Scandi horror is an ingenious shell shocker
★★★

This Scandi horror is an ingenious shell shocker

The society pictured in this kind of film seems a little too clean and white. But as ever, there are cracks in the surface.

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The first Indigenous filmmaker is revealed through a miraculous discovery
★★★

The first Indigenous filmmaker is revealed through a miraculous discovery

The documentary Ablaze’s hook is a 10-minute stretch of silent film from 1940s Melbourne that mysteriously turned up in the archives.

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Like Harry Potter for adults, this heroic war movie is a genuine surprise
★★★½

Like Harry Potter for adults, this heroic war movie is a genuine surprise

Colin Firth and Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen star in an entertaining tale about one of the boldest plots of World War II, Operation Mincemeat.

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Mark Wahlberg’s strangest role yet? Father Stu is a fascinating oddity
★★★½

Mark Wahlberg’s strangest role yet? Father Stu is a fascinating oddity

Hollywood courts conservatives with this true story of a boxer-turned-priest that co-stars Mel Gibson and is directed by the Mad Max star’s real-life partner.

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Magical and playful, Petite Maman is a movie you need to see to believe
★★★★

Magical and playful, Petite Maman is a movie you need to see to believe

The new film from Portrait of a Lady on Fire director Celine Sciamma is a deceptively simple tale of two children exploring, but it holds a magical secret.

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After Yang: Kogonada’s sci-fi drama about a house android lacks punch
★★

After Yang: Kogonada’s sci-fi drama about a house android lacks punch

Colin Farrell stars in this tale of a blended family that includes Yang, an android or ‘technosapien’ who serves as their daughter’s tutor, babysitter, and protective elder brother,

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You’ll be seduced by this twisting tale of love triangles in Tokyo
★★★★½

You’ll be seduced by this twisting tale of love triangles in Tokyo

Oscar nominee Ryusuke Hamaguchi gives us the playful Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy - but not all is as it seems in this delightful anthology movie.

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