Review
★★★
Film
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.
- by Jake Wilson
Latest
★★★½
Movies
A sleeper hit on TV, Bob’s Burgers goes big with chuckles and charm
The Belcher kids try to solve the crime and save the family fortunes in a fun big-screen debut for the long-running animated sitcom.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★½
Arts
It’s still cheesy, but the new Top Gun has heart – and an older, wiser Tom Cruise
Once again, egos feature prominently in the film’s storyline, which centres on the edgy relationship between teamwork and competitiveness.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★
Film
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.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★
Movies
This is the crime-busting role Gerard Depardieu was made for
There’s little suspense and not much light in Maigret, but the French actor seems to have finally found a role that channels his rare sympathy as a performer.
- by Paul Byrnes
★★★
Arts
Racist bully? Much-loved author? The conundrum of Roald Dahl
By some accounts, the writer was an unmitigated bastard who bullied his children and his wife when he wasn’t writing brilliant children’s books.
- by Paul Byrnes
★★★★½
Film
Daring, confronting horror story is one of the best films of 2022
Norwegian film The Innocents is about bullying, alienation, the extraordinarily powerful emotions of childhood and things often kept secret from parents.
- by Paul Byrnes
★★★★
See & Do
In this haunting film, one question is asked: what would you do?
I can’t offer this as a cheerful night’s entertainment, but Francois Ozon’s film about assisted dying is superbly made, completely engrossing and very grown-up.
- by Paul Byrnes
★★★½
See & Do
It has the spirit of Full Monty, but these women want to talk about sex
The idea for How to Please a Woman sprang from an article about an Australian company that supplies sexual services for women only.
- by Sandra Hall
★★★½
See & Do
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.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★½
Arts
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.
- by Jake Wilson