Jason Bourne stunts reach the absurd but it's hynoptic
Matt Damon's Jason Bourne and the action men and women around him are like video-game characters in the latest Bourne instalment.
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Sandra Hall
Sandra Hall is the author of two novels (A Thousand Small Wishes and Beyond the Break), two histories of the Australian television industry (Supertoy and Turning On, Turning Off) and Tabloid Man, a biography of Ezra Norton, the man who established Truth and The Daily Mirror. She was film critic at The Bulletin magazine prior to joining The Sydney Morning Herald in 1996.
Weiner's demise rich study in self-delusion
This terrific documentary goes inside the story of "sexting" US politician Anthony Weiner and his fall from grace.
Aesthetically pleasing hunt for jungle secrets
The new Tarzan film came from Hollywood. This jungle story is about as far from there as can be.
Tightness of Jane Austen's plotting is missing in this creaky remake
A gold-digger who's laughably blind to her own flaws is the centrepiece of a new movie take on Jane Austen.
Tarzan's all muscle and CGI but no heart
Alexander Skarsgard makes a dashing, if earnest, Tarzan but there's no real sense of conviction at work anywhere.
Style rises over plot's flaws
Director Ivan Sen's talent for edgy dialogue lifts this outback thriller – a sequel to Mystery Road.
Director takes time with emotions
Atmosphere eclipses narrative drive in this Italian drama with Juliette Binoche.
Rekindling haze of frat life
Director Richard Linklater revisits his youth in a film set four years after his cult hit Dazed and Confused.
Sisters defy marriage game
Five Turkish sisters challenge cultural expectations, asserting themselves with sensual energy and optimism.
Caught in a maze of chaos
A war film with Benicio del Toro shows what keeps people together when everything around them is being blown apart.
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