Review
Top five films: best of what's new in streaming
Mobsters, Vikings and religious revivalists show up in this week's varied selection.
- by Jake Wilson
Latest
Arts
When an IS soldier returns to Sydney's western suburbs
Intense family drama unfolds as son returns from fighting in Syria.
- by Sandra Hall
Movies
Why were Australian women revolting? Brazen Hussies has the answer
It would be easy for this documentary on the history of the women’s liberation movement to become a nostalgic wallow, but it’s better than that.
- by Paul Byrnes
Movies
Top five films: best of what's new in streaming
This week's selection ranges from a comeback for writer-director Sofia Coppola to a defining example of "body horror".
- by Jake Wilson
Film
'I love desperate people': Call Me By Your Name director takes on TV
Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino trusted the instincts of his youth actors in this eight-part coming-of-age drama.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
Arts
Poetic movie tackles teen taboo head on
Hot button topic of abortion central to this independent US production.
- by Jake Wilson
Arts
Could this be the best Aussie sheep movie since Babe?
Michael Caton and Sam Neill star in a gentle Aussie comedy perfectly fitted to our times.
- by Paul Byrnes
Movies
Rom-com is a film in desperate need of both rom and com
Starring Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey, this movie is out to emulate Nora Ephron's classics but lacks her gift for incisive small talk.
- by Sandra Hall
Movies
Top five films: best of what's new in streaming
This week's choice of films new to a range of streaming services brings us passion, madness and even the living dead.
- by Jake Wilson
Movies
Liam Neeson may be an Honest Thief but he's a boring one, too
The latest vehicle for the brooding Irish star is not only formulaic, but unsatisfying even on an action-movie level.
- by Jake Wilson
Streaming
In a sign of changed times, the new Borat is far less funny than its predecessor
It's a mixed pleasure to renew acquaintance with Borat Sagdiyev, the grinning, outlandishly bigoted Kazahk journalist who remains the best-known alter ego of Sacha Baron Cohen.
- by Jake Wilson