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McEnroe (2022) 93% 4/5 EDIT “This captivating new documentary by Barney Douglas shows an entirely different side of McEnroe -- and reveals him to have been a far more sensitive soul than most will have suspected.” – Sydney Morning Herald Oct 28, 2022 Full Review Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015) 94% EDIT “Oscar-nominated documentarian Amy Berg paints a heartbreaking portrait of Janis Joplin in a film that simultaneously underlines her incredible talent and power as a performer and the desperate desire for acceptance.” – Sydney Morning Herald Oct 21, 2022 Full Review The Cancer Conflict (2021) 4.5/5 EDIT “The film’s greatest value is in the way it plainly illuminates many of the misconceptions and seductive fallacies that lead people to reject effective treatments in favour of useless ones.” – Sydney Morning Herald Oct 21, 2022 Full Review Memory (2022) 29% EDIT “Casino Royale director Martin Campbell makes great use of his locations, but the film is unlikely to linger long in your own memory.” – Sydney Morning Herald Oct 6, 2022 Full Review Catherine Called Birdy (2022) 89% 3.5/5 EDIT “Lena Dunham’s directorial romp through medieval England’s child-marriage scene is largely a winner, thanks in large part to a rambunctious performance from young Bella Ramsey in the title role.” – Sydney Morning Herald Oct 6, 2022 Full Review TikTok, Boom. (2022) 72% EDIT “If you only have a vague concept of TikTok as that thing kids use to post videos of themselves dancing, this essential documentary will leave you better informed -- and possibly alarmed. ” – Sydney Morning Herald Sep 29, 2022 Full Review Glorious (2022) 88% EDIT “Director and horror obsessive Rebekah McKendry pays both homage and fromage to H.P. Lovecraft, David Cronenberg and Stanley Kubrick in an enjoyably loopy movie that has a sense of humour and visual style.” – Sydney Morning Herald Sep 8, 2022 Full Review Samaritan (2022) 38% EDIT “This long-delayed Sylvester Stallone movie is a surprisingly agreeable blend of ultraviolent ’80s action flick and grim, dark 21st-century superhero fantasy.” – Sydney Morning Herald Sep 1, 2022 Full Review Wishful Drinking (2010) EDIT “Fisher is wryly philosophical and frequently laugh-out-loud funny as she looks back on her own surreal and emotionally bruising life. ” – Sydney Morning Herald Aug 18, 2022 Full Review The Many Saints of Newark (2021) 72% EDIT “Alessandro Nivola is brilliant as Tony’s uncle, Dickie Moltisanti, an unstable explosive who didn’t feature in The Sopranos but whose story provides fascinating insights into characters such as Tony’s mother, Lydia (Vera Farmiga). Expect laughs too.” – Sydney Morning Herald Aug 11, 2022 Full Review Nude Tuesday (2022) 86% EDIT “It’s mad and it works: a comedy in which the actors speak complete gibberish, with different comedians writing different subtitles to create different films.” – Sydney Morning Herald Jul 7, 2022 Full Review The Art of Incarceration (2021) EDIT “The art is striking, and the inmates open and insightful about their backgrounds, their crimes and their challenges. As some of the men are released there are hopeful signs and a terrible tragedy.” – Sydney Morning Herald Jun 30, 2022 Full Review The Gospel According to André (2017) 87% EDIT “The most interesting aspect of this slightly over-long documentary has Talley and numerous old friends recall him growing up in the segregated South before embarking on a most unlikely career in New York. Well worth checking out.” – Sydney Morning Herald Jun 23, 2022 Full Review Father of the Bride (2022) 80% EDIT “The prospect of Andy Garcia and Gloria Estefan in a Miami Cuban-flavoured remake of Father of the Bride is an intriguing one. Sadly, this new movie strips out everything that made the 1991 Steve Martin version so special. ” – Sydney Morning Herald Jun 23, 2022 Full Review Mad God (2021) 92% EDIT “Mad God has been more 30 years in the making and is a stunning technical and creative achievement that will remain a disturbing landmark for decades to come. ” – Sydney Morning Herald Jun 9, 2022 Full Review My Fake Boyfriend (2022) 73% 3/5 EDIT “An accomplished and beautifully judged performance by Australian Keiynan Lonsdale elevates this preposterous romantic comedy, which could easily have been a complete turkey.” – Sydney Morning Herald Jun 9, 2022 Full Review Hotel Coolgardie (2016) 94% EDIT “Director Pete Gleeson is unflinching in the way he captures and displays unthinking male awfulness, as well as the men’s pain and loneliness. Mercifully, there are also some moments of fun before an inevitably sad ending. ” – Sydney Morning Herald Apr 28, 2022 Full Review Night's End (2022) 48% EDIT “An intriguing little horror flick that ends up being a throwback to the VHS era.” – Sydney Morning Herald Apr 7, 2022 Full Review Lucy and Desi (2022) 94% EDIT “Amy Poehler’s poignant and celebratory documentary about Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz provides fascinating insights into the extraordinary lives of television’s ground-breaking power couple.” – Sydney Morning Herald Apr 7, 2022 Full Review Nasrin (2020) 93% EDIT “This documentary, filmed clandestinely over several years, is utterly compelling as it captures Sotoudeh’s incredible courage and principle in risking everything.” – Sydney Morning Herald Mar 25, 2022 Full Review Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015) 89% EDIT “Packed with shocking footage and testimony... Essential viewing.” – Sydney Morning Herald Mar 18, 2022 Full Review Three Months (2022) 79% 3.5/5 EDIT “Australian singer Troye Sivan brings a compelling, spiky vulnerability to this affecting comedy-drama.” – Sydney Morning Herald Mar 18, 2022 Full Review The Desperate Hour (2021) 27% EDIT “Naomi Watts runs herself ragged, but this unsatisfying thriller from director Phillip Noyce doesn’t rank alongside Dead Calm and Rabbit Proof Fence at the apex of his oeuvre.” – Sydney Morning Herald Mar 10, 2022 Full Review Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021) 95% EDIT “Illuminating, hilarious, tear-jerking and inspiring -- this new documentary from Marilyn Agrelo (Mad Hot Ballroom) is an outstanding piece of work. ” – Sydney Morning Herald Feb 7, 2022 Full Review Reno 911! The Hunt for QAnon (2021) EDIT “This movie combines the series' crass dim-bulb humour with fun guests and a little Billy Ocean revival to keep things weird.” – Sydney Morning Herald Jan 20, 2022 Full Review
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