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It is not often that I come across a film, complex and uncomfortable in so many ways. A film I replay …

Reconciling a life’s long journey through pain and glory

“In the cinema of my childhood, it always smells of piss,” ageing filmmaker Salvador Mallo says at one point in Pain …

This much is clear: the scope of the pandemic is staggering. There’s no better way to overwhelm yourself than to …

Can art stop a bullet? William Kelly, the star and prime focus of this film of the same name, certainly …

Alex Proyas, the director behind dark fantasy and science-fiction films including The Crow, Dark City and I Robot, looks back …

Bombshell might’ve missed out on a couple of Oscar nods for Best Picture and Supporting Actress for Nicole Kidman, but there’s …

Bill Farr is an art director with a long-standing fascination with the work of Judy Garland. Her ill-fated concert tour …

The Czech and Slovak Film Festival kicks off in Melbourne on Thursday. Anders Furze spoke with artistic director Eleanor Colla about its …

In volume 2 of his Melbourne International Film Festival diary, critic Anders Furze takes in films including the hot ticket …

My experience of the Melbourne International Film Festival veers wildly from year to year. One year I’ll focus on retrospectives, …