Books & arts
2 May 2025
A deep dive into the archives of controversial filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl has some startling moments
Books & arts
10 April 2025
A new film rises to the challenge of adapting a heartbreaking Irish novella
Books & arts
27 March 2025
Writer-director Paul Schrader is reunited with his American Gigolo star, Richard Gere, in a tale of mortality, morality and deception
Essays & reportage
24 February 2025
Is The Brutalist’s most important character absent from the screen?
Books & arts
20 February 2025
Three striking new films rub the real against the fictional in different ways
Books & arts
11 February 2025
Has Guan Hu made a film about the feral dogs of Chixia — or about China itself?
Books & arts
1 February 2025
Looking for the music in James Mangold’s biopic
Books & arts
30 January 2025
Nicole Kidman is well-matched by Harris Dickinson in an exploration of pleasure, power and control
Books & arts
15 January 2025
There was much more to the waspish writer than memorable (and misremembered) one-liners
International
18 December 2024
A new documentary featuring leaked interrogation footage shows Israel’s PM under pressure
Essays & reportage
6 December 2024
A centennial re-watching of the cinema of ice
Books & arts
20 November 2024
Two powerful films, a documentary and a feature, offer urgent perspectives on people, place and power
Books & arts
12 November 2024
A Chinese-Australian artist captures the legacies of twentieth-century communism
Books & arts
2 October 2024
The Joker’s journey becomes a jukebox musical
Books & arts
30 August 2024
An 800-page book and a four-hour film raise uncomfortable questions about an enduring Nazi past
Books & arts
22 April 2024
Loosely “based on” true stories, two new films feature compelling performances
Books & arts
22 March 2024
Is British comedy pervaded by the worldview of the Oxbridge graduate?
International
15 March 2024
How India’s filmmakers have tracked the national mood
Books & arts
15 January 2024
What One Life may achieve
Books & arts
15 September 2023
Past Lives convincingly explores how the past lives on in the present
Books & arts
29 August 2023
Politics wasn’t far away when Blood, Sweat & Tears brought the house down in Romania
Books & arts
23 August 2023
Hlynur Pálmason’s Godland invites the viewer to pay close attention
Books & arts
2 August 2023
Driving Madeleine reviewed
Books & arts
4 July 2023
How Errol Flynn, Peter Finch, David Gulpilil and Nicole Kidman crossed the psychic gangway between Sydney and Hollywood
Books & arts
27 April 2023
Two men, five books, one film
Essays & reportage
24 April 2023
A busy industry was waiting impatiently for the revival of Australian feature film-making in the early 1970s
Books & arts
22 November 2022
Rationalism and magical thinking contend in The Wonder
Essays & reportage
21 November 2022
What did we learn about juries from the abrupt conclusion to last month’s trial of a ministerial staffer?
Essays & reportage
3 November 2022
While Melburnians watch The Lost City of Melbourne, Sydneysiders debate Barangaroo
Essays & reportage
24 October 2022
Despite its extremes, Mparntwe Alice Springs still maintains a grip