Film Review / ‘Battle of The Sexes’ (PG) *** and a half Film Review / ‘Battle of The Sexes’ (PG) *** and a half ON September 20, 1973, top-seeded woman tennis player 29-year-old Billie Jean King won $100,000 when…
Film Review / ‘Mountain’ (G) ***** Film Review / ‘Mountain’ (G) ***** ASKED: “Why does anybody climb a mountain?”, George Mallory answered: “Because it’s there!” Mallory’s corpse…
Film Review / ‘Australia Day’ (MA) *** Film Review / ‘Australia Day’ (MA) *** MIGHT Foxtel be a symbol for the future of our feature film industry? Its frequent…
Film Review / ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ (MA) ** and a half Film Review / ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ (MA) ** and a half THIS is the first (another has been announced) sequel to the 2014 comedy actioner about…
News Review / ‘Victoria and Abdul’ (M) *** and a half News Review / ‘Victoria and Abdul’ (M) *** and a half A DECADE ago, a notebook compiled during the last 15 years of Queen Victoria’s reign…
Film Review / ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ (M) **** Film Review / ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ (M) **** FOR this multi-award-winning documentary, Haiti-born Raoul Peck drew on the 30 pages of “Remember This…
Film Review / ‘mother!’ (MA) ** and a half Film Review / ‘mother!’ (MA) ** and a half IN a return to independent filmmaking, writer/director Darren Aronofsky asks his audience to discover its…
Film Review / ‘That’s Not Me’ (MA) *** and a half Film Review / ‘That’s Not Me’ (MA) *** and a half AFTER careers involving short films, this observation of a choice group of human behaviours is…
Film Review / ‘The Dinner’ (MA) **** Film Review / ‘The Dinner’ (MA) **** WRITER/director Oren Moverman’s adaptation of a novel by Herman Koch is a satire of upper-middle…
Film Review / ‘Tommy’s Honour’ (M) *** and a half Film Review / ‘Tommy’s Honour’ (M) *** and a half A ROUND or two for a pound or two. The origin of that saying is…
Film Review / ‘Gifted’ (M) *** and a half Film Review / ‘Gifted’ (M) *** and a half THE core of this gentle drama is not the mathematical genius of its seven-year-old central…
News Review / ‘Ali’s Wedding’ (MA) **** News Review / ‘Ali’s Wedding’ (MA) **** ALI (Osamah Sami) is an Australian-born Muslim whose Iranian-born father Mahdi (Don Hany) is imam…