Birdeater review – nightmarish buck’s party in the bush becomes faintly preposterous
Shabana Azeez and Mackenzie Fearnley are good as the husband and wife to be but this horror film feels indecisive and stretches too long
Melbourne international film festival 2024: 10 things to see, from Megalopolis to new Cronenberg
Plus Cate Blanchett as a hapless German chancellor, India’s first film to compete at Cannes in three decades, and a restored Wake in Fright – with a new score
Stream lover
Love Lies Bleeding, Brats and Lady in the Lake: what’s new to streaming in Australia in July
Plus Anthony Bourdain’s long-running series, a black comedy set during the bubonic plague and the latest from the makers of You Can’t Ask That
The mainstay of Australian cinema talks ‘bucket list’ projects, climbing trees and recognising her own history on screen
The Emu War review – wall-to-wall silliness that will make you laugh-out loud, sometimes
This viscerally cockamamie comedy maintains enjoyable momentum, even when gun-toting puppet birds begin to attack
The Convert review – Guy Pearce tries to keep the peace in Māori period drama
Revealed: Otto by Otto review – nuanced portrait of a generational talent
Three things
Three Things with Stephen Curry: ‘I’ve ruined a prodigious number of campfires with my guitar playing’
May 2024
‘I just didn’t recognise him!’ TikToker interviews Baz Luhrmann without knowing who he is – and they talk group sex
10 Chaotic Questions
George Miller: ‘Where do I keep my Oscar? I swear, I don’t know’
The Way, My Way review – a pleasurable walk on the Camino de Santiago
‘I just can’t move again’: the Melbourne public housing residents fighting to save their community
Peter Weir to receive Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at Venice film festival
Housekeeping for Beginners review – a queer family’s fight to stay together
From mythic creatures to innovative documentaries: 10 films to see at Sydney film festival 2024
April 2024
‘They just make you happy’: the Queensland farmers who took a chance on a million sunflowers
Battling drought, Jenny and Russell Jenner tore out their failing crops. Could fields of sunflowers for selfies save their Queensland farm?
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert sequel in works with original cast, director confirms
Stephan Elliott says Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce and Terence Stamp are ‘onboard’ and the sequel will be set partly in Australia but will also head overseas
The 30-year hunt to find the Priscilla, Queen of the Desert bus: ‘My jaw was on the ground’
Before Dawn review – Anzac drama needed a bigger budget or a better script
Stream lover
The Sympathizer, Ripley and Scoop: what’s new to streaming in Australia in April
