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We Bury the Dead. Image: Umbrella Entertainment. MIFF 2025
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We Bury the Dead review: gruesomely hilarious Tasmanian survival thriller

In We Bury the Dead, Hobart has been annihilated: cue a future cult classic film with a wow-a-minute story.

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Is This Thing On? review: all-star cast but no all-star result

Just like the troubled marriage it follows, Is This Thing On? struggles to find its way.

L-R: Leticia Cáceres (photo: Sebastian Bourges), Elizabeth Coleman (photo: Rodney Stewart), Priscilla Jackman and Jean Tong (supplied). Four female and non-binary directors who have moved from stage to screen.
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From stage to screen: four creatives discuss sideways career shifts

Leticia Cáceres, Elizabeth Coleman, Priscilla Jackman and Jean Tong describe how they adapted skills honed in the theatre into film…

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Wicked: For Good review – a cinematic experience to savour

A terrific cast, unforgettable score and rich visual imagery combine to near perfection in Wicked: For Good.

The Serpent's Skin screens at Melbourne Queer Film Festival. Image: Supplied.
Interviews

Alice Maio Mackay interview: on The Serpent’s Skin and finding trans power in horror

The young Adelaide director talks to ArtsHub about The Serpent's Skin and building trans solidarity in the film industry.

Luke Bracey, Bryan Brown and Susie Porter in Bruce Beresford's The Travellers. Photo: David Dare Parker / Sony Pictures.
Interviews

Bruce Beresford on The Travellers and his life in cinema

The acclaimed director and writer Bruce Beresford talks to ScreenHub about the career that's taken him from the New Wave…

Kathleen Chalfant in Familiar Touch. Image: Music Box Films.
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Familiar Touch review: a powerful portrait of life with dementia

In the award-winning Familiar Touch, old age is handled without melodrama or forced tragedy.

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One Battle After Another review: a truly killer action thriller

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another never loses sight of its spectacular characters despite refusing to take its foot…

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Studio Ghibli films improve your mental health, new study says

Watching a Studio Ghibli film can improve your mental health, water is wet.

A photo of Ryan Gosling and the book cover of Project Hail Mary.
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Project Hail Mary may break itself on film

Andy Weir’s acclaimed novel, Project Hail Mary, is hailed as a modern classic, but the upcoming film has already sparked…

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