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The Drama (2026) 77% 3/5 EDIT “It's not as strange or absurd as it could’ve been, and lands somewhere in the middle, not enough one thing or the other. Mid is an apt description for The Drama, which is neither offensive nor tremendous.” – The Nightly (AU) Apr 21, 2026 Full Review I Swear (2025) 99% 3.5/5 EDIT “Robert Aramayo and the film more broadly infuses the character with so much generosity of spirit that it elevates what could’ve otherwise been a humdrum biopic.” – The Nightly (AU) Apr 21, 2026 Full Review Michael (2026) 37% 1/5 EDIT “Michael is so awful at times, you risk physically collapsing into yourself from all the cringing.” – The Nightly (AU) Apr 21, 2026 Full Review Hoppers (2026) 94% 4/5 EDIT “Hoppers features big set-pieces of hijinks and shenanigans (Flying whales! Melting robot faces!) and it is a laugh riot that keeps the energy level right up there.” – The Nightly (AU) Mar 23, 2026 Full Review Project Hail Mary (2026) 94% 4/5 EDIT “It soars on the immense likeability of Gosling’s presence, working in perfect tandem with directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller to create an incredibly crowd-pleasing film.” – The Nightly (AU) Mar 23, 2026 Full Review The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) 86% 4/5 EDIT “A superb performance from Amanda Seyfried, whose Ann Lee is a complex ball of vulnerability, defiance, righteousness and stillness. ” – The Nightly (AU) Mar 5, 2026 Full Review How to Make a Killing (2026) 43% 2.5/5 EDIT “How to Make a Killing is also not as snappy, sharp or fun as its dark comedy promise, which gives you too much time to ponder all those thorny ethical quandaries.” – The Nightly (AU) Mar 5, 2026 Full Review The Moment (2026) 67% 2.5/5 EDIT “Instead of embracing the whole brat, The Moment pulls its punches.” – The Nightly (AU) Mar 5, 2026 Full Review THE BRIDE! (2026) 57% 2/5 EDIT “The prevailing questions that run through your head as you’re watching are, what is this, and what was it meant to be?” – The Nightly (AU) Mar 5, 2026 Full Review It Was Just an Accident (2025) 98% 4/5 EDIT “The magnificent It Was Just An Accident's willingness to ask questions about the very nature of justice and revenge comes from a place of great generosity and humanity – and no one would have blamed Jafar Panahi if he was lacking in either.” – The Nightly (AU) Feb 10, 2026 Full Review Wuthering Heights (2026) 57% 3/5 EDIT “Even uncoupled from Bronte’s legacy, Fennell’s Wuthering Heights is a bewildering mess” – The Nightly (AU) Feb 10, 2026 Full Review The Secret Agent (2025) 98% 4/5 EDIT “As a thriller, The Secret Agent is exciting and entertaining, an evocative piece of art that’s wholly lived in, plunging you into a messy and tense environment of political repression and fear.” – The Nightly (AU) Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Hamnet (2025) 87% 4.5/5 EDIT “At the risk of seeming woo-woo, Hamnet does hold you in a metaphorical embrace, one which gives you permission to feel connected to emotions the rest of the world tells you to push down. ” – The Nightly (AU) Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 93% 4.5/5 EDIT “Josh Safdie’s film commands your attention, and in casting Chalamet, one of the most talented actors of his generation who turns in an undeniably gung-ho performance, Marty Supreme earns it.” – The Nightly (AU) Jan 9, 2026 Full Review Christy (2025) 67% 3/5 EDIT “Christy is a film you want to admire rather than one you like.” – The Nightly (AU) Jan 9, 2026 Full Review Sentimental Value (2025) 95% 5/5 EDIT “This is a film that sets out to make you feel things, but does it with seeming effortlessness, so you never feel like big moments are being signposted.” – The Nightly (AU) Jan 9, 2026 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% 2.5/5 EDIT “It’s not offensive. It’s not the worst thing you’ll see all year. What it is, is boring. Mind-numbingly boring. Dozed off in the chair boring. Thinking about your supermarket shopping list boring.” – The Nightly (AU) Dec 16, 2025 Full Review Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% 4/5 EDIT “Twisty murder mystery that tickles not just your brain but your funny bone.” – The Nightly (AU) Dec 2, 2025 Full Review Zootopia 2 (2025) 91% 4/5 EDIT “Zootopia 2 is not only a family film that caters to all ages, but its jokes are so clever, it will make you feel as if the filmmakers wrote it just for you” – The Nightly (AU) Dec 2, 2025 Full Review Wicked: For Good (2025) 66% 2.5/5 EDIT “Wicked For Good lacks the dynamism and energy of its predecessor. Without the razzle-dazzle seduction and distraction double-punch of the first part’s many, big, all-in numbers, it falls flat much of the time.” – The Nightly (AU) Nov 19, 2025 Full Review Die My Love (2025) 74% 3/5 EDIT “Die My Love is a challenging experience that pokes and prods, makes you unsettled, gives you few answers and lets you languish in the discomfort. ” – The Nightly (AU) Nov 5, 2025 Full Review Bugonia (2025) 87% 3.5/5 EDIT “Bugonia belongs to Jesse Plemons. The desperation, the righteousness and just the sweatiness makes Teddy both magnetic and repulsive.” – The Nightly (AU) Nov 5, 2025 Full Review The Mastermind (2025) 90% 3/5 EDIT “It unfolds quite leisurely, a hallmark of Kelly Reichardt whose pacing is always deliberate and contemplative, challenging viewers to sit in a moment.” – The Nightly (AU) Oct 25, 2025 Full Review Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) 61% 3/5 EDIT “Jeremy Allen White's performance is the best thing about the film which is otherwise a middle-of-the-road biopic with good intentions that ultimately fails to match the legacy of an incredible album and artist.” – The Nightly (AU) Oct 23, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% 2.5/5 EDIT “It is, in a nutshell, a lot. Too long. Too obvious. Too much.” – The Nightly (AU) Oct 20, 2025 Full Review
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