James Ross
SFF & Chill: 12 Films to Binge at Sydney Film Festival
A Kenyan LGBQTI love story, a Kiwi black comedy and a music doco about M.I.A… Here’s your go-to cheat sheet of what to watch and where, across all 12 days of Sydney Film Festival.
Big Screen: Isle of Dogs
For a movie about animated mutts, Wes Anderson’s latest creation is surprisingly human.
Big Screen: The Square
Directed by Ruben Östlund, the 2017 winner of the film industry’s most celebrated award is so art-house it’s literally set in a museum.
Big Screen: Lady Bird
A semi-autobiographical love letter to her hometown, Lady Bird sees Greta Gerwig reveal herself as an exciting new cinematic voice.
Big Screen: Sweet Country
Since his debut ‘Samson & Delilah’, Warwick Thornton has channelled his energy into films that are proudly, powerfully Aboriginal. His latest is a potent reminder of our conflicted past.
Big Screen: The Last Jedi
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Big Screen: The Killing Of A Sacred Deer
Part modern myth, part horror story and part absurdist comedy, ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ is like a car crash in slow motion, unsettling to watch but bizarrely fascinating.
Big Screen: Detroit
It starts like a fever dream, then narrows in on a single motel during the city’s 1976 race riots. Challenging, and at times confusing, ‘Detroit’ places you right in the thick of it.
How to Stay Underground at the Sydney Underground Festival
There’s more to the Festival than films that keep you awake at night. There are also beautiful experiments with documentary footage, blacker-than-black comedies, and ingenious dramas – assembled into a dawn-till-dusk line-up which turns the Factory Theatre into a second home for cult-film cinephiles.
Ten Picks For Sydney Film Festival 2017
A Finnish comedy, an exploration of racism in Australia and a film about a super pig: here are our top picks for Sydney Film Festival 2017!