This surprisingly conventional pseudo-biopic of German artist Gerhard Richter turns provocative art into middlebrow kitsch.
The Children Act
A drama tracking the aftermath of a moral and legal crisis, The Children Act is clean, couth, and devastating, but only on cue.
People’s Republic of Desire
Hao Wu’s documentary looks at a group of people who make their living from a Chinese livestreaming platform.
Caniba
The latest documentary by Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor is fixated on Issei Sagawa, the infamous Japanese man who in 1981 murdered, had sex with, and cannibalised a classmate.
The Nothing Factory
Pedro Pinho’s narrative debut is easier to admire for the scope of its ambition than it is to necessarily enjoy.
Prevenge
Alice Lowe’s pre-natal horror Prevenge shies away from biting commentary, content with absurd bloodlust.
Killing Ground
Damien Power’s debut feature harks back to the golden age of Australian genre film but its approach to landscape is sadly ahistorical.
The Butterfly Tree
Priscilla Cameron’s debut feature is every bit as adolescent and as troubled as its protagonist, writes Greer Forrester.
On Body and Soul
Ildikó Enyedi’s Sydney Film Prize winner squanders its surrealist potential, shedding its focus on magical intimacy to establish a well-worn and simplistic romance.
It’s Not Yet Dark
Frankie Fenton’s documentary on the life of director Simon Fitzmaurice unfortunately positions the filmmaker only in the context of his disability.