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Eco-terrorism for dummies: How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023)

Goldhaber’s work oscillates from “Marxist propaganda” to an urgent, didactic piece of cinema; but regardless of where you sit on the political spectrum, How to Blow Up a Pipeline is sure to offer a lasting, thought-provoking watch.

July 5, 2023 Annabel Li
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Smoke Sauna Sisterhood at Sydney Film Festival

The Estonian smoke sauna is a place of healing, both physically and spiritually. It is also the vehicle through which Anna Hint’s feature length documentary Smoke Sauna Sisterhood explores the glory of collective femininity.

June 23, 2023 Ondine Karpinellison
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On the run and laughing in Gaza: A Gaza Weekend at Sydney Film Festival

Western filmmakers are usually obsessed with this sullen idea of the third-world, that they forget to turn their cameras towards the joyful mundanities of people’s lives.

June 23, 2023 Misbah Ansari
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Monster: Kore-eda Hirokazu Subverts the Mystery for Emotion

Monster crafts a mystery with a clever structure, providing a Rashomon-style morality tale for a current generation. Yet beyond this already playful and gripping structure, Hirokazu sticks to his signature style by breaking the expectations of the genre.

June 19, 2023 Dicot Alvarado
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Past Lives: Unearthing the layers of our former selves

It’s been a ride for Asian representation on Hollywood screens these past couple of years. Past Lives is posited securely within this reappraisal, though no other film has touched me in quite the same way that this film has.

June 18, 2023 Annabel Li
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When the Waves are Gone at Sydney Film Festival

Instead of copping a ticket to the newest Wes Anderson that will inevitably get a wide release in two months, see something that may never show in Australia again.

June 18, 2023 Long Huynh
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Who’s Afraid of Jane Campion: The Cinema Woman?

At the Sydney Film Festival, guest Jane Campion introduced the documentary directed by Julie Bertuccelli recounting Campion’s creative journey and her navigation of “trouble”, “secrets”, plus the highs and lows of the film industry.

June 14, 2023 Valerie Chidiac
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Pretty Red Stress: Dionne Edwards’ Surprisingly Tense Debut 

A man finds himself drawn to the Pretty Red Dress that hangs on the back of his bedroom door.

June 14, 2023 Lucy Bailey
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Sydney Film Festival review: Undine

An underwater fairytale.

November 29, 2021 James Bradshaw
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Review: Another Round (SFF Summer Season)

Another Round is an alcohol-fuelled dark comedy.

January 21, 2021 Zander Czerwaniw

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