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Finn Wolfhard as Petro in The Legend of Ochi is screening during MIFF.

‘So cool’: Stranger Things star finds his happy place among the Ochi

Finn Wolfhard hasn’t always been at ease growing up in the spotlight, but his new film satisfied an old-fashioned yearning.

  • Stephanie Bunbury

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Building new male friendships isn’t always a walk in the park. Just ask Tim Robinson.

Why can’t men make friends? Ask Paul Rudd

A new black comedy on male friendship spotlights the challenges men face to make new friends. But there are opportunities, if you know where to find them.

  • Nell Geraets
Rebel Wilson is a spy masquerading as someone who designs plinths for cat shows in Bride Hard.

This Rebel Wilson spy caper wants you to turn your brain off

If you’re enticed by the concept of a blend of spy caper and chick flick, I can’t recommend Bride Hard as a fun night out.

  • Jake Wilson
Helene Vincent and Josiane Balasko plays friends with a past in When Fall Is Coming.

After the mushroom trial, this ingeniously macabre film unintentionally hits a bit close to home

In When Fall Is Coming, a woman falls ill after eating a meal prepared by her mother – but is it a careless mistake or something worse?

  • Jake Wilson
Co-dependent couple Tim and Millie find their bodies starting to fuse after a strange accident while hiking.

Body horror fans love it, but I couldn’t care less about the fate of this couple

Starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie, Together is a morbidly introspective old-fashioned horror by Australian Michael Shanks.

  • Sandra Hall
Naomi Watts and Bing in a scene from The Friend.

Naomi Watts and a Great Dane co-star in a film that you won’t forget

An adaptation of the award-winning book by Sigrid Nunez, The Friend is an understated exploration of grief and complex relationships.

  • Sandra Hall
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Damon Gameau and Ruby Rodgers in Future Council.

These kids want climate action. Here are the cutting questions they’re asking CEOs

Eight children aged 10 to 15 joined Damon Gameau in a trip across Europe in a vegetable oil-powered bus for his new film Future Council.

  • Nell Geraets
Eva Victor wrote, directed and stars in Sorry, Baby.

A bad thing happened to Eva Victor. What followed was very good indeed

The debut film Sorry, Baby set Hollywood abuzz with its nuanced approach to sexual assault.

  • Stephanie Bunbury
Sydeny Sweeney’s American Eagle campaign has been slammed.

Why Sydney Sweeney’s ‘good jeans’ campaign is being compared to Nazism

The star’s latest fashion outing has prompted immediate backlash for “leaning into eugenics”.

  • Chris Hook
Enjoy a sprinkle of kookiness now and then? MIFF has you covered.

Killer kombucha and possessed vacuums: The weirdest films at MIFF this year

Film festivals may lure you in with buzzy prestige pictures, but it’s often their strangest titles that make you stay.

  • Nell Geraets

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