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Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), and Red Guardian/Alexei Shostakov (David Harbour) in Thunderbolts*.

Thunderbolts* puts Marvel back on track – thanks to Florence Pugh

The actor finds a remarkable amount of nuance in her character, a Soviet super-soldier turned CIA assassin.

  • Jake Wilson

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Mareta with her young charges.

This light-hearted, rhythmic tear-jerker from New Zealand is a gem

Tina tells the story of a Polynesian teacher in an elite private school who challenges the status quo when she establishes a school choir

  • Sandra Hall
An Unfinished Film is tricky - and gets trickier.

Confused by this movie? That’s the idea

It’s hard to tell whether An Unfinished Film is fiction or a documentary.

  • Jake Wilson
Dale Frank in a scene from Nobody’s Sweetie.

A tiny budget and a whole lot of interruptions? If anything, they made this documentary better

Dale Frank was once considered one of art’s “bad boys”. A new documentary offers an intimate look behind the scenes.

  • Sandra Hall
Steve Coogan (centre) stars in Armando Iannucci’s adaptation of Dr. Strangelove.

Masterly chaos as Steve Coogan stars in stage reboot of Dr Strangelove

Armando Iannucci’s timely West End adaptation of the Stanley Kubrick classic can now be seen in cinemas.

  • Sandra Hall
James Dean stars in Rebel Without a Cause. 

10 iconic movies that are finally available to stream in Australia

It’s notoriously difficult to find old Hollywood movies on streaming services, but the introduction of Max has unlocked a treasure trove of classics to explore.

  • Craig Mathieson
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Mzia Arabuli in the film Crossing.

Search for trans niece a life-changing journey through Istanbul’s streets

Sweden-based Georgian director Levan Akin drew on a true story for his second film about characters stigmatised because of their identity.

  • Sandra Hall
Jon Bernthal and Ben Affleck in The Accountant 2.

Action, intrigue, line-dancing – The Accountant 2 has it all

In a sequel to the 2016 film, Ben Affleck’s autistic savant accountant is once again called upon to perform complex mathematical calculations and dish out extreme violence.

  • Jake Wilson
Meghann Fahy in Drop.

Drop: As suspenseful as anything I’ve experienced in a cinema for ages

Meghann Fahy plays a woman having the worst night of her life as a series of mysterious threatening phone messages wrecks a first date.

  • Jake Wilson
Michael B. Jordan and Michael B. Jordan (playing identical twins) and Omar Benson Miller in Sinners.

Historic bluesfest or semi-comic bloodfest? Sinners is both

Marvel director Ryan Coogler goes Southern Gothic in this tale of identical twins and an Irish vampire with a taste for the blues.

  • Sandra Hall

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