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The Taverna (MA) - 86 minutes
It is about to be a night to remember in a popular Greek restaurant in Melbourne run by long-term proprietor Kostas (Vangelis Mourikis)...
Alex First
Jul 22, 20202 min read


Love Sarah (M) - 98 minutes
A small, largely predictable, feel good romantic drama, Love Sarah centres around three generations of women who go into business...
Alex First
Jul 20, 20202 min read


The Vigil (MA) - 90 minutes
A man haunted by his past is forced to face his demons in the slow-moving, supernatural religious horror The Vigil. Yakov Ronen (Dave...
Alex First
Jul 19, 20202 min read


The King of Staten Island (MA) - 137 minutes
The more I saw, the more I enjoyed The King of Staten Island. It’s all about a heavily tattooed, 24-year-old dope smoker Scott Carlin...
Alex First
Jul 13, 20202 min read


The Personal History of David Copperfield (PG) - 119 minutes
A ripping yarn and a grand adventure, The Personal History of David Copperfield delights. It highlights just how magnificent a writer...
Alex First
Jul 2, 20202 min read


Endings, Beginnings (MA) - 110 minutes
Navigating a romantic entanglement can be – and often is – difficult enough. But when it comes to two – at the same time – it is in a...
Alex First
May 21, 20202 min read


The Assistant (M) - 87 minutes
The despicable acts of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein come into sharp focus as The Assistant unfolds. Jane (Julia Garner) is a...
Alex First
May 13, 20202 min read


Hearts and Bones (M) - 110 minutes
A photographer who has covered the world’s trouble spots and suffers badly from PTSD befriends a hardworking Sudanese man with a secret...
Alex First
May 3, 20202 min read


Midnight Family (MA) - 81 minutes
Underground private ambulances competing for patients, begging for money and paying police bribes. That’s what we witness up close and...
Alex First
Apr 30, 20202 min read


Beats (MA) - 101 minutes
Youthful anarchy is at the heart of a largely black and white film set just before the British government enacted legislation banning...
Alex First
Apr 11, 20202 min read


Vivarium (M) - 98 minutes
A surreal nightmare, Vivarium is a descent into madness. It is designed to do your head in … and it does. Here’s the scenario – Tom...
Alex First
Apr 10, 20202 min read


Burning Kiss (MA) - 81 minutes
Weird and wacky film noir, Burning Kiss is a psychedelic whodunnit in reverse. By that I mean we know who perpetrated the crime, but the...
Alex First
Apr 5, 20202 min read


Come to Daddy (MA) - 95 minutes
Some seriously messed up material is the essence of Come to Daddy, which fits comfortably in the horror/black humour genre. An irreverent...
Alex First
Mar 29, 20202 min read


The Current War (M) - 102 minutes
A voyage of discovery, filled with intrigue and subterfuge. That is the race against time and the breakthrough concerning electric light...
Alex First
Mar 22, 20202 min read


Monos (MA) - 103 minutes
Westerners being kidnapped and held for ransom in Latin America has, unfortunately, become far too commonplace. That is the starting...
Alex First
Mar 22, 20202 min read


The Personal History of David Copperfield (PG) - 119 minutes
A ripping yarn and a grand adventure, The Personal History of David Copperfield delights. It highlights just how magnificent a writer...
Alex First
Mar 19, 20202 min read


Guns Akimbo (MA) - 97 minutes
At a time when millions of people around the world are streaming e-sports content every day, it's not hard to imagine a possible future...
Alex First
Mar 15, 20203 min read


Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (MA) - 95 minutes
Talk about a dysfunctional extended family. Colin Burstead (Neil Maskell) most certainly has one and then some. So, why would he arrange...
Alex First
Mar 15, 20203 min read


Queen & Slim (MA) - 132 minutes
A remarkable character study into blatant racism in America, this is Thelma & Louise for a new generation. Set amidst the upheaval of...
Alex First
Mar 12, 20202 min read


Military Wives (M) - 112 minutes
Imagine you are the wife or partner or child of a member of the military who is sent off to war. How would you feel in the lead up to and...
Alex First
Mar 11, 20202 min read
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