Richard Cotter

Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.

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revenge: our dad the nazi killer

Revenge. Is it another word for justice?

That seems the justification for the actions depicted in REVENGE: OUR DAD THE NAZI KILLER, an observational feature length murder mystery documentary.

Three Melbourne brothers, Jack, Jon and Sam, become obsessed with uncovering

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the seven: detective fiction heaven

 “The Seven, my dear. We do take ourselves so seriously. Who knows what skeletons our budding historian might find…and in whose cupboards he might find them?”

Those skeletons are legion and come rattling out of copious cupboards in Chris

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bottoms: tag team teens

Like a bombastic Barbie, BOTTOMS is a riff on director Emma Seligman’s earlier film with actor Rachel Sennot, Shiva Baby, as well as Sennot’s other starrer, Tahara.

BOTTOMS sees Seligman team with Sennot as co writer and the result is

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the old oak: from the old master

It wouldn’t be amiss to think the title THE OLD OAK is a bio pic of the venerable Ken Loach. At 86, Loach is still making films, great films, films with humanity, hope and healing. His latest, THE OLD OAK

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cat person: premium kitty litter

Could a feline owning film infantilist with a fetish for Harrison Ford be a serial killer?

CAT PERSON will have you guessing.

With the visceral appeal of a Val Lewton B movie, CAT PERSON teases and tears at the terror

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the royal hotel: woke in fright

A quite splendid and subtle arrangement of Men at Work’s Down Under opens THE ROYAL HOTEL, Kitty Green’s follow up feature after the subtly sinister, The Assistant.

American backpackers, Hanna and Liv, have partied the life out of their travelling

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the musical mind: a portrait in process

Sparked by the 25th anniversary of the Academy award-winning blockbuster Shine, THE MUSICAL MIND: A PORTRAIT IN PROCESS explores the mysteries of the musical brain.

Featuring exclusive, intimate footage, the film is a glimpse into the private worlds and

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saltburn: a declaration of waugh

A shake up of the shower scene from Psycho, brace yourself for the bathtub sequence from SALTBURN. Draining.

Downton Abbey meets Brideshead Revisited meets The Talented Mr. Ripley in Emerald Fennell’s eagerly awaited follow up to Promising Young Woman, spikey,

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bromley: light after dark

Polarising as north and south, light and dark, Bromley: Light after Dark is an exploration of pain, love, mental health and creativity, and the core being of artist, David Bromley.

The film explores David Bromley’s singular creative process, his mental

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