Film

Sydney Festival’s new director, Olivia Ansell, wants to remind the city of its unruly histories.

Leah Purcell’s life and spirituality are expressed directly through her work, as writer, director and performer.

Fellini Forward conjures the work of the dead director in a work disturbingly attuned to the contemporary moment.

Todd Haynes’s revelatory documentary The Velvet Underground is the latest in a long career of portraying outsiders.

Scrupulously avoiding exploitation, Justin Kurzel’s Nitram allows space for the aspects of violence that escape comprehension.

The devastating impact of climate change on rural villagers is explored in two films from India’s border regions.

The dangerous edge of Nicolas Cage’s screen performances finds a generous complexity in the otherwise indifferent film Pig.

The Suicide Squad – an update of 2016’s notorious stinker Suicide Squad – is an unexpected delight.

Despite a promising beginning, Leos Carax’s Annette becomes a jumble of styles that falls back on stale, melodramatic tropes.

Pickpocket and Days on MIFF Play highlight the very different talents of two major Asian directors.