Reviews

Australia has always had a curious relationship with international cinema. In suburbs from Parramatta to Footscray, multilingual households have built weekend…

Casting technology has quietly reshaped how Australians consume entertainment at home. Instead of crowding around a laptop screen or fighting over the family…

Indian television offers far more variety than daily soap operas. Viewers can find crime dramas, family serials, historical stories, reality competitions,…

Zombie cinema has travelled far beyond the familiar American outbreak thriller. South Korean survival dramas, Spanish horror mysteries, Japanese genre…

Finding an unfamiliar film from another country can be harder than searching for a major Hollywood release. A title may appear under different spellings,…

Bollywood comedy has a distinctive rhythm: lively dialogue, expressive performances, family drama, music and sudden turns from silliness to warmth. The best…

Korean thriller cinema has developed a distinctive reputation for tense plotting, morally complicated characters and sudden changes in tone. A film may begin…

A home theater can make online streaming feel far more immersive without requiring a complicated installation. With a television, soundbar or AV receiver, and…

When the sun slips behind the ranges west of the Great Dividing Range and the sky turns into a river of stars, plenty of Australians reach for the same kind of…

There's a particular kind of late-night movie that never quite makes it onto the big streamers' front pages. The midnight movie. The VHS-era oddity. The film…