The film plays obstinately on a surface level, with director Mick Jackson not great at subtext or ambiguity, but the story is so astounding that the straightforwardness almost doesn’t matter.

Olivier Assayas barely puts a foot wrong, and Kristen Stewart turns her trademark shuffling and hesitance into another sharp portrait of youthful first world ambivalence.

As an over-the-hill actor named Ambrose Hilliard, Bill Nighy is at his acerbic and charming best in this film.

Francois Ozon probably hasn’t made a film as good as this since 2003’s Swimming Pool.

This remake of a 1989 Japanese manga of the same name takes a decidedly Hollywood turn, discarding ambiguity in favour of redemption and rebooting.

With the arrival of Kate Cherry as new CEO and artistic director, this is the beginning of a new era for NIDA, whose alumni include Cate Blanchett, Baz Luhrmann, Mel Gibson, Hugo Weaving, Sam Worthington and Judy Davis.

Nominated for a best foreign language Oscar, this is not a film that breaks into any innovative formal territory -  but its story of innocence lost and humanity found is a strong one.

There’s seldom a dull moment, but there’s often a boilerplate predictability to Life’s tensions and characters.

Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton star as an interracial couple who changed the course of U.S. history.

James Vaughn, a filmmaker and one of the architects behind a proposal for a Sydney cinémathèque joins The Final Cut.