Kenneth Branagh has given audiences a mixed bag with A Haunting in Venice. The film offers nothing new in terms of mystery or thrills, and wastes it’s strong ensemble cast, which is the real disappointment.

It’s Raining in the House explores the story of two Belgian teenagers who live in poverty, as they navigate the summer with an absent mother and a proclivity for getting themselves into trouble.

Offbeat, endearing, and at times, soul-crushing, Charlotte Regan’s feature debut Scrapper poignantly weaves tangerine-tinged whimsy into a tale of reconciliation, effortlessly bearing the weight of immeasurable loss with a touching irreverence.

Can truth reveal itself in Perfect Days? Or is it a beautiful simulacrum, contemporary Japan through the gaze of the international film market?

Gentle, funny, and incredibly vulnerable, Ally Pankiw’s I Used To Be Funny is an unflinching look at the complexities and inconsistencies that accompany trauma recovery.

Continuing the stylistic trend of Johnson’s previous work, especially his sci-fi mockumentary Operation Avalanche, at times BlackBerry feels like a documentary, which suits the true story it’s based on very well.

Written and directed by Celine Song, Past Lives centres on Nora (Greta Lee) and Hae Sung (Teo Yoo), former childhood sweethearts who reunite after 24 years.

Hounds, is a bleak portrayal of the criminal underbelly within the Casablancan Medina, where no man is safe from mafia led antics, and this movie gives us a peek into how drastically lives can be changed within one night.

Passages is a pretty film that entertains, may make you tear up, and could make you feel ashamed just by watching Tomas run around as he does.

If this scene and the overall use of tension represent the start of a pattern for Jack Clark and Jim Weir, I look forward to catching their next film.

Authentic trans storytelling is important, and this film certainly delivers! Mutt is a MIFF must-see for trans people and allies alike.

Gran Turismo is a video game film that has a great universal message: no matter how impossible your dreams may be, they can still be achieved - and the first step to that dream is buying a PS5.

Australia has been aching for a story like this, and it feels so good to finally see it. If you’re one of the lucky ones who snagged a ticket to the sold out MIFF screenings, then enjoy!

With Love to the Person Next to Me is not a perfect film, but it does have something that many films with larger budgets lack- a soul.

Alcarràs is a moving piece of cinema that will quietly consume you for its two-hour runtime with feelings of awe, anticipation, some chuckles, and empathy for the farmers that put fruit into our homes.

Oppenheimer is a freakishly good match for Christopher Nolan, and it may well be his best work.

You Hurt My Feelings is all about the little lies we tell the people around us, not out of malicious intent, but in order to avoid a more destructive outcome.

This film, meditative and delicate in its portrayal of two queer men in a muslim country, is important for people being pushed to the margins by ideology that is outdated and homophobic and is therefore an important moment in African cinema, not to be missed.

With gut-wrenching violence and disruptive themes, and its critique of gender roles and cultural norms in Japan, cinephiles and fans of the more gruesome side of life ought to catch this slow-burning, thought-provoking thriller.

EO is a bold and bray-ve exploration of modern Europe through the eyes of a circus donkey who embarks on a long and lonely journey.