Review: Martha: A Picture Story (Selina Miles)
An intimate portrait of an inspiring photographer.
December 4, 2019
Review: Judy (Rupert Goold)
Renée Zellweger gives a fascinating, complex portrayal of Judy Garland.
October 17, 2019
Review: Vita and Virginia (Chanya Button)
A memorable recreation of one of the great literary love affairs.
October 17, 2019
Review: Ride Like a Girl (Rachel Griffiths)
A stirring film about a pioneering Australian jockey.
September 27, 2019
Storm in a Teacup: family, art and dementia
Nia Pericles' moving documentary, screening on ABC TV tonight, and then on ABC iView, charts her artist father's major retrospective and her mother's dementia.
September 17, 2019
Review: The Nightingale (Jennifer Kent)
Tasmanian wilderness inspires a starkly powerful drama.
August 29, 2019
Review: Dogman (Matteo Garrone)
No emotional punches pulled despite the dogs and children.
August 29, 2019
Review: Ophelia (Claire McCarthy)
A handsome production in which Hamlet’s thinly sketched female love interest is filled out and given agency as the main character.
August 8, 2019
Review: An Unexpected Love (Juan Vera)
A 50-something couple try singledom in a clever drama.
July 2, 2019
Review: 2040 (Damon Gameau)
A film about global warming that manages to be both upbeat and visually lively.
May 23, 2019
Another day, another festival
Two film-fests deliver the goods.
May 21, 2019
The May 2019 issue of Limelight is now on sale
Inside the issue: Ute Lemper, Requiems to die for, Rossini's Il Viaggio a Reims, ZOFO's new Pictures at an Exhibition, the Bolshoi Ballet and more.
May 2, 2019
Review: Sometimes Always Never (Carl Hunter)
Bill Nighy is the best thing in this bleak comedy-drama.
March 14, 2019