The Age (Australia)

Philippa Hawker The Age (Australia) 4 days ago 4/5 I found Eyes Wide Shut tempting to resist at first, and its incongruities and operatic slowness are easy to dwell on. But it had a disconcerting, haunting afterlife: I couldn't stop thinking about it. Go to Full Review Eyes Wide Shut (1999) 77% 74%

Colin Bennett The Age (Australia) Oct 17, 2026 Maybe, as some has suggested, before Stanley Kubrick finally blows himself up like Dr. Strangelove he needs a few simple lessons, a refresher course, in ethics if not taste. Go to Full Review A Clockwork Orange (1971) 83% 93%

Colin Bennett The Age (Australia) Oct 16, 2026 When it comes, I urge you to see this intelligent, shocking and stimulating film, an extraordinary achievement for such a timid industry to have allowed. Go to Full Review Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 97% 94%

Colin Bennett The Age (Australia) Oct 15, 2026 Lolita, in the hands of young Mr. Kubrick, with the author himself as scriptwriter, is a splendid surprise: it stands up excellently. It is a film of quality in its own right. Go to Full Review Lolita (1962) 83% 84%

Jake Wilson The Age (Australia) Oct 15, 2026 2/5 ...it could hardly be anything [other than a collourful jumble], given the need to include so many characters, catchphrases and the scenarios from the original Japanese video games, which were not designed with narrative coherence in mind. Go to Full Review Street Fighter (2026) 41% - -

Jared Richards The Age (Australia) Oct 15, 2026 2/5 There’s a fascinating story here of artistic statements mired by ego and money, but it’s let down by The Disciple’s uncritical approach to Cilvaringz’s version of events. Most telling, core Wu-Tang members only feature via archival footage. Go to Full Review The Disciple (2026) 89% - -

Jared Richards The Age (Australia) Oct 15, 2026 3/5 ...it never quite inspires riotous laughs, but it’s perfect for a lazy night at home as a light, warm and fun 90-minute watch. Go to Full Review One of Them Days (2025) 94% - -

Jared Richards The Age (Australia) Oct 15, 2026 4/5 [Cass Cumerford's] story unfolds slowly alongside those of several other locals, in a remarkable portrait of ageing, grief and working-class Australians that doesn’t patronise or use an overt rose-tinted lens. Go to Full Review Flathead (2024) - - - -

Colin Bennett The Age (Australia) Oct 14, 2026 [Stanley Kubrick] gets his effects with cutting, sombre and vivid color contrasts, the balancing of brutality and gentleness, and fluid camera work -- and makes them as exciting as this clumsy giant screen system will allow. Go to Full Review Spartacus (1960) 90% 87%

Colin Bennett The Age (Australia) Oct 13, 2026 It leaves you with a hollow feeling in the pit of the stomach and a conviction that here is the best film in its class since The Asphalt Jungle. Go to Full Review The Killing (1956) 96% 92%

Colin Bennett The Age (Australia) Oct 13, 2026 [Killer's Kiss] is given some interesting experimental treatment by Stanley Kubrick, who wrote, produced, directed, photographed and edited it -- obviously on a shoe string. His is a name to remember. Go to Full Review Killer's Kiss (1955) 81% 58%

Jared Richards The Age (Australia) Oct 6, 2026 3/5 Directed with a delicate hand by pop-culture documentarian Erin Lee Carr...his documentary deftly avoids feeling like a juicy grab-bag of reality-TV trauma thanks to moving, cathartic scenes where the ex-Swans reunite. Go to Full Review The Swan: Behind the Mirror (2026) - - - -

Jared Richards The Age (Australia) Oct 6, 2026 2/5 It offers little insight and duller still are its ’90s-set scenes, featuring a robotic Shailene Woodley as a CIA agent. Go to Full Review Unabomber (2026) 24% - -

Jared Richards The Age (Australia) Oct 6, 2026 5/5 These two [narrative] strands combine in a strange, dreamy haze, capturing how scary and mystical so much of life seems as a child – and how the unknown loses its allure for many adults, solidifying as a threat. Go to Full Review Celia (1988) - - 85%

Jim Murphy The Age (Australia) Oct 2, 2026 I am afraid my dedication to dismemberment as an art form did not endure past Victim No. 13...before Jason even reached the camp. Go to Full Review Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) 39% 53%

Jared Richards The Age (Australia) Sep 28, 2026 4/5 Inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky’s film Mirror (1975), it’s a dreamy, impressionistic (and plot-light) watch, with Lodkina and cinematographer Michael Latham finding immense beauty and stillness in the harsh landscape. Go to Full Review Strange Colours (2017) - - - -

Jared Richards The Age (Australia) Sep 28, 2026 3/5 It’s as fun, fluffy and forgettable as a straight-to-DVD 2000s romcom, which is meant as a compliment! Go to Full Review The Love Hypothesis (2026) 73% - -

Jim Murphy The Age (Australia) Sep 28, 2026 How easy to write a Friday the 13th script: no need for a plot, just pick a setting, populate it with teenagers and devise 42 imaginative methods of violent death for Jason Voorhees to mete out to them. Go to Full Review Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) 8% 27%

Jim Murphy The Age (Australia) Sep 26, 2026 Feebly developed by writer John Esposito and lamely directed by Ralph S. Singleton Go to Full Review Graveyard Shift (1990) 9% 23%

Jim Murphy The Age (Australia) Sep 26, 2026 A dynamic, expertly made sci-fi crimebuster movie. Go to Full Review RoboCop (1987) 84% 84%