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Still from Hounds of Love
Lowlife in the suburbs
Ben Young’s ‘Hounds of Love’ presents horror in all-too-familiar surrounds
By Shane Danielsen
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Still from Get Out
Long time coming
‘Get Out’ is a sharp mix of horror, satire and racial commentary
By Shane Danielsen
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Still from Loving
‘Loving’ directed by Jeff Nichols
eOne Films
By Harry Windsor
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Still from The Salesman
Backstage drama
The domestic disquiet of Asghar Farhadi’s ‘The Salesman’ gives way to suspense
By Luke Davies
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Still from Toni Erdmann
A German comedy?
Maren Ade’s ‘Toni Erdmann’ is one of the most misread movies of the year
By Shane Danielsen
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Still from American Honey
Powerless agents
Andrea Arnold’s ‘American Honey’ is an exuberant, if meandering, trip
By Luke Davies
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Still from Collisions
Seeing visions
Lynette Wallworth’s ‘Collisions’ brings virtual reality to the Western Desert
By Quentin Sprague
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Still from Captain Fantastic
Off the grid
Matt Ross’ ‘Captain Fantastic’ is a portrait of a family in the wilderness
By Luke Davies
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A still from Embrace of the Serpent
Shamania
Ciro Guerra’s ‘Embrace of the Serpent’ brings together two Amazonian encounters
By Luke Davies
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Who’s up, who’s down
Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg’s documentary ‘Weiner’ charts the fall of a congressman who can’t keep out of the spotlight
By Leigh Sales
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Image of Aaron Pedersen and Alex Russell in Goldstone
Mirrors to the landscape
Cultural conflicts in Ivan Sen’s ‘Goldstone’ and the ABC’s ‘Cleverman’
By Luke Davies
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Still from Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Don’t lose that Ricky
The Kiwi charm of Taika Waititi’s ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’
By Luke Davies
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Batman v. Superman
Everyone’s a critic
‘Batman v. Superman’ v. the internet
By Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens
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Still from Sherpa
Blind obsession
The economics of Everest in Jennifer Peedom’s ‘Sherpa’
By Luke Davies
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Trumbo image
Black lists
Doing the right thing in Jay Roach’s ‘Trumbo’ and László Nemes’ ‘Son of Saul’
By Luke Davies
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We are all savages
Survival tactics in ‘The Revenant’ and ‘The Big Short’
By Luke Davies
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Still from The End of the Tour.
Close encounter
Five days with David Foster Wallace in ‘The End of the Tour’
By Luke Davies
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Married to the tribe
Vanuatu’s Yakel people make their screen debut in Bentley Dean and Martin Butler’s ‘Tanna’
By Luke Davies
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