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Carolina Caroline is a charming crime road movie that unapologetically steals your heart: Toronto International Film Festival Review - The AU Review
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The Choral is a sweet-natured reminder of the power of music: Toronto International Film Festival Review - The AU Review
Set in 1916 during World War I, The Choral takes a look at a certain group of community who, in their time of hardship, come together to uphold a tradition that serves as a spiritual lifting. The choral society at the centre of the film have come to a crossroads. Their choral director has been...
Charlie Harper speaks to the beauty and emotional brutality of love: Toronto International Film Festival Review - The AU Review
Young love and all the amazing, traumatic things that come with such are explored in Charlie Harper, Mac Eldridge and Tom Dean‘s emotional, non-linear romance dramedy, anchored by the moving performances – and palpable chemistry – of its leads, Emilia Jones and Nick Robinson. Centering around the two halves of its titular coupling (so no,...
Film Review: Splitsville; self-advertised "unromantic comedy" finds its humour in its surprising earnestness - The AU Review
If you are one of the many audience members seemingly disappointed that Dakota Johnson‘s love triangle with Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal’s in Materialists earlier in the year wasn’t as romantic as you were led to believe, then it’s possible that Michael Angelo Covino‘s Splitsville may be the antidote. Of course, this self advertised “unromantic...
Interview: Michael Angelo Covino on finding the emotional truth in the absurd comedy of Splitsville - The AU Review
Embracing the “unromantic comedy”, writer/director Michael Angelo Covino assembles one of this year’s finest ensembles for Splitsville, a riotous, emotional dramedy about the perils of honesty and intimacy within relationships. When Ashley (Adria Arjona) asks for a divorce, the good-natured Carey (Kyle Marvin) runs to his friends, Julie (Dakota Johnson) and Paul (Covino) for support....
The Last Dinner Party will return to Australia in January 2026 - The AU Review
London art-pop sensations The Last Dinner Party will return to Australia in January 2026 for a national headline tour. Following their acclaimed debut Prelude to Ecstasy and sold-out shows across Europe and North America, the band are set to bring their celebrated live show back to Australian stages. The Last Dinner Party are one of...
The Play That Goes Wrong channels Fawlty Towers for a night of organised chaos - The AU Review
When an ensemble of accident-prone actors take on a murder mystery performance, everything that can go wrong… does. But amount of chaos can crush their spirits, as they battle the odds to make it to their final curtain call – by any means necessary. Never has a play gone so wrong, yet felt so right....
Rise Against prove they've still got it with tenth album Ricochet - The AU Review
Few bands wear their convictions as proudly as Rise Against. For over two decades, the Chicago rockers have been a voice of fury and hope, delivering anthem after anthem and balancing urgency with melody. Now, with their tenth studio album Ricochet, they’ve taken a huge leap forward. Produced by Catherine Marks (Boygenius, Wolf Alice, Frank...
Hamlet; Riz Ahmed dominates unrelenting modern-day telling of Shakespeare's classic: Toronto International Film Festival Review - The AU Review
From the opening sequence of Aneil Karia‘s Hamlet it’s evident that the Shakespeare tale we know won’t be simply rehashed on screen. This isn’t your school production or even Broadway, with Karia maintaining the classic tongue of the prose, but bringing its setting to modern day London within the South Asian community. Following the moment...