After a successful career as an actress, New Zealand-based Nat Boltt turns director with the warm and winning Holy Days, which follows three nuns (Judy Davis, Jacki Weaver, Miriam Margolyes)
Revelation Perth International Film Festival Program Director Jack Sargeant picks his favourite six (and then some) movies from this year’s program.
8.8
… one of those films that leaves you feeling quietly blown away.
8.5
… unhurried road movie invites viewers to reflect on the price that Ukrainians pay to defend their homeland — and on the longing that Ukrainian refugees feel for the country
6.7
… does become considerably more engaging in its third act and, ultimately, has more resonance than expected.
“I started writing it during the early Covid days, but it was not meant to be an allegory for Covid per se,” says When I’m Ready writer, producer and leading
9
… laughs and the frequent bouts of sobbing without any of it feeling manipulative.
Scandinavia’s highest grossing documentary of all time, Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson’s The Last Journey has taken everyone by surprise, including its self-deprecating filmmakers. “When Universal approached us about this,
5.7
… a sweet and well-intentioned road movie that never quite reaches its destination.
Kieran Culkin was in no mood to fly to Poland for a two month shoot after wrapping up the fourth and final season of award-winning TV series Succession. Succession’s shoot