Praised for being the first feature-length film shot in Longtian (Fuqing), Time and Tide captures a texture of rural China that has never been seen before.
9.5
… brims with jubilant possibilities
7.5
… elegantly realised …
4
… leaves its audience nostalgic for better movies.
After stealing scenes in Here Come The Habibs!, Amazing Grace and Play Dirty, Aussie actress Kat Hoyos gets her meatiest role yet as a cop caught up in a bizarre
This year, Cannes critics were largely united in their belief that Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Minotaur and Pawel Pawlikowski’s Fatherland were the best films in the competition. Both films won major prizes,
The Sydney Film Festival always offers up a diverse and fascinating array of features, docos and events…and this year is no different. After a stroll through the extensive 2026 programme,
8.2
… deliberately controlled, almost austere.
8
Fatherland is not only about the past. It is a warning about the cyclical nature of history and the dangers of forgetting.
5
… spectacle without substance: a film that gestures toward scandal and intensity but offers little emotional resonance or intellectual insight in return.