Brimming with style, attitude and chutzpah, Saccharine is a meal that overwhelms as much as it engages …
The Substance
Melbourne writer-director Natalie Erika James has focused on women grappling with dark forces in her psychological horror films. Her dementia-oriented debut Relic (2020) starred an exceptional Robyn Nevin; in her
What would you sacrifice for perfection? That’s the question posed by Ryan Murphy’s sleek, slightly sci-fi show, The Beauty. On first glance, it seems like a superficial show about gorgeous
While the premise is serviceable, the execution is lacking: a film about surface polish that can’t quite find any of its own.






