9
Simon Abkarian is superb as Charles De Gaulle
8
… moving but never twee, boasting a genuinely stunning lead performance and a sharp, incisive script.
Writer-director Antonin Baudry is unapologetic about his gargantuan new two-movie project about French wartime hero Charles de Gaulle. With a combined running time of nearly five-and-a-half-hours, that’s a lot of
8
... a rich, vibrant, beautifully shot, well acted and sharply written coming-of-age yarn that drips with authenticity.
6.2
Its bizarre, but true, premise is one of the main pleasures of The Kidnapping of a President.
Who would have known that Gus Van Sant’s dark comedy Dead Man’s Wire, his first film in seven years, would be one of the biggest surprises at the Venice Film
Yo (Adrian)! How good does this look?! Anthony Ippolito (who played Pacino in The Offer) is the Italian stallion, in the incredible story about the making of Rocky. Toby Kebbell
8.5
A powerful underdog story of ambition, culture and resilience, Tenor: My Name is Pati follows Samoan brothers from church choirs to standing ovations in the world’s greatest opera houses.
8
... a rattling good yarn ...
Producer and actor Steve Bastoni fills us in on Bean King, a new, semi-autobiographical TV series from creator John Raftopoulos (Take My Hand) about the surprisingly cutthroat world of Melbourne’s