Samuel Scott

2 weeks ago | flicks.com.au | Rory Doherty |Clarisse Loughrey |Samuel Scott |Laumata Lauano Volavola

A personal pilgrimage from Melbourne to Auschwitz proves to be a moving journey in The Tattooist’s Son, writes Steve Newall. As the world commemorates the 80th anniversary of German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz’s liberation, one of the many horrific accounts of what took place there gets a new, deeply moving chapter. Telling an unlikely love story set in a reprehensible place, last year’s The Tattooist of Auschwitz explored some perhaps unexpected dramatic terrain.

2 weeks ago | flicks.com.au | Rory Doherty |Samuel Scott |Laumata Lauano Volavola |Steve Newall

Clarisse Loughrey’s Show of the Week column spotlights a new show to watch or skip. This week: Andor returns, a Star Wars story directly about the here and now – the genocide in Gaza and fascism in the USA. Season two of Andor starts with a nobody. An imperial technician called Niya (Rachelle Diedericks) conducts one of her nightly routines, checking the TIE fighters for faults before she packs up and goes home.

2 weeks ago | flicks.com.au | Liam Maguren |Rory Doherty |Clarisse Loughrey |Samuel Scott

With the release of Mufasa: The Lion King, Liam Maguren writes about the brilliant filmmaking contained within Barry Jenkins’ prequel—and why it’s unlikely to be remembered. Streaming Now +2more The Lion King “live-action” remake may have earned a gazillion dollars back in 2019, but any in-the-moment praise for its technical achievement in photorealism would be overshadowed by one lingering complaint: these emotionless animals can’t act.

2 weeks ago | flicks.co.uk | Clarisse Loughrey |Samuel Scott |Stephen Russell |David Brown

Ben Affleck returns as the titular butt-kicking bean-counter in The Accountant 2—with Jon Bernthal along for the ride as his brother. Rory Doherty bros down with the action thriller. Quick survey: If you were a tactical genius and super smart detective, what is the likelihood that you’d invite your sibling on a high stakes mercenary mission? For Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck), the autistic mercenary and financial criminal who leads the Accountant series, there’s pros and cons.

2 weeks ago | flicks.com.au | Matt Glasby |Rory Doherty |Eliza Janssen |Samuel Scott

Evidently one Michael B. Jordan wasn’t enough for director Ryan Coogler in Sinners – he plays identical twins in this new horror set in the 1930s. It’s a setting that injects new blood into the perilous proceedings, reports David Michael Brown. Set against a hotbed of racism scorched by the Mississippi Delta sun, Ryan Coogler’s high-concept horror fusion Sinners is an audacious, ultra-violent, foot-tapping, high-kicking historical horror with two teeth in its neck and a twist in its tail.