Sandra Hall

Sydney

Film Critic at Sydney Morning Herald

Film Critic at The Age

Film critic Sydney Morning Herald, author of fiction and non-fiction books

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French musical biopic delivers richly realised portrait of an icon

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Sandra Hall

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. MONSIEUR AZNAVOUR★★★½M, 134 minutes. In cinemas MAY 8Musical biopics have been enjoying a sporadic romance with the box office for a long time. It climaxed for the first time in 2005 with Walk the Line, the Johnny Cash story, and rose to an all-time high with Rami Malek’s turn as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
Famed for her can-do characters, Marta Dusseldorp unravels

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Sandra Hall

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Famed for her can-do characters, Marta Dusseldorp unravels

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Sandra Hall

Famed for her can-do characters, Marta Dusseldorp unravelsWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. WITH OR WITHOUT YOU★★★½CTC. 143 minutes. In cinemas May 8In With or Without You, Marta Dusseldorp is busy wrecking her life, which is a good thing.
Famed for her can-do characters, Marta Dusseldorp unravels

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Sandra Hall

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This light-hearted, rhythmic tear-jerker from New Zealand is a gem

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Sandra Hall

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. TINA★★★★M. 124 minutes. In cinemas May 1Mareta Percival is the first Polynesian teacher to work at St Francis Assisi, an elite Christchurch private school, and its deputy head does not approve, which doesn’t bother Mareta at all.
A tiny budget and a lot of interruptions made this doco better

2 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Sandra Hall

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A tiny budget and a lot of interruptions made this doco better

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Sandra Hall

By Sandra Hall April 30, 2025 — 5.30am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. DALE FRANK – NOBODY’S SWEETIE ★★★★(M) 112 minutesAustralian artist Dale Frank has three equally grand passions – his painting, his natural history collection, and his garden, which meanders over 20 hectares on Hambledon Hill, his estate in the lower Hunter Valley.
Masterly chaos as Steve Coogan stars in stage reboot of Dr Strangelove

2 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Sandra Hall

SaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeDR. STRANGELOVE★★★½CTC. 150 minutes. In cinemasArmando Iannucci’s latest excursion into the wackiest regions of the political world is here. The man who brought us The Death of Stalin has revived Stanley Kubrick’s absurdist classic, Dr. Strangelove or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb, judging quite rightly that its particular brand of insanity is in tune with our times. Want to unlock unlimited news?
Masterly chaos as Steve Coogan stars in stage reboot of Dr Strangelove

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Sandra Hall

By Sandra Hall April 27, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. DR. STRANGELOVE★★★½CTC. 150 minutes. In cinemasArmando Iannucci’s latest excursion into the wackiest regions of the political world is here.
Masterly chaos as Steve Coogan stars in stage reboot of Dr Strangelove

2 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Sandra Hall

DR. STRANGELOVE★★★½CTC. 150 minutes. In cinemasArmando Iannucci’s latest excursion into the wackiest regions of the political world is here. The man who brought us The Death of Stalin has revived Stanley Kubrick’s absurdist classic, Dr. Strangelove or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb, judging quite rightly that its particular brand of insanity is in tune with our times. From left: Oliver Alvin Wilson, Steve Coogan and Dharmesh Patel in Armando Iannucci’s take on Dr Strangelove.