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1 week ago | flicks.com.au | Stephen Russell |Luke Buckmaster |Eliza Janssen |Craig Mathieson

It was a little wetter and windier than usual when the Sydney Film Festival (SFF) embarked on its 72nd edition, but the inclement weather didn’t dampen my excitement. Determined to see as many movies as possible across the 12-day festival, these are my top picks likely heading to a cinema (or streamer) near you. Sirât Capital letters CINEMA, you literally feel Spanish-French filmmaker Óliver Laxe’s Moroccan desert-set epic in your bones.

1 week ago | flicks.com.au | Clarisse Loughrey |Amelia Berry |Steve Newall |Luke Buckmaster

| 8 episodes With season two, Apple TV+’s The Buccaneers has nicely consolidated its brand. This is Bridgerton for the Sofia Coppola girlies, a lipstick-stained soap opera about hot young people with a chronic inability to commit, splashed with pop-punk feminism, pastel silks, and the occasional social insight.

1 week ago | flicks.com.au | Eliza Janssen

Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland reunite, 23 years later, for this third film in the apocalyptic infection series... More Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland reunite, 23 years later, for this third film in the apocalyptic infection series following the events of 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later. Stars Ralph Fiennes, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O'Connell and Jodie Comer. This is the first part of a planned trilogy.

2 weeks ago | flicks.com.au | Amelia Berry |Rory Doherty |Dominic Corry |Liam Maguren

Having relationship issues? Well, be warned that Revolutionary Road tackles the politics of ‘settling down’ head-on, without flinching. It’s classy, it’s pretty, sometimes it’s even very, very funny, but not once does it release its grip on the theme. Arguably the two most watchable Hollywood stars of their generation, Winslet and DiCaprio are at their peaks – nailing every difficult scene, feeding off each other, making the Wheelers seem as real as the seat you’re sitting in.

2 weeks ago | flicks.com.au | Liam Maguren |Luke Buckmaster |Craig Mathieson |Travis Johnson

A new film just landed on Netflix with the hopes of kickstarting a UFC fighter’s acting career. And it might just work, not only because he turns out to be a watchable actor, but because the film itself is yet another punchy French action flick currently populating the streaming platform. Get a whiff of France’s latest slab of Netflix action as well as similar bone-crunchers from the country of love to add to your Flicks watchlist.