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The Lost Bus is a tense ride through 2018's Camp Fire - one of the deadliest in US history. The school run turns into a fight for survival when bus driver Kevin McKay (Matthew McConaughey) must drive 22 kids and their teacher (America Ferrara) to safety. sfgate.com/entertainment/…

In Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing, Austin Butler leads an enigmatic cast (including) a cat with more than nine lives. Butler plays a baseball player turned bartender grappling with his past when he gets caught in his neighbours feud with a crime ring. bfi.org.uk/sight-and-soun…

The Naked Gun is a laugh-out-loud revival of the original. Liam Neeson stars as a bumbling cop trying to live up to his father’s name, while Pamela Anderson shines as a femme fatale who also proves her comedic chops. thecurb.com.au/the-naked-gun-…

James J Robinson's debut First Light explores religion, institutional power and corruption. The film centres on an ageing nun who, after the death of a construction worker, questions her faith and confronts the morality of the lifestyle she's devoted to. thecurb.com.au/miff-review-fi…

The third series of The Twelve cracks a cold case wide open. In 1968 coastal WA, two teenage girls vanish. Decades later, criminal barrister Brett Colby faces the case of a murdered true-crime author, while a man connected to the original case is arrested. screenhub.com.au/news/reviews/t…

In Friendship, Craig meets his magnetic new neighbour and latches on with enthusiasm. But their bond quickly unravels, leaving him lonely and vengeful. What follows is a string of desperate gestures, emotional misfires, and plenty of secondhand cringe. empireonline.com/movies/reviews…

In 'Together', Alison Brie and Dave Franco star as a couple who leave behind their old lives for the country. Becoming increasingly dependent on each other, strange things occur that bring them closer ‘together’ as their relationship falls apart. thejamreport.com/2025/06/05/rev…

Such Brave Girls turns trauma and family dysfunction into a shocking comedy. Created by and starring Kat Sadler and her own sister Lizzie Davidson, the series has a no holds barred approach to depicting modern womanhood. Raw, honest, and brutally funny. theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

In 'If I Had Legs I’d Kick You' Rose Byrne delights as a therapist whose life is crumbling. Her patient goes missing, she’s navigating her daughter’s mental illness, and the ceiling literally collapses on her - she’s hardly fit to give therapeutic advice. indiewire.com/criticism/movi…

Sorry Baby is a quietly devastating, yet deeply funny, exploration of trauma and the path to healing. Agnes is the youngest person at her college to be made a full-time professor, but a traumatic experience has left her and stuck in the past. truthdig.com/articles/the-c…

Twinless follows two grieving men who form an unlikely bond as they work through their trauma. What begins as an offbeat comedy quickly spirals as the film morphs into a much darker and complex story of obsession. theaureview.com/watch/twinless…

The Survivors is a gripping drama exploring how past traumas shape our present. When Kieran returns to the sleepy Tasmanian town of Evelyn Bay, a mysterious death stirs up memories of the town’s haunted past - where three young people died years earlier. thenightly.com.au/culture/tv/the…

Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou return with another chilling horror, Bring Her Back. When two siblings are placed with a new foster family, things seem off from the start. But when they witness an occult ritual, their new reality becomes a nightmare. bloody-disgusting.com/reviews/386869…

Universal Language is a good kind of strange. Set in a surreal Winnipeg, the whimsical triptych follows two mischievous schoolchildren, a bumbling tour guide and a man reconnecting with his ailing mother, as their lives weaving together in unexpected ways. thecurb.com.au/universal-lang…

Unfolding in real time over one violent day, Warfare is an unflinching and realistic portrayal of a Navy Seal mission in Iraq, 2006. Co-directed by Alex Garland and war veteran Ray Mendoza, the film is based on Mendoza’s memories from his experiences. bbc.com/culture/articl…

Dark, poignant and unflinching, Chinese-Australian Amy Wang makes her directorial debut with Slanted, a body horror set in one of the most terrifying places imaginable: high school. austinchronicle.com/daily/sxsw/202…

A gripping true story, The Correspondent follows Australian journalist Peter Greste’s 2013 arrest and imprisonment in Egypt on dubious terrorism charges. The film is a tense exploration of power, resilience, and the risks faced in the fight for justice. smh.com.au/culture/movies…

Sinners is a genre-bending tale that weaves together folkloric horror, southern gothic and vampire mythos. But this nightmare is rooted in more than bloodlust: these monsters symbolise generational trauma, cultural erasure, and a desire for connection. pitchfork.com/thepitch/sinne…

The Narrow Road to the Deep North sees Jacob Elordi as Dorrigo Evans, an army medic who becomes a Japanese prisoner of war during WW2. The epic unfolds in three phases; his life pre-war, his time working on the Burma railway, and finally as an older man. bbc.com/culture/articl…

Cillian Murphy leads quietly disarming Small Things Like These. Bill Furlong is a coal merchant living a quiet life, balancing his time between work and his family - until he witnesses a young girl being handed over to the nuns from the town convent. writersmosaic.org.uk/reviews/small-…