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Challengers

Challengers

★★★★½

Film review by Sun Staff - Cameron Palin

Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers is a fun and thrilling tennis love triangle movie from one of the best directors working today. Where Guadagnino’s previous films have been swooning and achingly romantic (think Call Me By Your Name or Bones And All), this is a far more spry and playful affair, with three very attractive leads competing for each other both on and off the tennis court. Zendaya is brilliant as the fiercely competitive…

This ANZAC DAY we have a special screening of Gallipoli in honour of our Diggers.
APRIL 25, 1pm
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Alien is back on our big screen celebrating it's 45th Anniversary with a brand new 4K remaster of The “Original Theatrical Cut”
Sat 27th Apr: 8:30pm
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I was nervous for this movie, mostly because it's a whole different time period, and I wasn't sure if this could live up to the masterpiece of the trilogy. Luckily, this follows in their footsteps. This movie is amazing. I had a blast.

Challengers

Challengers

★★★★½

this is an appreciation post for the soundtrack

Baritone horns and a 4:3 aspect ratio frame introduce us to the cozy, homely world of ‘Fremont,’ the fourth feature by the Iranian-British director Babak Jalali. California’s populous city becomes an inconspicuous stage for the Afghan communities; among those, we find the desperate for a dream young and cryptically insecure Donya (Anaita Wali Zada). Donya, now in her 20s, seems to be ready for her close-up with a significant other -or perhaps not.

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Cinematic Time Capsule
1981 Marathon - Film #45

”How fast are you going to run?”
“As fast as a leopard.”
“Then let’s see you do it”

Peter Weir’s war film tricks you into thinking it’s actually a coming of age buddy film that’s simply using war as a back drop.

Then once you’ve let your guard down and given into it’s boyish sense of duty and adventure, he proceeds to stab you in the heart with a bayonet of cold…