A look at the standout Australian films of the year, highlighting their unique blend of genres, themes, and performances.
From left to right: Audrey, Better Man, Otto on Otto, Late Night With the Devil and Memoir of a Snail. Composite: Snap Factory Productions/Paramount Pictures/Sydney film festival The picks of this year’s bunch are a particularly edgy lot featuring morbid jokes, profound loss and demonic possessions orbid jokes, profound loss, demonic possessions, extreme drug use – but enough about my weekend.
This year’s best Australian films are a particularly edgy bunch, from black comedies to white knuckle drama. To be eligible for this list, films must have had a release outside the festival circuit, either theatrically or via streaming.Setting his psychological horror movie inside a Brisbane hotel room during Covid-19 lockdowns gives writer-director Timothy Despina Marshall a novel way to pry open the well-worn ghost movie genre. Daniel Monks gives a commanding performance as Tobin, an actor who recently landed a big Broadway role but has returned to Australia for his father’s funeral without telling his colleagues, with whom he rehearses on Zoom. But something’s funny about the room he’s in … could it be haunted? Marshall makes a lot from a little, deftly building tension and squeezing every drop out of an obviously small budget.Gracie Otto has crafted a deeply personal production that nobody else could’ve made – about her father, the great Australian actor Barry Otto. Her documentary evolves from being a strong if unremarkable picture of Otto’s career to a very affecting, very tender portrait of his life and art. This film got me thinking about how artistic energy can be like happiness, in that everybody wants it – but nobody can prescribe when they’ll get it or how long it’ll last.Can you save a loved one from drug addiction by kidnapping them and locking them in a room? Jade (rousingly played by Leila George) gives it a crack in this gritty, twitchy drama that pushes the old “cruel to be kind” logic to extreme
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