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Searing film bears terrible witness to brutal siege
Winner of the 2024 Academy Award for Best Documentary, 20 Days in Mariupol tracks a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city as the 2022 Russian invasion begins. Source: Australian Catholics.
Honouring the little-known work of a fearless woman of faith
In Cabrini, an Italian immigrant witnesses disease and poverty in the slums of New York and embarks on a daring journey to establish housing and healthcare for hundreds of orphaned children. Source: Australian Catholics.
Odd-couple tragicomic romance an uplifting affair
Fallen Leaves is a subtitled Finnish-German film about two lonely people who meet by chance in a karaoke bar. Source: Australian Catholics.
Weaving dominates screen as feral hermit
In The Rooster, a small-town cop seeks answers from a volatile hermit after his oldest friend is found buried in a shallow grave. Source: Australian Catholics.
Chilling look at the banality of evil
The Zone of Interest is an international historical drama that tells the story of the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp who lives with his wife and children in a house built next to the camp. Source: Australian Catholics.
Writer loses the plot when life starts imitating art
In Argylle, a reclusive author who writes espionage novels realises the plot of the new book she’s writing starts to mirror real-world events, in real time. Source: Australian Catholics.
Bush setting looms large in Australian thriller
Force of Nature – The Dry 2 is an Australian mystery thriller about five co-workers who go hiking on a staff retreat but only four return. Source: Australian Catholics.
Uplifting story of survival, faith and hope – with good songs
In the movie musical The Color Purple, a woman faces many hardships but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood. Source: Australian Catholics.
Giamatti a curmudgeon to warm the heart
In The Holdovers, a cranky history teacher at a remote prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a troubled student who has no place to go. Source: Australian Catholics.