Sarah Ward
FeaturesHow ‘Black Box Diaries’ filmmaker Shiori Ito took control of her own story
A survivor of a 2015 sexual assault, Shiori Ito chose to tell her own story with her film Black Box Diaries. She tells Screen why it was vital to shine light on her life’s darkest moment.
Reviews‘Damage’: Review
Sensitive Australian two-hander centres on an immigrant taxi driver and his frail elderly passenger
FeaturesSydney Film Festival & EFP’s 10 European women filmmakers to watch
Spotlighting 10 female directors from Europe.
FeaturesJane Campion breaks down four key scenes from ‘The Power of the Dog’
The first female director to be nominated twice at the Oscars, Jane Campion dissects her brooding, powerful Netflix western.
FeaturesHow Kodi Smit-McPhee left his comfort zone for ‘The Power Of The Dog’ role
Kodi Smit-McPhee’s performance keeps the audience guessing about his character’s true intentions in Jane Campion’s The Power Of The Dog.
Reviews‘Here Out West’: Review
Ambitious Australian portmanteau from Western Sydney showcases diverse homegrown talent
Reviews‘Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway’: Review
Beatrix Potter’s bunny hops back into cinemas after a year’s delay at a fast and furious pace
Reviews‘The Drover’s Wife The Legend Of Molly Johnson’: SXSW Review
Leah Purcell directs and stars and writes this Outback revenge thriller based on her own stageplay of an 19th century story
Reviews‘Ballad Of A White Cow’: Berlin Review
A Tehran factory worker is told that her husband’s execution was a mistake
Reviews‘Celts’: Berlin Review
For her debut feature, Milica Tomovic takes the viewer to Belgrade in 1993 and a child’s fractious birthday party
Reviews‘Language Lessons’: Berlin Review
Mark Duplass and Natalie Morales dial up a lockdown feature and friendship
Reviews‘Ninjababy’: Berlin Review
Norway’s Yngvild Sve Flikke delivers an amusing and thoughtful story about a surprise pregnancy
Reviews‘The Dry’: Review
Eric Bana leads a small-town investigation to the top of the Australian box office
Reviews‘Lost Course’: IDFA Review
Winner at the Golden Horse awards, Jill Li’s epic documentary charts a local revolution’s rise and stumble
Reviews'February': Tokyo Review
A sensitive portrait of a Bulgarian shepherd at key moments in his life
Reviews‘The Bike Thief’: Tokyo Review
A Romanian pizza delivery driver scours London’s streets for his stolen moped
Reviews‘The Old Town Girls’: Tokyo Review
Source: Tokyo International Film Festival ‘The Old Town Girls’
Reviews‘Bilesuvar’: Busan Review
The titular Azerbaijan city serves as the setting for five loosely intertwined vignettes
Reviews‘School Town King’: Busan Review
Two Bangkok teens rap about their lives in the Klong Toey slum in this empathetic documentary