Once again it’s been a busy year for the film team. We’ve covered features, documentaries, kids’ films, and festivals galore. Some of our reviewers have rounded up their favourites from the last 12 months. Do you agree with them???
The Kids Critics Team (with Michelle Baylis)
Your Kids Critics team would like nominate animal films this year –The Garfield Movie and Paddington in Peru. Both films had something in it for adults and kids alike – a laugh, a great story and something to think and talk about afterwards. Paws up to them!
Check out our review of Paddington in Peru
Check out our review of The Garfield Movie
Heather Taylor Johnson
The film I most loved reviewing for Glam Adelaide this year was Lee, the story of Lee Miller, one of the greatest war photographers of the 20th century, who broke the rules of gendered expectations while documenting history’s very darkest moment, the second World War. I’m not sure I’ll ever come across a single movie lover who doesn’t rate Kate Winslet but if I do, I’ll point them to this film, sure that it will change their mind. Winslet shines with an unimaginably perfect blend of confidence and pathos as the titular character, making it impossible to tear your eyes from her when she’s on the screen. It’s no surprise she’s up for a Golden Globe for the role this January.
Check out our review of Lee
Tracey Korsten
Several to choose from this year, but the ones that stand out to me are the quirky and different, often pushing boundaries either in terms of genre or content.
Ryuichi Sakamoto-Opus. A new, poetic, form of documentary. A musical memoire, and a goodbye.
Read our review here.
Your Fat Friend. An urgently important and witty documentary.
Read our review here.
Memory. A grown-up, clever, and heart wrenching, love-story.
Read our review here.
Audrey. An Australian comedy that refreshingly doesn’t pull its punches, or appeal to an infantile sense of humour.
Read our review here.
We hope you get some time over the holidays to check out the new Boxing Day releases, or to catch up on some films on streaming services.
And we look forward to bringing you even more of the best of Australian and world cinema, in 2025.
Happy New Year from the team!
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