BRUNA PAPANDREA

PENGUIN BLOOM (2021)
Starring Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln, Jacki Weaver, Rachel House, Gia Carides, Leeanna Walsman, Lisa Hensley, Randolph Fields, Felix Cameron and Abe Clifford-Barr. Directed by Glendyn Ivin.

Cameron and Sam Bloom and their three boys were an everyday family until a shocking, near fatal accident left Sam paralyzed. As the family struggled to adjust to her new situation, an unlikely ally entered their lives in the form of an injured Magpie chick. The family dubbed her 'Penguin.'

REVIEWS Penguin Bloom - An inspiring true Aussie film

THE DRY (2021)
Starring Eric Bana, Genevieve O’reilly, Keir O’donnell, John Polson, Genevieve O'Reilly, Keir O'Donnell, Matt Nable, Eddie Baroo, Martin Dingle Wall and Bebe Bettencourt. Directed by Robert Connolly.

When Federal Agent Aaron Falk returns to his home town after an absence of over twenty years to attend the funeral of his childhood friend, Luke, who allegedly killed his wife and child before taking his own life – a victim of the madness that has ravaged this community after more than a decade of drought. When Falk reluctantly agrees to stay and investigate the crime, he opens up an old wound – the death of 17- year-old Ellie Deacon. Falk begins to suspect these two crimes, separated by decades, are connected. As he struggles to prove not only Luke’s innocence but also his own, Falk finds himself pitted against the prejudice towards him and and pent-up rage of a terrified community.

LITTLE MONSTERS (2019)
Starring Lupita Nyong'O, Josh Gad, Alexander England, Nadia Townsend, Charlie Whitley, Shakila Zab, Chris Bunton, Shia Hamby, Kim Thien Doan and Jorja Travers-Smith. Directed by Abe Forsythe.

Dave is a washed-up musician who volunteers to chaperone his nephew’s kindergarten class field trip after taking a shine to the plucky schoolteacher, Miss Caroline. Dave’s intentions are complicated by the presence of the world’s most famous kids show personality, and competition for Miss Caroline’s affections, Teddy McGiggle. One thing none of them bargained for however, is a sudden zombie outbreak, from which Dave and Miss Caroline must protect the children.

REVIEWS Little Monsters - No brains, all heart

THE NIGHTINGALE (2019)
Starring Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, Baykali Ganambarr, Damon Herriman, Harry Greenwood, Ewen Leslie, Charlie Shotwell, Michael Sheasby, Matthew Sunderland and Magnolia Maymuru. Directed by Jennifer Kent.

Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.

REVIEWS The Nightingale - A blunt and brutal period piece

WILD (2015)
Starring Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Keene McRae, Gaby Hoffmann, Michiel Huisman, Kevin Rankin, Cliff Deyoung, Thomas Sadoski, Randy Schulman and W. Earl Brown. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.

After years of reckless behaviour, a heroin addiction and the destruction of her marriage, Strayed makes a rash decision. Haunted by memories of her mother Bobbi and with absolutely no experience, she sets out to hike more than a thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail all on her own.

REVIEWS Wild - One woman's journey to herself

WARM BODIES (2013)
Starring Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Analeigh Tipton, John Malkovich, Dave Franco, Rob Corddry, Cory Hardrict, Vincent Leclerc, Daniel Rindress-Kay and Chris Cavener. Directed by Jonathan Levine.

R is a young man facing the existential crisis that comes with being a zombie. Grunting his way through a post-apocalyptic America with the mindless hunger of the undead R has no memories, but he has dreams and his inner life is full of wonder and longing for the time that must have gone before.

When the memories in one of his victim’s brains affect him, he finds himself attracted to, rescuing, befriending and eventually falling in love with the dead boy’s still living-girlfriend. Julie is a blast of colour in the dreary and grey landscape that is the “life” of the un-living. Their tense, awkward and strangely sweet relationship develops into something that will not only transform R but his fellow zombies and possibly their entire lifeless world.

REVIEWS Warm Bodies - The undead get hot and funny

LUCY IN THE SKY
Starring Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, Zazie Beetz, Dan Stevens, Ellen Burstyn, Colman Domingo, Jeremiah Birkett, Tig Notaro, Joseph Williamson and Nick Offerman. Directed by Noah Hawley.

Astronaut Lucy Cola returns to Earth after a transcendent experience during a mission to space - and begins to lose touch with reality in a world that now seems too small.