KRISTINA CEYTON

THE FOX (2026)

Starring Sam Neill, Jai Courtney, Olivia Colman, Damon Herriman, Emily Browning, Miranda Otto, Claudia Doumit, Zlatko Buric, Peter O'Brien and Heather Mitchell. Directed by Dario Russo.

Nick, affable heir to a wealthy rural landowner, discovers his fiancée, Kori, is cheating on him and wants nothing more than to just fix the problem. One night, he captures a rogue Fox, and she offers him a trade-off: if Nick lets her live, the Fox will help him save his relationship. All he has to do is push Kori into a magic hole with the power to change her into the perfect partner. Nick follows the Fox’s advice and the Kori who re-emerges seems to be everything he ever wanted. Until her strange new quirks make him question his decision.

LEVITICUS (2026)

Starring Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen, Mia Wasikowska, Jeremy Blewitt, Nicholas Hope, Ewen Leslie, Davida McKenzie, Shannon Berry, Zahra Newman and Tyallah Bullock. Directed by Adrian Chiarella.

The story of two teenage boys, Naim and Ryan, who strike up an unexpected connection. But when their bond draws the attention of their community, a ritual is performed on them, releasing a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most - each other.

REVIEWS Leviticus - When queer love and church curses clash

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

THE BABADOOK (2014)

Starring Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinney, Daniel Henshall, Barbara West, Benjamin Winspear, Cathy Adamek, Craig Behenna, Adam Morgan and Peta Shannon. Directed by Jennifer Kent.

Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia struggles to discipline her "out-of-control" six-year-old Samuel - a son she finds difficult to love. Samuel's dreams are plagued by a monster he believes is coming to kill them both. When a disturbing storybook called 'The Babadook' turns up at their house, Samuel is convinced that the Babadook is the creature he's been dreaming about. And when Amelia begins to see glimpses of the creature herself, it slowly dawns on her that the thing Samuel has been warning her about may well be real.

REVIEWS The Babadook - Aussie horror at its very best