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Step right up to stream, rent, or buy dark circus noir Nightmare Alley
Now an Oscar nominee, Guillermo del Toro’s carny freakshow is available from the discomfort of your own home.


Retrospective: Hard Eight may be Paul Thomas Anderson’s worst – but it’s still very, very good
In a career filled with masterpieces, PTA’s debut is absolutely worth consideration alongside the rest.


Carny noir Nightmare Alley cements Guillermo del Toro as our finest film fantasist
In this gloriously dark carnival ride, everyone is a fallen soul—a shill or a grifter, a predator or a patsy.


8 movies arriving in cinemas this January that we’re excited about
Ghostface! Ghostbusters! Guillermo Del Toro putting on a film noir freak show!


Hugh Jackman’s sci-fi noir Reminiscence is being fast-tracked to digital release
Even as it’s still screening in some Aussie cinemas, this high-concept feature will take your living room to sunken, futuristic world.


Rediscovering Kiss or Kill, Australia’s forgotten noir classic
Dripping with atmosphere and packed with excellent performances, this forgotten gem is now available to stream.


A razor-sharp restoration of Basic Instinct is coming soon to Australian cinemas
Paul Verhoeven’s controversial thriller defined nineties eroticism; here’s your chance to see it in glorious HD.


Why Perry Mason is the hard-boiled hero our times need
Matthew Rhys’ compromised but committed gumshoe ranks among the best screen detectives in recent years.


Why Mystery Road is Australia’s greatest franchise
New town, new case, new dramas, same old Jay Swan. We wouldn’t have it any other way.


5 movie lady detectives who should team up with Miss Fisher
From Lisbeth Salander to Miss Congeniality, this town IS big enough for more than one female PI.


Of course David Lynch released a Netflix short about a murderous film noir monkey
The 17-minute long short was released on Lynch’s birthday because why not.


It’s November 2019 – what did Blade Runner get right about the present day?
The 1982 sci-fi classic correctly predicted virtual assistants and video calling
