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Sandra Hall

Film Critic

Australia

Australia

59 pro reviews

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Latest published

The Salt Path (2024)
Publish Date: May 13, 2025
"In the face of misfortune on this scale, it’s tempting to tune out and leave them to it, but Anderson and Isaacs are both so appealing in the roles that you can’t help becoming involved (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
The Road to Patagonia (2022)
Publish Date: May 1, 2025
"Ready to chuck it all in and go adventuring? Maybe watch this first (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
Grand Tour (2024)
Publish Date: February 13, 2025
"Weirdly compelling (...) Rating: *** (out of 5)"

The Age
Wicked (2024)
Publish Date: November 19, 2024
"[Chu]’s achieved everything a film adaptation of a stage show is meant to do. He’s used the freedoms of the screen to make the original bigger and better. (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
The Moogai (2024)
Publish Date: October 29, 2024
"The monster itself is quite an accomplishment, but unfortunately, this well-intentioned film isn’t as scary as it’s trying to be (...) Rating: *** (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
Memoir of a Snail (2024)
Publish Date: October 16, 2024
"All the extremes are here and the fact Elliott manages to extract such joy from this carnage makes his work remarkable (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
Hellboy: The Crooked Man (2024)
Publish Date: October 10, 2024
"It’s all too much. The horrors are piled on in such quantities that any possibility of being scared or even slightly repulsed soon evaporates (...) Rating: ** (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
Blink Twice (2024)
Publish Date: August 22, 2024
"The script’s satirical intent soon gets lost amid the bloodletting, which is a pity because there are some mordant moments along the way (...) Rating: *** (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
Sleeping Dogs (2024)
Publish Date: July 31, 2024
"It’s an engrossing plunge into the film noir tradition and it’s a pleasure to watch Crowe embody the very fallible Freeman (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
Freud’s Last Session (2023)
Publish Date: April 24, 2024
"Anthony Hopkins is at his sarcastic best in 'Freud's Last Session' (...) Rating: ***1/2 (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
Rachel's Farm (2023)
Publish Date: August 7, 2023
"A hugely valuable adventure infused with Ward’s insatiable curiosity and staunch refusal to give up, no matter what (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
John Farnham: Finding the Voice (2023)
Publish Date: May 17, 2023
"It's a story with everything -laughter, tears, love and rock'n'roll. And Poppy Stockell's documentary captures it all (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
November (2022)
Publish Date: May 10, 2023
"Its meticulous disdain for false heroics makes its integrity as remarkable as the brilliance with which it’s been put together (...) Rating: ****1/2 (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
The Pope's Exorcist (2023)
Publish Date: April 5, 2023
"Russell Crowe has fun dancing with the devil in this twist on 'The Exorcist' (...) Rating: *** (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
Emily (2022)
Publish Date: January 10, 2023
"It's not easy to portray a writer. But there's a febrile watchfulness in [Mackey's] performance that seems just right (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
A Man Called Otto (2022)
Publish Date: December 29, 2022
"The manner of its telling reveals such a wry and tender regard for Otto and the people who help bring him back to the land of the living, that your initial skepticism doesn't stand a chance (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
Blueback (2022)
Publish Date: December 29, 2022
"A love letter to Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef and the sea creatures that make their home there (...) Rating: ***1/2 (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
Ennio: The Maestro (2021)
Publish Date: December 6, 2022
"The film does take you deep into the mind and imagination of an astonishingly audacious music-maker (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
The Road Dance (2021)
Publish Date: December 6, 2022
"[There is a] craggy grandeur of the island itself, with its huddled stone cottages and the closeness of those who dwell in them (...) Rating: ***1/2 (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald
Kompromat (2022)
Publish Date: November 29, 2022
"An accomplished action director, Salle has a finely tuned feel for pace and timing and the current political scene adds an extra frisson. It's a wild ride (...) Rating: **** (out of 5)"

Sydney Morning Herald

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