On Screen: in cinemas and streaming from June 2021
In this month's column, Lynden Barber praises the storytelling efficiency of TV comedy and examines a film with a Maori theme.
June 16, 2021
Lynden Barber
Lynden Barber is a film and TV commentator of three decades standing and a screen studies teacher. His credits include reviewing for the Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian and The Guardian, and the artistic directorship of the Sydney Film Festival. He has reviewed films for Limelight since 2007.
Articles by Lynden Barber
Review: My Name is Gulpilil (Molly Reynolds)
In a personal documentary David Gulpilil looks back at his life and screen career.
May 24, 2021
On Screen: in cinemas and streaming from May 2021
Lynden Barber celebrates Latin American cinema with Chile’s Ema and Argentina’s Heroic Losers.
May 19, 2021
Review: Supernova (Harry Macqueen)
The performances are marvellously subtle but the film often feels soporific.
April 19, 2021
On Screen: in cinemas and streaming from April 2021
Lynden Barber turns to France in his latest column, spotlighting the fourth season of Call My Agent! and the film My Donkey, My Lover & I.
April 15, 2021
On Screen: in cinemas and streaming from March 2021
It’s certainly harder to justify regular visits to the multiplex when new feature films and serials of quality crop up on the various streaming services, writes Lynden Barber in his latest column.
March 17, 2021
Review: Nomadland (Chloé Zhao)
Docudrama on rural nomads taps into the Steinbeck tradition.
February 22, 2021
On Screen: in cinemas and streaming from February 2021
This month, Lynden Barber reviews the Netflix series Delhi Crime, based on a real, brutal crime committed in 2012, and the droll UK series Detectorists.
January 28, 2021
On Screen: in cinemas and streaming from January 2021
With so much great material for TV streaming viewers to choose from, the conundrum is how to navigate the oversupply, says Lynden Barber in his latest column.
January 6, 2021
Review: Ammonite (Francis Lee)
Even Kate Winslet fails to fire in this slow, miserable film.
December 21, 2020
Review: The Father (Florian Zeller)
Anthony Hopkins gives one of his greatest performances.
November 23, 2020
On Screen: in cinemas and streaming from November 2020
This month, Lynden Barber reviews the film Misbehaviour about a feminist protest against the 1970 Miss World contest, starring Keira Knightley, and the Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit, starring Anya Taylor-Joy as a competitive chess player.
November 11, 2020
Review: Corpus Christi (Jan Komasa)
This powerful drama about a fake priest doesn’t preach.
October 19, 2020