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Flow Shatters the Disney-Pixar Fantasy - Here’s Why

Does Mickey 17 Deserve to Be the First Box-Office Bomb of 2025?

How to Survive a Dictatorship

Budget? What budget? Indie Gems Grab the Oscar Gold!

Don't Miss this Extraordinary Film

Why The Seed of the Sacred Fig is the Film Iran Doesn’t Want You to Watch

Companion Gives Toxic Masculinity a Delicious Digital Twist

Babygirl is Sizzling and Rare - But Does it Bite Off More Than it Can Chew?

Feb is Looking Fab for Streaming! Here’s Why

Unpacking the Mystery and Genius of A Complete Unknown

Why Emilia Pérez is the Riskiest Movie You’ve Seen in Years

Yes, It’s Okay to Laugh at a Holocaust Movie

Anora is Three Wild Films Rolled into One

The 5 Films You Can’t Miss This New Year

The Room Next Door Could Change Your Mind About Euthanasia

Piece by Piece is 2024’s Most Surprising (and Inspiring) Movie

Haters Will Tell You Wicked Sucks. Here’s Why They’re Wrong.

This Refugee Film Was Blasted By a Right-Wing Government – Then it Helped Overthrow Them

Bored With Blockbusters? Memory Will Reignite Your Love For Cinema

A Different Man (Literally) Strips Away How We Look at Disfigurement

What Do Taylor Swift and Mozart’s Sister Have in Common?

There’s Nothing Like Memoir of a Snail - Just Try Not to Cry

The Five Films that Could Change You at This Year’s Adelaide Film Festival

If You Don’t Love The Wild Robot, Check Your Pulse

Life Going Nowhere? You Need a Visit From My Old Ass

Holy SH*T! The Substance is a Weapons-Grade Takedown of the Male Gaze

Thelma Makes You Rethink Your Grandma’s Use-By Date

Welcome to Pitch-Black Paradise. Here’s Why You Won’t Forget Blink Twice

It Ends With Us is a Runaway Success. But Does it Help Domestic Violence Awareness?

Know Someone with Autism? Watch Ezra

This Wave Scares the World’s Best Surfers. Matt Formston Took it On Blind.

Ka-Ching! Everything You Need to Know About How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies

A Film that Changes Your Life? Actually, This One Could Change Your Death.

How A Quiet Place: Day One Reinvents the Idea of Survival

Why is Inside Out 2 Smashing Box Office Records?

How to Shatter a Glass Ceiling, One Note at a Time

None of Us Know the Future. The Beast Taps Into that Fear

Radical Blows Up the Classroom… and Rewrites How to Inspire Us

Is IF the Warm Hug We All Kinda Need Right Now?

How to Feel Reborn: Unpacking the Gentle Mysteries of Monster

Sydney Film Festival 2024:
Don’t Miss These Breakout Films!

How Does The Teachers' Lounge Play on our Fears About the Truth?

Need Your Next Shōgun Fix? 
Here's 5 Series You Should Start Watching Yesterday

Does Challengers Have Substance Under its Sexy Surface?

Is Civil War a Warning… or a Preview?

Monkey Man is SO Much More Than the ‘Indian John Wick’

Simple Joys:
is Perfect Days the Most Zen Movie Ever?

Thinking Like a Monk:
How American Fiction Slices
White Wokeness Wide Open

Origin Reshapes How We See Each Other. It’s a Game Changer.

Is The Zone of Interest the Most
Important Movie of the Millennium?

Is Anatomy of a Fall the Best ‘Worst Date Movie’ Ever?

It’s Just What Grown Ups Do: the Disturbing Grey Areas of May December

A 50 Million Year Old Song: the Wonder of Whale Nation

Always on My Mind: the Haunting Second Chances of All of Us Strangers

The Holdovers: a Warm Hug in an Itchy Christmas Jumper

Driven By Emotion: Exploring the Grief that Haunts Ferrari

Beyond the Baton: 
the Passion and Pain of Maestro

Ciao Bella! 5 Reasons You NEED to See Poor Things

Loved 'The Double Life of My Billionaire Husband'? Here's 7 of the Best Romance Movies About Love, Money and Marriage

Bottoms Up! The Queer Gen Z Fight Club is Here

Jars Full of Snakes: How The Royal Hotel Puts Toxic Masculinity Under the Spotlight

Summertime Sadness: How Saltburn Slices Into the Upper Crust

I Like the Stock! How Dumb Money Scratches That ‘Eat the Rich’ Itch

Fierce and Furious: How Nyad Says “F**k That!” to Ageing Quietly

The Story of Oil & Greed Behind Scorsese’s Finest Epic Tragedy

This Time, it’s Different: the New Aussie Music Film that ‘Gets’ Cancer

Healing the Broken: How ‘The Healing’ Explores an Emotional and Inspiring Alliance

The Deeply Personal Story Behind Shayda

Scrappy Charm: the Cheeky New Film about Grief that’s Winning Audiences Over

Un-Bio-lievable! Why ‘Biosphere’ is the Most Wildly Unconventional Climate Movie Ever

Siren Song: How ‘Past Lives’ Gloriously Redefines the Romantic Drama

Dead and Berried: How Ego and Ambition Blew Up the World’s First Smartphone

Gamer to Pro Sportscar Racer: is ‘Gran Turismo’ the Most Meaningful Racing Movie You’ll See?

Talk to the Hand: the Aussie Horror Hit Unpacking Grief and Loss

Destroyer of Worlds: a Legacy Put Under the Lens in Oppenheimer

Life in Plastic: How the Barbie Movie Punctures the Patriarchy

An Impossible Mission: Does ‘Dead Reckoning’ Live Up to the Hype?

Crazy Risque Asians: is ‘Joy Ride’ the Most Riotous Minority Comedy Ever?

Things Are About to Get Real: the FBI Whistleblower Movie that’s Ripped from the Headlines

Hard and Fast: is No Hard Feelings the Modern Millennial Comedy We’ve Been Waiting For?

Healing is Hidden in the Past: the Stolen Generations Story Every Australian Should See

The Spirit of Survival: the New Australian Documentary Asking Humanity, Are We the Endangered Generation?

Sweet & Sour: How ‘Sweet As’ Explores Indigenous Coming-of-Age Through a New Lens

Part of Your World: Does Disney’s Culturally Diverse Reboot of The Little Mermaid Get Racial Inclusivity Right?

At a Standstill: 
How Aussie Mystery “Limbo”
Uses a Mining Town to Explore 
Grief, Connection and Justice

If We Leave, They Win: 
How The Inspection Uses Defiance and Pride to Tell a New LGBTQIA+ Story

Don’t Be Afraid… Joaquin Phoenix Goes Extreme to Bring an Anxiety Dream to the Screen

The Gentle Giant… is Bob Brown the most revolutionary Aussie politician we’ve ever had?

I Wanna Be Like Mike… is AIR the Greatest Sports Story You’ve Never Heard?

Going for Broke

Coming of Age

Get Busy Living

How Art Fought Greed… and Won

Let There Be Light

Here Comes the Sun

Talking Points

The best social impact movies and TV shows every month

Best Of The Month

The 2025 Films That Are Already Popping Our Corn

State of the Union: Would You Fight a Two Trillion Dollar Company?

Have You Seen the Movie the World is Walking Out Of?

What the Florals of "It Ends With Us" Says About Starting Tough Conversations

Which Mental Health Movie is Smashing Box Office Records?! (hint: it’s not Deadpool & Wolverine)

The Bear is Anxious AF… So Why is it So Bingeable?

A Muslim Female Punk Band?! Yep, and It’s Unmissable

What’s the New Netflix Series that’s Got Jaws Dropping?

Samurais and Socialites!

Sex, Desire and Spies for Hire: February’s Best Streaming, News and Reviews

Swallow The Universe! January’s Best Streaming, News and Reviews

Have You Seen 
Our Top 3 Impact Films of 2023?

That’s a Wrap! The Best of November at good.film

That’s a Wrap! The Best of October at good.film

Killers and Champions: the Best of October at good.film

September is About Survival at good.film

Asteroids and Past Lives... August at good.film

Your Mission (if you choose to accept it)... July at good.film

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How movies, TV and other forms of entertainment make real impact on our world

Impact Entertainment

Inspired by Origin? Here’s a Watchlist with an Australian Perspective

The Whale Nation Watchlist

True Colours: How We Built Our Algorithm to Combat Online Racism

Finding Purpose: An Impact Response Guide to The Healing

Take Another Look: How Dirty Dancing Took the Conversation around Safe Abortion Out of the Corner

Dig Deeper: Here’s Our Impact Picks at the 2023 Sydney Underground Film Festival

Best of the Fest: Our Impact Picks at the 2023 Sydney Film Festival

The Impact of Your Ticket: Causes Supported by Good Tix

Shattering the Silence: 
the Female-Led Investigation that Brought an Infamous Predator to Justice

Community Centred - 5 Great Movies that Prove Home is Where the Heart is

Popcorn Planet: Five Movies that Changed the World For Good

Cause and Effect: How ‘Goods’ is Changing the Game of Giving

Sudden Impact: How Stories Are Changing Our World For Good.

A fresh look at movies that inspire us to care for the earth

Earth & Environment

Like Father, Like Son:
Retracing the Oar Strokes of the Greatest Aussie Enviro Protest Ever

Enviro-Rewind: 5 Great Environment Movies That Are Worth Your Time

Clearer Waters - Did Waterworld Wake Us Up to Climate Change?

Let Us Prey - How Nature and Culture Reinvigorated a Popcorn Franchise

The Tonic of Wildness - Five Movies where Nature is the Star

Natural Selection - How Studio Ghibli Heroes our Environment

A guide to movies that explore mental health in unique ways

Mental Health

Bravo Pedro! The Spanish Filmmaker Who ‘Gets’ Mental Health

Head Strong - 4 Classic Movies That Were Surprisingly On Point About Mental Health

Happy Mind, Happy Life - Three mental health movies that are way more entertaining than you might think

Looking at Loneliness… Together. 5 Movies With a Unique Take on Loneliness

Who Run the World? 3 Zeitgeisty Female-Led Flicks with a
Fresh Take on Mental Health

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