The Royal Hotel

...a perceptive look at the realities of working at a service job as an outsider when class and gender come into play...

...a chilling and tense examination of the Outback’s toxic alcohol-fueled culture.

...feel harsher than The Assistant, though it’s neither as economical nor as soul-crushing. At least The Royal Hotel has what passes for an upbeat ending.

Kitty Green’s dread-inducing vision of women on the verge.

More cinema of ominous discomfort from Kitty Green as she takes us to an out-of-the-way Australian boozer for some low-boiling violence.

A slight but mightily effective adrenaline rush of a movie, with powerful performances all round and precise direction from Kitty Green.