Wicker, the fairy tale romance where Olivia Colman falls for a man woven out of wicker, reaches Australian cinemas on Thursday with some of the best reviews of the year behind it. It's also got an Australian at the helm, which is part of why the local release was brought forward.

Olivia Colman walks on stage at the Empire of Light gala at the BFI London Film Festival in October 2022. Photo: Raph_PH / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0, modified