About

df_-lowres My name is Thomas Caldwell and I’m an Australian freelance writer and broadcaster who currently lives in Melbourne and specialises in film criticism and educational writing on film.

Cinema Autopsy is a collection of nearly everything I have written on film over the past 10 years and in 2010 I will be updating it twice a week, predominantly with film reviews.

I am the Thursday film reviewer for The Breakfasters on Triple R 102.7 and I co-host The Casting Couch on JOY 94.9. In the past I have appeared on various Channel 31 television shows as well as other radio stations 774 ABC and 3AK. I have also recently moderated Q&A and panel sessions for the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) and Cinema Nova.

I regularly review films for The Big Issue and my writing has also appeared in various magazines and journals including Senses of Cinema, Metro, Screen Education, Filmink and Screening the Past.

I am the author of Film Analysis Handbook and I am also a member of the Australian Film Critics Association and a professional member of the Australian Film Institute.

Although I have studied film academically, I try to make my writing as accessible as possible. I simply love film in all its forms so I don’t subscribe to any particular school of thought about what makes a good film, nor do I favour one type of film over another. Old or new; Hollywood or art-house; blockbuster or obscure; I try to value every film for what it is and what it is trying to achieve.

Updated 7 February 2010