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
