One of the many atrocities during the Algerian Civil War, between the government and extremist Islamic rebel groups, was the 1996 kidnapping and murder of
Year: 2011
Film review – The Human Resources Manager (2010)
When a foreign worker is killed by a suicide bomber in Israel, the large bakery she worked for comes under attack for failing to notice
Film review – Snowtown (2011)
A film about the Snowtown ‘Bodies in the Barrels’ murders could have gone a number ways. The organised series of killings in the Adelaide suburbs
The federal budget and the Australian film industry
My piece on how the new federal budget may affect the Australian film industry appeared in the arts opinion column Canvas in The Age and The
Film review – Insidious (2010)
The opening titles to the new film by the Saw franchise creators (director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell) suggests that we are about to
Film review – Water for Elephants (2011)
It’s America in 1931 and the realities of the Great Depression followed by the death of his parents leads Jacob Jankowski (Robert Pattinson) to seek refuge