From the very opening scene of Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley it is clear that lovers of film noir are about to experience something very
Author: Thomas Caldwell
Writer, broadcaster, film critic, public speaker and film programmer.
Favourite Films of 2021
Favourite films released in Australia in 2021. By Thomas Caldwell.
Film review – The French Dispatch (2021)
Auteur theory – the idea that a film is the sole artistic vision of the film’s director – has increasingly come under scrutiny in recent
Film review – Palazzo Di Cozzo (2021)
For many generations of Melbournians, the Italian Australian furniture salesman and television personality Franco Cozzo was an iconic figure. Whether it was through seeing his
Film review – No Time to Die (2021)
At the No Time to Die advance screening held for critics in Melbourne there was a polite request for nobody to spoil the film while
Film review – Nitram (2021)
Violence has been a defining aspect of many iconic Australian films that have contributed to our self-mythologising. From historical war films to the depiction of
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