Louise Alston, director of All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane, proves that sometimes it’s better to stay put. Director Louise Alston may not be challenging
Author: Thomas Caldwell
Writer, broadcaster, film critic and film programmer.
Film review – The Tender Hook (2008)
Set during Sydney’s Jazz Age, The Tender Hook infuses the look and doomed love-triangle storyline of a classical Hollywood film noir with a distinctively Australian
Film review – Waltz with Bashir (2008)
Waltz with Bashir begins with the arresting image of a pack of savage dogs hurtling through the street, terrifying onlookers. It is an exhilarating and
Film review – Funny Games U.S. (2007)
German director Michael Haneke (Caché, The Piano Teacher) has remade his 1997 Austrian film Funny Games as an almost shot-for-shot English language version. Funny Games
DVD review – Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story (2007), Region 4, Shock
Pieter-Dirk Uys may not be a familiar name to many people outside of South Africa but to South Africans he is a political satirist of
Film review – Persepolis (2007)
Iranian born Marjane Satrapi was in many ways a typical adolescent girl – opinionated, defiant and rebellious yet a bit of a romantic and very
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