In 1957 Marilyn Monroe stared in The Prince and the Showgirl opposite Sir Laurence Olivier, the film’s director and co-star. According to Simon Curtis’s My
Author: Thomas Caldwell
Writer, broadcaster, film critic and film programmer.
Film review – The Grey (2012)
Liam Neeson is John Ottway, a severely depressed man working in a remote part of Alaska with an oil drilling team. Ottway’s job is to
Glamour over grit at the AACTA Awards Ceremony
I’ve recently become one of the regular film and television columnist for the Kill Your Darlings blog Killings. For my first piece I wrote about
Film review – Shame (2011)
In The Lost Weekend (1945) Billy Wilder portrayed alcoholism as a serious affliction rather than a delightful and humorous eccentricity. In The Man with the
The Movie Man: Martin Scorsese
There are few filmmakers who rival Martin Scorsese’s contribution to cinema. The 69-year-old New Yorker is part of the passionate and highly film-literate moviemakers (including
Film review – The Artist (2011)
One of the most significant developments in the history of cinema was the introduction of sound. Once the technology was ready and the public developed
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