I first read Kenneth Cook’s 1961 novel Wake in Fright in 1990. It was a set text for my English class and not something that I
Author: Thomas Caldwell
Writer, broadcaster, film critic and film programmer.
Film review – Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
The computer animated Ice Age films tend to get a bit lost in the mix when up against the output of studios such as Pixar
Film review – Every Little Step (2008)
Any insight into the casting process of a Broadway show could potentially be of interest but what makes Every Little Step so fascinating is that
Film review – Wake in Fright (1971)
While watching the start of Wake in Fright you could be forgiven for thinking you were watching a Sergio Leone film. The music and opening
Film review – Coco avant Chanel (2009)
Director Anne Fontaine has said of the iconic French fashion designer Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel, “It was not so much the fashion as the characteristics of
Film review – Disgrace (2008)
J. M. Coetzee’s widely acclaimed and awarded 1999 novel Disgrace is a bleak and provocative examination of the uncertain political climate in post Apartheid South
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