Organised crime has long been a favourite topic in cinema with the gangster film being a favourite Hollywood genre ever since the 1930s. Gangster films
Film review – Synecdoche, New York (2008)
There aren’t many writers working in film who have achieved the auteur status that is usually reserved for directors, but Charlie Kaufman is one of
Film review – The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Nobody could accuse contemporary German cinema of shying away from the past. Films like The Downfall, The Lives of Others and now The Baader Meinhof
Film review – Samson and Delilah (2009)
You won’t be alone if you come out of Samson and Delilah in a dream-like state, as the mesmerising power of this new Australian film
Warwick Thornton and Kath Shelper interview (Samson and Delilah)
On Tuesday 10 March 2009 I interviewed writer/director Warwick Thornton and producer Kath Shelper in the JOY 94.9 studios in Melbourne. The pair had just
Film review – X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Comic book film adaptations recently have become very serious and respectable with The Dark Knight and Watchmen demonstrating that films based on comic books can
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