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 reviews, criticism and discussion by Thomas Caldwell
Auteur theory – the idea that a film is the sole artistic vision of the film’s director – has increasingly come under scrutiny in recent
Favourite films released in Melbourne, Australia, in April 2018. By Thomas Caldwell
Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel is a glorious tribute to an imagined era of European civility and innocence before the onslaught of fascism. Channelling the spirit of Ernst
The latest films by Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg and American filmmaker Wes Anderson are on the surface wildly different works, however, a comparison of the
The Royal Tenenbaums is independent director Wes Anderson’s (Bottle Rocket, Rushmore) finest work yet, with its finely tuned humour and complex characterisations that the audience