In the early decades of the 20th century, audiences arrived at cinemas prior to feature films to watch pre-show content such as newsreels and serials. One of the trademarks of these serials, which were particularly …
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There are few words reviewers can apply to thrillers and suspense films that are more clichéd than “Hitchcockian.” There are also few directors whose body of work is more suited to that label than American …
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The premise of director John R. Leonetti’s Annabelle involves a demonically possessed porcelain doll that terrorises a young married couple and their newborn baby. Leonetti frames countless shots of the doll that creep closer and …
Read More →Multiculturalism is a familiar topic in Australian cinema, often explored in starkly different genres. Broad comedies such as They’re a Weird Moband The Wog Boy lacquer a serious subject with jokey banter, while hard-hitting …
Read More →It’s rarely a good idea for a reviewer to read analysis of a film before formulating their own, but one criticism of Steven Spielberg’s long-awaited adaptation of Hergé’s beloved Tintin graphic novels — the first …
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