Rogue One: Just an intergalactic potboiler
Film review: Gravity (or lack thereof)
The Dressmaker: black comedy, revenge play, western and a lot of fun
The Beautiful but rather implausible Lie
Review of Peppa Pig’s Australian Holiday by Winton Haslett
Luc Bresson, Leon the professional and moral ambiguity
Carol, Anna Karenina and Smoking Lesbians
The Belier Family: extremely feelgood.
Mr Turner, Timothy Spall and the nuanced grunt.
La Femme Nikita and the Pygmalion myth
The Grand Budapest Hotel: Frames and perspectives
The novel as confessional: Did Chris Womersley steal The Weeping Woman?
Harry Brown: A journey back into darkness
Great Expectations of An Invisible Woman
Philomena and the art of cinematic propaganda
The Desolation of Smaug – too little butter, too much bread
The Battle of the Five Armies: that’s all for now folks
Film review: Gravity (or lack thereof)
Is Monuments Men a genre parody?
The use of self-reference in A Great Beauty
How to write a film review: Notes for beginners
The Book Thief: a modern fairy tale for adults
Turning books and films: The case of Great Expectations
The-broken-shore-no-mystery-road
Inside, Outside, Upside Down: Llewyn Davies
Mystery Road – a great Australian film
Shakespeare in Love – a minor masterpiece.
The structure of Ali Smith’s “How to Be Both”
Allied: a sombre but self-conscious film
Carol, Anna Karenina and Smoking Lesbians
