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Column: Film and TV

God in all things: Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s Hail

by Josh Nelson , November 29, 2012 • 2 Comments

In an industry where marginalised social classes are routinely depicted as loveable larrikins, comical bogans or dangerous criminals and sexual predators, Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s Hail signals something of a breakthrough in Australian cinema. Based on the life and stories of Daniel P. Jones (who also performs the lead … Read more »

Column: Film and TV

The souls of successful men

by Brad Nguyen , February 21, 2012 • 2 Comments

Playing like an episode of Mad Men reworked into a treatise on the Current State of Twentysomethings, Any Questions for Ben? is a film insistent on its own contemporariness. Note the superimposed text at the start of the film pointedly informing us that Ben can’t stay one … Read more »

Reviews

Review: Wasted on the Young

by January Jones , May 12, 2011 • 1 Comment

Reminiscent of Australian high school dramas such as Blackrock and 2:37, Wasted on the Young is the feature debut of writer/director Ben C. Lucas. Filmed in Western Australia, the story takes place at an exclusive private school, which we are informed is the best because ‘it’s the … Read more »