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Author Nadine Whitney

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Nadine Hasselt Whitney holds qualifications in cinema, literature, cultural studies, education and design. When not writing about film, art or books, she can be found napping and missing her cat.

Sequin in a Blue Room Review – A Stimulating Tale of Finding Yourself in the Digital Age

Nadine Whitney
August 28, 2020
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The first feature film from director Samuel Van Grinsven pulls no punches in identifying that it is a homosexual film. The title card claims the film’s orientation and doesn’t wait for the audience to graduall...

The Pact Director Peter Blackburn on Theatre, Creativity in Lockdown, and Support

Nadine Whitney
August 28, 2020
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Accomplished Melbourne stage director Peter Blackburn has worked on some of the best loved plays in contemporary Australian theatre. When Melbourne went into lockdown he didn’t let the lack of a live audience ...

La Llorona Review – A Subtle and Persuasive Horror Masterpiece

Nadine Whitney
August 22, 2020
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Jayro Bustamante’s new slow burn horror film La Llorona is less interested in what most would call traditional horror and more concerned with a political spectre that hangs over the country of Guatemala with i...

The Pact: Closer Than You Think – Rose Flanagan Talks About the Phoenix-Like Webseries in the Midst of Covid

Nadine Whitney
August 19, 2020
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As Melbourne streets empty and the city shuts down, so too many of the creative industries that have given Melbourne the enviable title of Australia’s foremost City of the Arts. COVID-19 has pushed creatives t...

Shirley Review – A Film Made of Tremendously Seductive Dreams and Nightmares

Nadine Whitney
July 9, 2020
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Powered by JustWatch With Shirley, director Josephine Decker has created a film that is not in any way a literal or traditional biographic rendering of the novelist Shirley Jackson....

D’Art Review – Just Like the Goggomobil Dart: Something Quite Surprising and Joy Filled

Nadine Whitney
July 1, 2020
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What can an audience expect from a documentary about an art project that began with two old mates, one a painter and the other an eccentric collector, discussing what it would be like to paint a rare car in a ...

Forman vs. Forman Review – A Fascinating Excursion Through the Life and Mind of One of the Great Filmmakers

Nadine Whitney
July 1, 2020
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With the documentary Forman vs. Forman, writer and director Helena Treštikova has created an intimate and philosophical portrait of the multi award winning Czech/American director Milos Forman. Building layer ...

Leaving Allen Street Review – A Wonderful Piece About the Joy of Coming Together

Nadine Whitney
June 28, 2020
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Depictions of people with disabilities in films are often troubled with a predilection for filmmakers to craft their stories in a manner that will result in their stories serving as what is known as inspiratio...

The Assistant Review – A Quiet Film With a Loud Premise

Nadine Whitney
June 8, 2020
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Director and screenwriter Kitty Green’s first foray into the world of fictional filmmaking, The Assistant, is a quiet film with a loud premise about the culture that creates a hostile environment for women wor...

Come to Daddy Review – What the F**k Did I Just Watch?

Nadine Whitney
June 5, 2020
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This review contains spoilers. Every first sentence I’ve tried to write for this review I have ended up deleting in frustration. I don’t know where to begin with New Zealander Ant Timpson’s first full lengt...
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