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Travis writes about all things cinema. Find more of his work at http://www.celluloidandwhiskey.com/

Below Cinefest Oz Review – A Stripped-Back, Pitch-Black Sci-Fi Farce

Travis Johnson
September 10, 2019
Reviews
Every so often you come across a film that fits your sensibilities so closely that you suspect it’s somehow fallen through a crack in reality from a neighbouring universe in which you yourself are a filmmaker....

The Clear Eyed Cynicism of Breaker Morant

Travis Johnson
August 22, 2019
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It’s the laconic cynicism of Breaker Morant that always appealed to me. History and general consensus, both critical and popular, puts Peter Weir’s Gallipoli in pole position as Australia’s Greatest War Movie ...

Fortress Review – A Minor Australian Gothic Classic

Travis Johnson
August 1, 2019
Reviews
Actor and filmmaker Rachel Ward is currently collecting praise and criticism for her second feature film as director, the boomers-on-a-weekend-binge dramedy Palm Beach, which opened the Sydney Film Festival th...

Tackling Casual Classism: the Last Allowable Prejudice

Travis Johnson
July 5, 2019
Culture
So, turns out classism, particularly in the arts, is a major trigger for me. I mean, sure, it's always been a bugbear. I'm constantly amazed at the assumption of relative wealth, privilege and access in th...

Bill Condon Talks About Directing Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren in The Good Liar

Travis Johnson
June 28, 2019
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Based on the 2015 novel by Nicholas Searle, The Good Liar reunites Gods and Monsters and Mr. Holmes director Bill Condon with acting legend Sir Ian McKellen for the fourth time – and the equally legendary Hele...

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan Review – A Boots-On-The-Ground Aussie War Story

Travis Johnson
June 19, 2019
Reviews
It’s been 40 years since Australian cinema explored the combat soldier’s experience of the Vietnam War. While David Caesar’s Dirty Deeds (2002) featured a brief early interlude in the field with Sam Worthingto...

Don’s Party Review – Labor Loss Through the Ages

Travis Johnson
May 22, 2019
Reviews
Originally the plan was to write about Don’s Party before the federal election on the weekend. That didn’t pan out. Perhaps subconsciously I knew that writing about it after the numbers were in would be more p...

Celia Review – Ann Turner’s Singularly Unique Trifecta of Horror

Travis Johnson
May 5, 2019
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Released in 1989, filmmaker Ann Turner’s debut feature Celia is another entry into the “fantastical coming of age” subgenre, which includes the baroque, playful fantasy of Jim Henson’s Labyrinth (1986), the bl...

 

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