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“The Suicide Theory”
What does one do when life has become so miserable that the only option is to say goodbye to the world? What if even that ability, to take one’s own life, is taken away? That’s the answer director Dru Brown is trying to find in his second feature film, The Sui...
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“Elimination Game”
When Australian cult curio Turkey Shoot was released in 1982, the scope of the B movie wasn’t that far removed from marquee, studio pictures. And yet now here is that film remade in Jon Hewitt’s Elimination Game, landing somewhere between a low-budget Hunger G...
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“The Little Death”
In a scene deep into the second act of Australian comedy anthology The Little Death, a man and his girlfriend walk back to their car in a parking garage following a romantic dinner. They’re stopped by a pair of thugs who glower at them, take their wallets and ...
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“Wyrmwood”
Here’s some sound advice for when the zombie apocalypse arrives: surround yourself with Australians. Assuming you’re not one of the first to turn in the world-ending plague of undeath, being in the company of folks from the land Down Under is a surefire way to...
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“Canopy” A Minimalist, Tense Debut Feature
Aaron Wilson's debut feature film, Canopy, begins with a splendid but ominous shot of the lush forests of Singapore. From a place beyond several shades of densely packed greenery, thick clouds of smoke slowly rise to the sky. A caption informs us of the date: ...
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Charlie’s Country, David Gulpilil and the Realities of Race in Australia
Katina Vangopoulos explores the depiction of contemporary Indigenous Australia, as seen in Rolf de Heer's new film Charlie's Country
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A Conversation On “Land Ho!”
Editor's note: The following is a conversation on "Land Ho" between two of our Boston film critics, Sean Burns and Jake Mulligan. Please enjoy this not-so-standard form of criticism.
Jake Mulligan: We’re here to talk about Land Ho! today, which should ...
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Where We Come From: The Good and Bad of Location-Specific Cinema
CINEMA is a powerful tool that can be used to show a country’s nationalism to the world. A great deal of pride can be evoked in the mind of a nation through images, and to capture that can have great influence in whatever purpose the film serves. Jean-Pierre J...
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