Quoted in the Defamer summary of the "what's wrong with film criticism" shenanigans going on at the moment: How to write film criticism? Stop reading it. — Karina Longworth, Spout…
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Earlier this year I arbitrarily decided that the Hannah Montana 3D concert movie was not cinema and chose not to review it. Now, a few short weeks later, I exercise…
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If the CD market has dropped from $14.2b to $10b in less than10 years, what is the money being spent on instead? From the latest edition of Esquire, Chuck Klosterman…
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Legendary quote from Australian producer Justin Macdonnell: Who has not been told that they need to get more people with 'business skills' on their board, more people with financial, legal,…
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A few weeks ago I got a strange email (apparently from myself) saying that this blog had been hacked and was unsecure. Sure enough, several posts had hidden html code…
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When the current Writer-in-Residence at Victoria University's Institute of Modern Letters suggested I take another look at my negative review of Blades of Glory, I made a promise that (while…
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