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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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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In past columns this reviewer has pretty much unilaterally labelled 27 year old Ryan Gosling as the new Marlon Brando (thanks to extraordinary performances in Half Nelson and The Believer)…
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In 1997 two young hotshots stunned the film world by winning an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for their first produced script. Since then, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have…
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If you haven't yet seen There Will Be Blood, get a wriggle on (now at Rialto only) or you won't know how inspired this piece of YouTube-ness is:
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