Richard Cotter

Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.

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the gift

The Gift10

Gifted Australian actor, Joel Edgerton, adds director to his already considerable CV, with THE GIFT, a superior suspenser that just keeps giving.

Simon and Robyn have relocated to Los Angeles from Chicago, Simon to embark on a new job and …

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she’s funny that way

The original title of SHE’S FUNNY THAT WAY was Squirrels to the Nuts, because the co writer and director of the film, Peter Bogdanovich had a hard-on for the Ernst Lubitsch film, Cluny Brown, renowned for its Charles …

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woody allen’s new movie: irrational man

To quote General Corman from Apocalypse Now… “Because there’s a conflict in every human heart, between the rational and irrational, between good and evil. And good does not always triumph. Sometimes, the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the …

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last cab to darwin

Inset- Last Cab To Darwin

A cab worth hailing, LAST CAB TO DARWIN features another iconic characterisation by Michael Caton.

Caton plays Rex Macrae a cabbie, born and bred in Broken Hill. When he is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he is determined to die in …

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women i’ve undressed: a memoir by orry kelly

Orry Kelly was six years old the Christmas his mother told him there’s no such thing as Santa Claus. Eyeing a department store window she endeavoured to entice him with a set of carpenters tools. Upon a hand painted card …

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mission impossible: rogue nation

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Cinematographer Robert Elswit is no stranger to the big blockbuster spy franchise. Back in 1997 he shot the Brosnan Bond, Tomorrow Never Dies, then he did back to back Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and The Bourne Legacy.

Elswitt …

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13 minutes

freedom fighter or terrorist

The morality of murder and torture are front and centre in 13 MINUTES, the story of Georg Elser, a man who could have changed world history and saved millions of human lives. With 13 minutes more, the bomb he had …

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trainwreck

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TRAINWRECK lives up to its name in lots of ways, its major crash coming from its bloated length where it derails into the siding of sentimentality, a destination that it was on track to bypass.

Amy Schumer plays Amy, a …

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hannah rothschild: the improbability of love

THE IMPROBABILITY OF LOVE is a big, bold, rich canvas of a novel, a cross genre goliath about art and the art world, about food and culinary art, and about love and the improbability of love.

It’s also a thriller, …

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