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In this article for Senses of Cinema, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and I explore Laurie McInnes’ 1993 film, Broken Highway. In addition to tracing the film’s production history and the initial critical response, we examine various key themes and motifs present throughout the work. Into the Light: Hope, Despair and Haunted Doubles in Laurie McInnes’s Broken Highway […]

In this week’s Friday Film segment I chat with Raf about the Australian crime drama Cut Snake, starring Sullivan Stapleton and the Denis Villeneuve-directed Sicario, starring Emily Blunt and Josh Brolin. Plus, talkback on ‘compelling screen villains’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.

In this week’s Friday Film segment I chat with Raf about the recent documentary The Wolfpack, and the new Australian romantic-drama Holding the Man, starring Ryan Corr and Craig Stott. Plus, talkback on ‘strangest screen families’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.

In this week’s Friday Film segment I chat with Raf about the Australian road movie Last Cab to Darwin starring Michael Caton, and preview Pasolini from the 2015 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). Plus, talkback on ‘worst on-screen accents’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.

This week on Friday Film, Raf and I discuss a documentary about a Sesame Street stalwart, I Am Big Bird: The Carroll Spinney Story, and chat to director Steve Thomas about his documentary Freedom Stories, focusing on the lives of refugees settled in Australia. Plus, talkback on ‘best cinematic puppet creations’ on Drive with Rafael […]

This week on Friday Film I discuss the Australian films Felony, from director Matthew Saville and actor-screenwriter Joel Edgerton, and the debut feature film from Kasimir Burgess, Fell. Plus, talkback on ‘favourite cop characters’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.

This week on Friday Film I discuss the Australian documentary All This Mayhem, and the latest film from director Rolf de Heer, Charlie’s Country. Plus, talkback on ‘out-of-control film characters’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.

In this week’s Friday Film I discuss Frank starring Michael Fassbender, and the Australian post-apocalyptic drama, The Rover. Plus, talkback on ‘eccentric film characters’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.

In this week’s Friday Film I discuss director Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip to Italy, and the Australian Horror film The Babadook. Plus, talkback on ‘great film comic duos’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.

This week on Plato’s Cave the team review Fading Gigolo, 52 Tuesdays, and the classic Stanley Kramer film Judgment at Nuremberg (1961). With Josh Nelson, Cerise Howard and Thomas Caldwell. Plato’s Cave – 5th May Episode (.MP3)