Keywords: Brisbane Writers Festival
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 25 February 2010
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Staff Sergeant
William James is responsible for disarming bombs laid by insurgents in the sandy streets of Baghdad. For him, the stress of the job is a veritable amphetamine, and
he's well and truly hooked.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 18 February 2010
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That scene in the BBC's Pride and Prejudice where Mr Darcy emerges from a cathartic swim in his pond still makes many women swoon. Colin Firth's enduring sex appeal is channeled into his latest character, a gay university professor who has decided to commit suicide.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 11 February 2010
From the moment of Malik's imprisonment he finds that if he is to survive, he needs to choose between
conflicting evils. His Muslim roots appear from time to time, but while these moments lend
transcendence to the film, they give no moral credence to Malik's actions.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 04 February 2010
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The blurring of right and wrong in a world where civil
structures have disintegrated, is
seen in the Man's escalating wildness; his desperation to preserve the life of his son, and his conviction that
the end of survival justifies a growing list of dubious means.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 28 January 2010
Are we to accept that the inspiration of sporting victory is alone
sufficient to solve conflict and soothe the way to redemption and
rebirth for a divided nation? If so, it must be said that Eastwood's film is
history rendered as a fairytale.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 21 January 2010
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From a patronising priest to a pair of impressionable hippies, the white characters are all doofuses. Bran Nue Dae provides a means for introducing young people to the ongoing impacts of white settlement upon Indigenous Australians.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 17 December 2009
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Back in March, I strolled the streets of Fitzroy in Melbourne's inner
north with Warwick Thornton, trying to find a quiet spot for an
interview. Two months prior to the release of his feature debut,
Samson and Delilah, Thornton was quietly hopeful his film would be positively received.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 10 December 2009
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Max has an erratic imagination, and is prone to extremes
of emotion. There are hints of mental illness, but, really, he is simply Every Child. Following a ferocious fight with his mother, he flees into fantasy and becomes king to a group of melancholic monsters.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 03 December 2009
In the early 1990s Mark Whitacre, an executive at American agricultural
powerhouse Archer Daniels Midland, became an informant for an FBI
investigation into price-fixing. But Whitacre is not the 'white hat' he claims to be.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- TIm Kroenert
- 12 November 2009
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Michael Moore makes documentaries only in the sense that Today Tonight does investigative journalism. That's not to say he doesn't land a few well-deserving kicks while he's at it.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 04 November 2009
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A married couple is presented with a choice. If they press the button, it will cause someone they
do not and will never know to die. In exchange, they will
receive $1 million. Initially, The Box seems to live up to the promise of this morally charged premise.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 29 October 2009
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Three of the most prolific guitarists of the past four decades gather in a warehouse. Three more diverse
musicians you could not hope to find. Most important are the moments that simmer celebrity and artistic pretension down to basic humanity.
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