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Titanic sets human tragedy apart from Hollywood gloss
- Tim Kroenert
- 05 April 2012
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Legend has it that upon its original release, Titanic was listed as running for two hours and 74 minutes, to placate 'dumb' Americans averse to films over three hours. Titanic's strength is not its trite central 'lust story' but its accumulation of small human tragedies against the disaster of the ship's final hours.
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Polite parents of violent children
- Tim Kroenert
- 01 March 2012
As with Christos Tsiolkas' The Slap, an act of violence involving children acts as a catalyst to exacerbate the adult characters' prejudices, insecurities and resentments. Aided by alcohol, civility is gradually stripped away as a polite gathering degenerates into bullying and abuse.
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Degrees of guilt in Nicolaides' Thai insult case
- Tim Kroenert
- 26 February 2009
2 Comments
We received an email from an acquaintance of Harry Nicolaides, a journalist and Eureka Street contributor. Harry had been arrested in Bangkok: 'Publish his story. He is in a bad condition. Please help.' We acted immediately.
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How to escape the hell of suburbia
- Tim Kroenert
- 05 February 2009
6 Comments
Never mind purgatory: suburbia is hell, barbed with tedious career obligations, awash with too-bright light that leaves the skin looking transluscent, and populated with overly-cheerful, deluded demons. I was raised in the 'burbs, and still live there.
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Life as a game show
- Tim Kroenert
- 18 December 2008
1 Comment
Having grown up an orphan in a Mumbai slum, Jamal is an unlikely candidate for Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. A sense of the divine pervades the film, but while Jamal seems destined for good fortune, his brother Salim diverges towards corruption.
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Harsh lighting exposes moral wrinkles
- Tim Kroenert
- 27 February 2007
Comprehensively drawn characters demonstrate that guilt has a way of catching up with people, forcing them to make a clear choice regarding where they will seek long-term happiness.
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Keywords: Kate Winslett

Titanic sets human tragedy apart from Hollywood gloss

Polite parents of violent children

Degrees of guilt in Nicolaides' Thai insult case

How to escape the hell of suburbia

Life as a game show

Harsh lighting exposes moral wrinkles