Category Archives: Australian crime film

The Empty Beach

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Andrew Nette| 9 Comments

One local blog I’ve been following for a while now is Permission to Kill, run by my mate, David Foster. Its main focus is all things espionage fiction and film related, but David also covers of on a wide variety … Continue reading →

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Posted in Australian crime film, Australian noir, Bryan Brown, Neo Noir, Peter Corris

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Crime scene at the Melbourne International Film Festival

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Andrew Nette| 1 Comment

I don’t know what everyone else thinks, but I’ve found the last couple of Melbourne International Film Festivals a bit lacklustre, especially when it comes to crime cinema. Having just read the latest program, I’m happy to say it looks … Continue reading →

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Posted in 70s American crime films, Australian crime film, Crime fiction and film from Africa, Crime fiction and film from South Korea, Crime film, Melbourne International Film Festival, Yakuza films

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Asia hands

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Andrew Nette| Leave a comment

In the early-nineties, I lived for several years in Vientiane, the sun bleached, run down capital of one of the more remote countries in Asia, Laos. One of my acquaintances in the small expatriate community was a man who’d fled … Continue reading →

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Posted in 70s American crime films, Australian crime film, Bryan Brown, Crime fiction and film from Singapore, Crime fiction and film from the Philippines, Crime film

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Pulp Curry review: Snowtown

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Andrew Nette| 1 Comment

First time director Justin Kurzal’s Snowtown is the latest instalment in the burgeoning genre of what can be called, for want of a better term, ‘underclass cinema’. Animal Kingdom (2010), Samson and Delilah (2009), Boxing Day (2007), Candy (2006), The … Continue reading →

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Heatwave

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Andrew Nette| Leave a comment
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For years the 1982 movie Heatwave has languished in the shadow of director Phillip Noyce’s more recent and successful films. It’s a great pity. Not only is Heatwave a dark, well-made thriller that can legitimately stake a place among the … Continue reading →

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