Luke Buckmaster
Film and TV Critic at The Guardian
Film and TV Critic at Freelance
Film and TV Critic at The Guardian Australia
Film and TV Critic at Daily Review
Film and TV Critic at Flicks
Film & TV critic for @GuardianAus @FlicksAustralia. PHD in VR as an art form. Critic since 1997. Climate activist. Creator of The Cage Gauge https://t.co/669oChV04L
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1 day ago |
flicks.co.uk | Luke Buckmaster |Clarisse Loughrey |Steve Newall |Eliza Janssen
Clarisse Loughrey’s Show of the Week column spotlights a new show to watch or skip. This week: Murderbot captures the neurodivergent experience to a tee without it expressly being about it. It’s a fairly common autistic experience to see yourself in a fictional robot. If it’s not Data in Star Trek, it’s WALL-E, Andy in Alien: Romulus, or any droid of choice from the Star Wars franchise (my pick? Rogue One and Andor’s K-2SO). It’s a tricky situation.
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flicks.com.au | Eliza Janssen |Luke Buckmaster |Travis Johnson |Clarisse Loughrey
“You must watch a lot of movies”. I hear this phrase a lot, usually after I’ve just dazzled a room by dropping some sort of movie knowledge bomb. I do see a lot of movies, but only slightly more than the average person I reckon. Most of my fundamental movie knowledge comes from books. In the internet age, when a lot of movie information is readily accessible, it can be easy to dismiss the value of books about movies.
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1 day ago |
flicks.com.au | Clarisse Loughrey |Rory Doherty |Luke Buckmaster |Craig Mathieson
With hundreds of fascinating features on offer, Stephen A Russell navigates the twists and turns of this year’s cinematic offering. If your usual response to a sprawling film festival program is to panic, drop and roll, then fear for your soul no more. We are here to wade through the wonders of this year’s startlingly good Sydney Film Festival line-up, suggesting ten flicks we think might tickle your fancy.
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2 days ago |
flicks.com.au | Steve Newall |Luke Buckmaster
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6 days ago |
flicks.co.uk | Luke Buckmaster |Steve Newall |Eliza Janssen |Liam Maguren
Clarisse Loughrey’s Show of the Week column spotlights a new show to watch or skip. This week: Carême introduces us to the world’s first celebrity chef, perfecting dishes and delicious blackmail in Napoleon-era France. Few shows state their thesis as swiftly and succinctly as Apple TV+’s Carême.
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