Austin Raywood

Gatsby 3D?: No Kidding!

by Austin Raywood 26 May 2011

By Austin Raywood “And all the children are insane…” – Jim Morrison Right now; at this very moment Baz Luhrmann is deeply engrossed in pre-production on his new Great Gatsby film due for release in 2012. Although Luhrmann’s visionary directorial approach should have earned him the benefit of the doubt I must admit that I [...]

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In Review: Pina (2011)

by Austin Raywood 25 May 2011

“…Or how Wenders proved he isn’t Herzog” By Austin Raywood Pina (2011) has to be one of the best examples in recent memory of a filmmaker letting down his subject and performers to such a degree that he nearly makes their actions completely irrelevant. Dedicated to the late, great German choreographer Pina Bausch the film [...]

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In Focus: TAPS (1981)

by Austin Raywood 13 March 2011

By Austin Raywood In 1981 Timothy Hutton received the academy award for best supporting actor for his role in 1980’s Ordinary People . Although Ordinary People (a film now broadly forgotten) has been maligned for years after winning best picture over the, arguably, more relevant Raging Bull (1980), no critic has put down Hutton’s impeccable [...]

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