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Review of On The Road (2013)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 26 Sep 2012

The straightforward narrative struggles to articulate the giddy thrills of making deep connections, of kindred spirits, and sex, jazz and Benzedrine…

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Review of Magic Mike (2012)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 31 Jul 2012

As Mike, Tatum is a pillar of integrity, a hard-working stud with his eyes on the end game…

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Review of Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 31 Jul 2012

Zeitlin's poetic fantasy never wavers from the child's rationalisation of the coming catastrophe and its aftermath, or her niggling belief…

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Review of Lawless (2012)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 21 May 2012

There's 'too much rust in the pipes', but it's still a satisfying cocktail of gore and sentimentality. Just don't expect the top shelf hooch…

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Review of Amour (2012)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 21 May 2012

Haneke maintains a degree of ambiguity about the outcomes…

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Review of Drive (2011)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 31 Jan 2012

Nicholas Winding Refn's 'neon-noir' heist film Drive winds the speedo back 25 years to honour the spirit of 80s action films, but this fable…

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Review of Bill Cunningham New York (2011)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 31 Jan 2012

A collective of well-groomed talking heads chronicle Cunningham's career as a milliner-turned-fashion historian, and their insights speak volumes…

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Review of The Tree of Life (2011)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 29 Jun 2011

In the main, Malick's juxtaposition of the ebb and flow of the natural world against the microcosm of family life is extremely effective and…

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Review of The Runaways (2010)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 29 Mar 2011

In age-appropriate casting, Fanning doesn't put a platform boot wrong in her portrayal of a valley girl rock chick (circa…

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Review of The Lovely Bones (2009)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 29 Mar 2011

Unshackled by earthly restraints, Jackson shifts his Weta toolsets into overdrive in a more-is-more free-for-all frenzy…

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Review of Waiting for "Superman" (2010)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 29 Mar 2011

The superhero metaphor enables some synergistic retro TV series footage but it doesn't quite suit the argument…

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Review of Camino (2008)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 29 Mar 2011

Though respectful and subdued when the story requires, Fesser's ironic touch manages to extract humour from a dire situation and in the process,…

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Review of Winter's Bone (2010)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 29 Mar 2011

Granik pays deference to the curious ways of the mountain folk, rejecting the prevailing hillbilly clichés to depict people with hardy survival…

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Review of Burlesque (1932)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 13 Jan 2011

Burlesque is unlikely to convert any new followers to either its stars or its subject matter…

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Review of Burlesque (2010)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 13 Jan 2011

Burlesque is unlikely to convert any new followers to either its stars or its subject matter…

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Review of Burlesque (2009)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 13 Jan 2011

Burlesque is unlikely to convert any new followers to either its stars or its subject matter…

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Review of Somewhere (2010)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 29 Dec 2010

Long takes, sparse dialogue and natural performances from the two excellent leads, accumulate to give Somewhere's best moments an entirely…

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Review of Fair Game (2010)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 26 Nov 2010

A restrained contemplation of a marriage in meltdown in the midst of an international incident…

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Review of Let Me In (2010)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 14 Oct 2010

Let Me In deserves attention for its thoughtful rendition of adolescent torment and its restrained handling of the so-hot-right-now vampire…

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Review of Eat Pray Love (2010)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 06 Oct 2010

The fatal flaw of Eat Pray Love is that for a celebration of enlightenment through travel and the benefits of restorative calm, the end result…

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