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James Robert Douglas

James Robert Douglas is a freelance writer and critic in Melbourne. He has been published by The New Yorker, The Awl, The Dissolve, The Saturday Paper, The Big Issue, Junkee, The Monthly, The Lifted Brow, and the Australian Book Review. You can find him at: jamesrobdouglas@gmail.com @jamesrobdouglas

Category: Feature

Enter the Dragon: How Australia Became China’s Gateway to Hollywood

A feature on Aus-China co-productions, for Guardian Australia.

Posted on February 23, 2018Categories Feature, UncategorizedLeave a comment on Enter the Dragon: How Australia Became China’s Gateway to Hollywood

True crime plunderers: the dark truth about Hounds of Love and Australia’s new gorefest

A feature on Hounds of Love and Australian true-crime-ish films, for The Guardian.

Posted on September 8, 2017Categories Feature, UncategorizedLeave a comment on True crime plunderers: the dark truth about Hounds of Love and Australia’s new gorefest

Star Lords

On Star Wars and the monomyth of Silicon Valley, for The Awl. 

Posted on January 5, 2016Categories FeatureLeave a comment on Star Lords

We Talked to Director Crystal Moselle About The Boys of ‘The Wolfpack’, And How Their Family Has Responded to the Film

An interview with Crystal Moselle, on her documentary The Wolfpack, for Junkee.

Posted on August 28, 2015August 28, 2015Categories Feature, JunkeeLeave a comment on We Talked to Director Crystal Moselle About The Boys of ‘The Wolfpack’, And How Their Family Has Responded to the Film

With ‘The Gift’, Joel Edgerton Becomes One of Australia’s Most Exciting New Filmmakers

An interview with Joel Edgerton, re. his directorial debut The Gift, for Junkee.

Posted on August 28, 2015Categories Feature, JunkeeLeave a comment on With ‘The Gift’, Joel Edgerton Becomes One of Australia’s Most Exciting New Filmmakers

The Pixar Theory of Labor

Unpacking the value system beneath the Pixar canon, for The Awl.

Posted on July 16, 2015Categories FeatureLeave a comment on The Pixar Theory of Labor

Partisan director Ariel Kleiman’s brave new worlds

A profile of the young Australian director Ariel Kleiman, for The Saturday Paper. 

Posted on June 18, 2015June 18, 2015Categories FeatureLeave a comment on Partisan director Ariel Kleiman’s brave new worlds

The Journey and the Destination: George R. R. Martin’s Narrative Method

Another essay for Meanjin, in which I try to unpack what it is that makes George R R. Martin’s storytelling so distinctive and, to my mind, underrated.

Posted on February 11, 2015March 24, 2015Categories Feature, MeanjinLeave a comment on The Journey and the Destination: George R. R. Martin’s Narrative Method

The Ark and the Flood

Thanks to the Discourses column, I got commissioned to write an essay to accompany a recent Festival of Dangerous Ideas panel, on the theme of ‘Cat Videos Will Save Journalism’. Published on Medium here.

Posted on October 16, 2014August 31, 2015Categories FeatureLeave a comment on The Ark and the Flood

The Age Critics Campus MIFF coverage

Couple of reviews and a feature on The Age here, along with same from the other excellent CC participants; Anders Furze, Ian Barr, Alice McCredie-Dando, Lawrence Barber, Harry Windsor, Kimberley Thomson, and Joanna Di Mattia.

Posted on October 16, 2014August 31, 2015Categories Feature, ReviewLeave a comment on The Age Critics Campus MIFF coverage

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