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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: Review

What Netflix’s Crazy-Bloody Hit ‘Daredevil’ Tells Us About TV’s New Wave of Ultra-Violence

A think-piece-y thing for Junkee on Daredevil, The 100, and TV violence.

Posted on May 29, 2015May 29, 2015Categories Junkee, ReviewLeave a comment on What Netflix’s Crazy-Bloody Hit ‘Daredevil’ Tells Us About TV’s New Wave of Ultra-Violence

Sexually Transmitted Horror ‘It Follows’ Will Scare the Pants Onto You

A review of the ace new horror film It Follows, for Junkee.

Posted on April 17, 2015Categories Junkee, ReviewLeave a comment on Sexually Transmitted Horror ‘It Follows’ Will Scare the Pants Onto You

Honest to a Fault: Andrew McMillan’s ‘Talking Smack’

Here is a pretty scathing review I did of Andrew McMillan’s Talking Smack, for The Lifted Brow.

Posted on March 24, 2015March 24, 2015Categories Review, The Lifted BrowLeave a comment on Honest to a Fault: Andrew McMillan’s ‘Talking Smack’

Wild

A review of the new Reese Witherspoon vehicle Wild, for Three Thousand. Here.

Posted on February 2, 2015Categories ReviewLeave a comment on Wild

Birdman is the Best or Worst Major Artistic Statement of the Year

A review of Birdman, for Junkee.com. Here.

Posted on February 2, 2015March 24, 2015Categories Junkee, ReviewLeave a comment on Birdman is the Best or Worst Major Artistic Statement of the Year

What Does Criticism Do?

A review of Martin Scorsese’s The 50 Year Argument, for Overland.

Posted on October 16, 2014October 16, 2014Categories Overland, ReviewLeave a comment on What Does Criticism Do?

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

MIFF Critics Campus

I got to participate in the Melbourne International Film Festival’s inaugural Critics Campus this year. Some reviews and a feature up here.

Posted on October 16, 2014October 16, 2014Categories Feature, ReviewLeave a comment on MIFF Critics Campus

Review: Charlie’s Country

A review of David Gulpilil and Rolf de Heer’s Charlie’s Country, for The Big Issue.

Posted on October 16, 2014October 16, 2014Categories Review, The Big IssueLeave a comment on Review: Charlie’s Country

Scarlett Johansson is a Drugged-Up Psycho Genius in Lucy

A review of the beautiful, bonkers Lucy, for Junkee.com. 

Posted on October 16, 2014October 16, 2014Categories Junkee, ReviewLeave a comment on Scarlett Johansson is a Drugged-Up Psycho Genius in Lucy

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