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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

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Why must every Hollywood hero have a dead or deadbeat dad?

An op-ed-y piece about Dads and dumb backstories in Hollywood blockbusters, for The Outline.

Posted on July 11, 2018Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Why must every Hollywood hero have a dead or deadbeat dad?

Brothers’ Nest

A review of Brothers’ Nest, for Neighbourhood Paper. 

Posted on July 11, 2018Categories Review, UncategorizedLeave a comment on Brothers’ Nest

Ready Player One review

A piece on Spielberg’s latest, for Sydney’s Neighbourhood Paper.

Posted on April 13, 2018Categories Review, UncategorizedLeave a comment on Ready Player One review

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

Behind Belle Gibson’s cancer con: ‘Everything about this story is extreme’

An interview with the authors of The Woman Who Fooled the World, for The Guardian.  

Posted on December 5, 2017Categories Interview, UncategorizedLeave a comment on Behind Belle Gibson’s cancer con: ‘Everything about this story is extreme’

Great Directors: George Miller

A profile/overview/analysis of George Miller’s career, for Senses of Cinema‘s Great Directors series.

Posted on September 8, 2017Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Great Directors: George Miller

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

Diversity, millennials and Trump: big issues dominate Australia’s screen conference

A report from the Screen Forever conference, for The Guardian.

Posted on June 9, 2017Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Diversity, millennials and Trump: big issues dominate Australia’s screen conference

John Safran: ‘In Australia we don’t get religion’

An interview with John Safran, for The Guardian.

Posted on June 9, 2017Categories Interview, UncategorizedLeave a comment on John Safran: ‘In Australia we don’t get religion’

Kong: Skull Island – why do Hollywood blockbusters have such Trump-like politics?

Some op-ed-ish thoughts on Kong: Skull Island, for The Guardian.

Posted on June 9, 2017Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Kong: Skull Island – why do Hollywood blockbusters have such Trump-like politics?

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