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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 9h

I just finished reading WHERE WE STAND, WHERE WE FALL by @lizbethmyles.bsky.social and it's a terrific analysis of the many ways DOCTOR WHO has been political - often overtly - from the beginning. Refreshing to read good faith criticism of the show by somebody who likes it and knows their stuff.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I loved DIGGER. There is an overt self awareness and artifice that are dialled up so deliberately it creates a meta commentary on the nature of political discourse where substance is a much less powerful commodity than performance. Cruise is fantastic. More thoughts: letterboxd.com/cinemaautops...

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I once had the good fortune and joy of being taught super 8mm filmmaking by Arthur Cantrill, only to later discover how significant he and his wife Corinne were to experimental filmmaking and academia. Very sad to learn of his death. Screenshot and photo taken from www.facebook.com/share/p/14yW...

On behalf of Arthur's friends and family, I'm sorry to report that Arthur died of pneumonia at Ellery House in Castlemaine at 12.44pm on Thursday September 24th. It was quite sudden and fortunately his friend Jenny Peake could be with him. His son Ivor is being well looked after. A funeral/celebration/memorial will be held later in the year -- details will be posted here when they become available. Arthur's personal email account will stop working in the near future, but if you have questions about the Cantrills or their films you can reach me, Jake Wilson, via this page or at jake at jakewilson dot com dot au. The picture below was taken by Corinne in London in 1966-7.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

PULP: WHAT DO YOU DO FOR AN ENCORE? is now on MUBI and I loved it. I probably can't be objective but I do think it is a well-made doc/concert film, charting both the history of the band and delivering the music and spectacle of their recent live shows. More thoughts at letterboxd.com/cinemaautops...

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

COYOTE VS ACME pays homage to the anarchic spirit of classic Warner Bros cartoons, gently tapping into the emotional bond many of us have with the characters, before quickly getting back to hilarious, surreal cartoonish violence. Probably the best live action/animation since WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I had a blast watching the Korean monster movie HOPE, which is released in Australia tomorrow. Part exhilarating horror/action, part parody of Hollywood blockbusters; more thoughts here including why I annoyingly think most of the perceived flaws are part of the point: letterboxd.com/cinemaautops...

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Black Lodge Cult @blacklodgecult.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Directed by DAVID LYNCH.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

BY ANY MEANS is a stylish Southern Gothic neo noir with just the right amount of hardboiled pulpiness to keep the moral ambiguity fun rather than didactic. I liked it way more than I thought I would. Echos of IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT. More thoughts here: letterboxd.com/cinemaautops...

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The Letterboxd interview in the latest #SIZZLETOWN should be mandatory listening for anybody with an account. Absolutely superb.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I saw I WANT YOUR SEX last night and it was so great seeing a new Gregg Araki film, especially with such a strong cast. A modern and kink focus riff on SUNSET BOULEVARD, about a BDSM relationship within the contemporary art world, it is Araki at his most scathing, funny and even thoughtful.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

There is so much to love about Tim Curry (ANNIE, LEGEND, CLUE etc) but like so many others, seeing him as Dr Frank-N-Furter in THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW when I was a teenager was revelatory.

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Daily Tom Baker @dailytombaker.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Tom Baker during "Genesis of the Daleks". #TomBaker #DoctorWho #FourthDoctor

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER (screening around Australia from tomorrow) establishes Kristen Stewart as a serious filmmaker who can present difficult subject matter with confidence and integrity, connecting with the audience intellectually and emotionally. More thoughts: letterboxd.com/cinemaautops...

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

On Primal Screen last night I talked about the #MIFF2026 films I have seen so far; Cerise Howard did a brilliant interview with John Cameron Mitchell; and Flick Ford, Cerise and I reviewed TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA. Listen back on the @3rrrfm.bsky.social website or app, or podcast.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Awful news about Glen Hansard’s death. He wasn’t that much older than me. I saw ONCE shortly before spending Christmas in Dublin, and I’ll forever associate that time with Hansard’s music in that film and with The Frames. I never saw him play live but by all reports it was something very special.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I reckon most days I catch myself absentmindedly humming one of Bill Oddie’s songs from THE GOODIES. ‘Needed’, ‘Run’, ‘The Funky Gibbon’ etc are part of my childhood soundtrack. The final opening credits song might still be my favourite. Vale Bill Oddie. What a legend. youtu.be/9iCPLGd4epo?...

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The Goodies Theme '75 (Semi-Clean Intro)

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I suspect whoever submitted this has visited many of the same Doctor Who forums as me.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Note the patch of water where the bucket is meant to be.

An overturned bucket next to a damp patch of carpet. An overly floofy cat peering over the bucket like the mofo that she is.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

On Primal Screen this week we paid tribute to Sam Neill then reviewed GOOD BOY (or is it THE GOOD BOY or HEEL?) plus the excellent THE INVITE and the film it was based on, THE PEOPLE UPSTAIRS (or is it SENTIMENTAL?) Listen back on the @3rrrfm.bsky.social website or app, or wherever you get podcasts.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I see it is not just my mum who is like this. Fair enough though.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

THE ODYSSEY is long, it is extremely serious and sincere, it is just as focused on characters and themes as it is on spectacle - and it takes its time to get to any action - and I was on board with it all. More thoughts on Letterboxd, but I loved it: letterboxd.com/cinemaautops...

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Sam Neill was such a class act. Insanely versatile and yet he always delivered a specific quality to his performances that was uniquely his. And off the screen he was a person of integrity, compassion and warmth. I loved Sam Neill. Everybody loved Sam Neill. His death is a real loss to us all.

Sam Neill in Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

SILENT FRIEND is a mesmerising film. Three stories set around a ginkgo tree at the heart of a German university about socially isolated people looking for meaningful connections. The way the film suggests a harmony between science and nature, intellectualism and humanity, is deeply rewarding.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I rewatched this masterpiece last night. A classic of English cinema, maybe my favourite Pressburger & Powell film. Decades ahead of its time in style and themes. Not just anti-Nazi but anti- underestimating and going easy on Nazis. Lots more thoughts on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/cinemaautops...

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp blu-ray cover from Imprint

The Cinema of Powell and Pressburger: Collection One blu-ray box set cover from Imprint

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I've hardly posted anything lately, so here's a picture of my sink where the soap foam looks vaguely like a cat. That's all I've got right now.

A picture of a sink where the soap foam looks vaguely like a cat.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I'll be on Primal Screen tonight at 7pm on @3rrrfm.bsky.social with Flick Ford and Vyshnavee Wijekumar to discuss DISCLOSURE DAY and LEVITICUS. Tune in! www.rrr.org.au

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD is somehow bleak and cynical while still seductively mysterious. Burton is perfectly as a spy where it's impossible to tell if his alcoholism and bitterness are part of the act or his real self, making his glimpses of humanity all the more profound. #filmblindspot

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Last Monday night's DOCTOR WHO music special was enormously fun and we covered a lot in a chaotically short amount of time. I don't think @3rrrfm.bsky.social has had too many playlists like this before! #DoctorWho Listen back! www.rrr.org.au/shared/broad...

Playlist for Primal Screen – 15 June 2026

Doctor Who Original Theme - Delia Derbyshire and Ron Grainer
City Music 1 and 2 - Tristram Cary
The Sea Devils - Malcolm Clarke
March of the Cybermen - Malcolm Clarke
The Master's Theme - Dudley Simpson
Death to the Daleks - Carey Blyton
The Curse of Fenric Suite - Mark Ayres
I Am the Doctor - Murray Gold
The Shepherd's Boy - Murray Gold
Doctor? - Orbital

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

It’s a DOCTOR WHO special on tonight’s Primal Screen! I'll be on the show with fellow Whovians Will Cox and Lore Burns to discuss the role music has played in DOCTOR WHO, from the 1960s to the present. Tune in tonight on @3rrrfm.bsky.social from 7pm!

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I mostly really enjoyed DISCLOSURE DAY despite not loving the end, but it’s nevertheless great to once more be in the hands of a master filmmaker. Some further spoilerish thoughts on Letterboxd: boxd.it/eML3ej

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A review of Disclosure Day (2026)

This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.

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Hayley Centimetres @jasmineandthyme.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I do find it funny when people complain this website doesn’t give them ‘engagement’ the same way the old website did, babe we’re not building platforms to advertise ourselves anymore we’re here to fuck about and chat with our mates

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

This could have been submitted by me. One of my pet hates.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Anthony Head’s performance as Giles in BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER was such a positive portrayal of a mentor/father figure and an essential ingredient in what made that show so special. He was also a great DOCTOR WHO villain on screen and in an early Big Finish audio series. He was great in everything.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I don't think I've seen a film that applies the principles of the uncanny to physical spaces in the same way as BACKROOMS. There's something so eerie about the empty, generic, liminal spaces that fill business parks, offices and retail warehouses, and this film capitalises on the dread they evoke.

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Claire G. Coleman @clairegcoleman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I just received my PLR/ELR statement. PLR/ELR is a way that Australian writers can receive income from their books in libraries and schools. I remind writers to do your bloody paperwork so you can get paid and I remind readers if you borrow our books from libraries we still get paid.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I'll be joining Flick Ford on Primal Screen tonight at 7pm on @3rrrfm.bsky.social to discuss two new cinema releases: OBSESSION and MOTHER MARY. Flick will also be talking to filmmaker Asif Kapadia about his new documentary KENNY DALGLISH (available on DocPlay), which I liked a lot.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

MOTHER MARY depicts the breakdown of a close friendship as a cataclysmic event with all the heightened stylistic flourishes of melodrama and horror. Creating an emotional reality where the trigger for the most devastating downward spiral is falling out with your best mate, worked for me.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

OBSESSION's 'careful what you wish for' premise is used in a suitably sinister way in the wake of manosphere ideology where the goal of men-children is not to be loveable, but to manipulate women into loving them. Inde Navarrette gives a terrific performance and overall this is a fun and nasty ride.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

The Liberals losing voters to One Nation tells me that despite what they want you to believe, an awful lot of people on the right are primarily driven by emotion, and the emotions they feel are pretty nasty ones that are easily manipulated. This is not something thoughtful people do.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

My program for the 2026 Children's International Film Festival Australia festival has been announced and I reckon this might be the best one yet. Screening in Melbourne and Sydney from 6 June-10 July, check out www.chiff.com.au to see what's screening and book tickets!

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Children's International Film Festival (CHIFF) 2026 - Trailer

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

In WOLFRAM Warwick Thornton again uses the western genre to tell a story of Australian colonialism, using perspective & identification to challenge how Australia imagines its past and who are privileged as storytellers; and revealing how events in different times and places affect the here and now.

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I'm sorry I can't make it to this event tonight. I knew Shane and he was not just a lovely person, but a champion of actual underground and experimental cinema. Bravo to Static Vision and the Brunswick Underground Film Festival (#BUFF2026) for programming this retrospective of Shane's films.

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Lust in Me: A Shane Lyons Retrospective

A free career retrospective of Shane Lyons, Australia's answer to the Cinema of Transgression, newly scanned from his original prints.

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Anthony Morris @morrbeat.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I have a number of intelligent, clued-in friends who have day jobs where they can't be online (because they're seeing people in person), and it's amazing how little they know or care about topics and people that the online community treat as absolutely central to our continued existence

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I'm hosting Primal Screen tonight at 7pm on @3rrrfm.bsky.social. I'll be joined by @jasmineandthyme.bsky.social to discuss THE STRANGER, CALLE MÁLAGA and EXIT 8. Tune in! Subscribe! www.rrr.org.au/explore/prog...

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Thomas Caldwell @cinemaautopsy.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Some thoughts on why after rewatching THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA for the first time, I still have very mixed feelings about what the film is saying and how it was received.

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A review of The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.

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