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The Australian western keeps returning to the frontier because the frontier never left

The Australian western keeps returning to the frontier because the frontier never left

From The Proposition to Sweet Country to The Nightingale, the Australian western is not a costume drama; it is a reckoning conducted on horseback.

MARA DENG18.10.2023

The Nightingale and the wound that will not close

The Nightingale and the wound that will not close

Jennifer Kent's second feature is not interested in making its violence comfortable, and that is the whole point.

BRONTE HAUGHEY18.01.2020