Luke Buckmaster, writer and critic

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  • Retrospective: Monkey Shines is still the greatest evil monkey movie

    This under-rated jewel in the sadistic simian crown was released in 1988 and directed by horror auteur George Romero. READ MORE

    December 17, 2025
  • Tarantino made a best-of-the-century film list. I made it better

    Quentin Tarantino’s century-best list gets turned upside down. READ MORE

    December 17, 2025
  • The brilliance of Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

    Rose Byrne detonates the screen in this blistering, uneasy, darkly comic character study that grips like a vise and refuses to let go. READ ON FLICKS

    November 25, 2025
  • Train Dreams is one of the great films of 2025

    Joel Edgerton has drawn widespread acclaim for his performance in Netflix’s beautifully composed meditation on work, wonder, and lives that slip quietly through history’s cracks. READ ON FLICKS

    November 25, 2025
  • Predator: Badlands is the right kind of worldbuilding

    With Predator: Badlands, director Dan Trachtenberg turns franchise pulp into genuine worldbuilding—giving the franchise new moral terrain and unexpected softnesss. READ ON FLICKS

    November 24, 2025
  • Frankenstein, Materialists and Pluribus: what’s new to streaming in Australia in November (Nov 3)

    Plus a film starring a career-best Joel Edgerton, a chance to stream Annie Hall and remember Diane Keaton, and a new thriller series starring Sarah Snook. Published on The Guardian, November 3

    November 5, 2025
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