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I am a recent Honours graduate of Media and Communications at RMIT University who runs a film criticism radio show/podcast on SYN titled Film 101 alongside Tom and Darcy. I have written for Catalyst Magazine, I have interned at AACTA and I was one of the Film/Music + Culture editors for Catalyst Magazine in 2019.
I am currently in the process of creating a Film and Culture criticism website alongside some fellow SYN members.
Qualifications & Achievements
Past Shows
Art SmittenNapoleon: Joaquin Phoenix Stars as the Legendary French Emperor in this Basic Biopic
Napoleon preview screening provided by Sony Pictures “Napoleon is a by-the-books biopic with some brilliant battles” A figure that is as synonymous […]
Saltburn: Emerald Fennell’s Strange, Somewhat Fetishistic Second Feature has it all, Mostly
Saltburn preview screening provided by Universal Pictures “Saltburn is like a box with lots of fun random toys, but ones that you […]
Killers of the Flower Moon: Martin Scorsese’s Mob-Like Western is one for the Ages
Killers of the Flower Moon preview screening provided by Apple Original Films “Killers of the Flower Moon is vintage Scorsese” It was […]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem: A Visually Unique but Rather Cliche Reintroduction to the Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem preview screening provided by Paramount Pictures “Mutant Mayhem delivers some thrills and an equal amount of spills” […]
Past Lives: A Riveting Exploration of Time, Connection, and Moving On
Past Lives preview screening provided by StudioCanal “Past Lives will move you like no other film this year” Past Lives (2023), the debut […]
Gran Turismo: Feel the Need for Speed, or Something Similar
Gran Turismo preview screening provider by Sony Pictures “Gran Turismo doesn’t tread too far from similar underdog racing movies, but it has enough […]
Asteroid City: Wes Anderson’s Packed Ensemble Piece is his Most Self-Reflexive, Mildly-Confusing Film Yet
Asteroid City preview screening provided by Universal Pictures “Asteroid City feels like Wes Anderson’s most inward looking film, one that is at once sentimental […]
Oppenheimer: Christopher Nolan Casts some Light on the Darkness Covering the Atomic Bomb’s Father
Oppenheimer preview screening provided by Universal Pictures “Whether for better or worse, Oppenheimer is Nolan at his most un-Nolan-like, taking the best […]
Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One: Cruise Control is off in Tom Cruise’s Action Epic
Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One preview screening provided by Paramount Pictures “Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One goes big […]
Air: Ben Affleck’s Latest Looks at how the Air Jordan Shoe Line Came to Exist
Air preview screening provided by Universal Pictures “Air prioritises themes of humanity ahead of corporate gain to create a more meaningful story […]