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Luke Buckmaster

STORY ANGLES - Focuses on the artistic and thematic elements of films, often highlighting unique or unconventional aspects (e.g., sound design, emotional resonance, genre-blending).

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
18
Latest publication
Oct 1, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Guardian Australia
Top 1K sites
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Jul 8, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Luke Buckmaster

    Best TV and movies streaming in Australia on Netflix, HBO Max, Disney, Prime, ABC and more (opens the original)

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    Discover what’s coming to Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Prime Video and others in October, including a glitzy East of Eden adaptation, killer garden gnomes, yet another Marvel show and ‘one of cinema’s wildest rides’ John Steinbeck’s long and sprawling novel East of Eden has been brought to the screen before, with James Dean starring in a classic 1955 film directed by the legendary Elia Kazan. Kazan’s granddaughter, Zoe Kazan created and wrote Netflix’s new seven-part series, which has a more accom

  2. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Luke Buckmaster

    Last Seen review – this gripping Apple TV thriller is one of the standout shows of the year (opens the original)

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    Patrick Brammall and Maxine Peake star in this superbly acted and absolutely riveting drama about a father who thinks his missing daughter may still be alive after a mysterious phone call Last Seen is a classic, twisty thriller with a killer premise: a grieving father, whose young daughter went missing years ago and is now presumed dead, one day receives a phone call that he is convinced is from her. Hats off to director Christian Schwochow for delivering such a muscular, propulsive experience:

  3. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Luke Buckmaster

    Best TV and movies streaming in Australia on Netflix, HBO Max, Disney, Prime, ABC and more (opens the original)

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    Discover what’s coming to Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Prime Video and others in September, including Toy Story 5, two Russell Crowe movies and a Tampa affair doco This amusingly titled documentary explores the motivations behind Australian academic and competitive B-girl Rachael Gunn and her infamous breakdance at the Paris Olympics, when she bounced like a kangaroo and writhed like a worm on hot concrete. She scored a big fat zero from judges but cemented herself in the annals of weird Olympics

  4. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Luke Buckmaster

    The Airport Chaplain review – thoroughly bingeable TV about ‘Batman in a hi-vis vest’ (opens the original)

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    This moreish show about a do-gooder keen to save the day stars Hugo Weaving and The Pitt’s Shabana Azeez … and it’s pressure-packed from the get-go Hugo Weaving plays the eponymous airport chaplain in this pacy and moreish eight-part series, which was co-created by Elise McCredie and Jude Troy, and directed with jittery flair by Bonnie Moir and Tig Terera. In case you were wondering, yes, that profession really does exist. I doubt the lives of real airport chaplains are anywhere near as fr

  5. Article · Aug 21, 2026 · Luke Buckmaster

    ‘We’re barely above porn’: why would a film-maker choose to make a deliberately bad ‘mockbuster’? (opens the original)

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    With a tiny budget and six days, Anthony Frith directed a film for the studio behind Sharknado – and then made Mockbuster, a documentary about the experience Directors don’t tend to appreciate having their films eviscerated by critics. And us critics, well practised in lobbing proverbial grenades from the safety of our pretentiously book-lined, Cahiers du Cinéma-strewn offices, don’t tend to look an artist in the eyes and tell them that their work sucks. This is, however, exactly what I d

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