
Charlie’s Country movie review: unwelcome change
A quietly devastating film about the impact of colonialism and paternalism on Australia’s indigenous people via one man’s very personal journey.
A quietly devastating film about the impact of colonialism and paternalism on Australia’s indigenous people via one man’s very personal journey.
This electrifying Australian crime drama sears all hint of the sentimental out of a harrowing tale of one Melbourne family’s felonious downfall, and — daringly — strips all sense of cinematic romance out of a genre that often idealizes the corrupt and the brutal.