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film critic Simon Foster, who awarded the film a three-and-a-half star rating and described the film as both " jittery, impulsive work" and "a revealing, incisive account of a man at the crossroads."
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in the 2010 Victorian state elections, speaking at a launch event for the party. Although describing his personal politics as "a mix of Left and Right ideas", he has expressed support for the
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Mark David Ryan, associate professor of film and screen at the
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by critic Karl Quinn, who described the movie as "appalling, plot-less, badly directed, scripted and acted."
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Wolstencroft's first film-related legal issue came in 2001, when MUFF was forced to cancel a screening of
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Wolstencroft continues to serve as director of the MUFF as of 2022.
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venue operating in
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