AustLit logo

AustLit

Oliver Downes Oliver Downes i(A149987 works by)
Gender: Male
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Works By

Preview all
1 Diverting if Not Defiant Oliver Downes , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: RealTime , October-November no. 111 2012; (p. 30)

— Review of The Sapphires Keith Thompson , Tony Briggs , 2012 single work film/TV
'Although The Sapphires is diverting enough, by so completely obscuring the difficult questions of power, class and racial violence raised by the story with the redemptive narratives of individual love and the ‘transcendental’ power of music, the filmmakers do their material a disservice.'
1 Real Life on the Edge Oliver Downes , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: RealTime , Aug-Sept no. 104 2011; (p. 35)

— Review of Toomelah Ivan Sen , 2011 single work film/TV
X