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Anthony Carew, Journalist

Anthony Carew is a Melbourne-based critic, writer and broadcaster. He presents The International Pop Underground on RRR FM. For almost two decades, he wrote the scathing film review column Film Carew for The Music.

Features / Music
The Music 2019 Writers' Poll: Anthony Carew
Here's what The Music's writers rated in 2019…
Features / Film & TV
2019's Best Film Hits Cinemas This Boxing Day
And it is absolutely not 'Cats'.
Features / Film & TV
This Year I Watched Over 300 Films - This Is The Best Of The Best In 2019
These are the top 40 films of 2019.
Features / Film & TV
Cowardly & Desperate: 'The Rise Of Skywalker' Ends 'Star Wars' On A Dud Note
"The final film in this latest trilogy —and thirteenth-ish in the expanded franchise — is a grab bag of references, run backs, and callbacks to the other films of the Star Wars-verse."
Features / Film & TV
The New Leonard Cohen Documentary Shows A Different Side Of The Music Icon
"This undertaking is filled with melancholy."
Features / Film & TV
Think You Know How 'The Good Liar' Will Go? Then You Definitely Need To Think Again
"It’s not some stagey thriller, but out to be a form of cinematic cultural rehabilitation - in the guise of an senior-friendly Sunday afternoon arthouse trifle."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Carly Rae Jepsen
"This might be the decade’s most bulletproof catalogue of pure pop songs."
Features / Arts
Jo Koy Went From A Shoe Salesman & Yacht Cleaner To An International Comic
Joseph Glenn Herbert, aka comic Jo Koy, talks to Anthony Carew about being almost ready to quit comedy, before he was booked on 'The Tonight Show'.
Features / Film & TV
The Game Is Afoot: Whodunit Mystery 'Knives Out' Is A Hell Of A Lot Of Fun
"Johnson wasn’t out to make a movie about anything, really. Except, maybe, other movies."
Features / Film & TV
Sure There's No 'Let It Go', But The 'Frozen' Sequel Still Delivers
"'Frozen II' is — surprisingly, for a work of pure 3D computer animation — a handsome visual work."
Features / Film & TV
The Keira Knightly Led 'Official Secrets' Is "A Movie To Be Admired"
Read the reviews for 'Official Secret' and 'Judy & Punch'.
Features / Film & TV
Adam Driver’s Latest Roles Prove He’s So Much More Than ‘Girls’ & ‘Star Wars’
"['The Report'] is an Oscar-frontrunner, but, with 'Marriage Story', Driver is clearly going to face stiff competition from himself."
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