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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 / Film & TV
It All Comes Down To This: Is 'Avengers: Endgame' The Ending We Deserve?
Warning: Spoilers ahead. No really, stop if you haven't seen 'Avengers: Endgame' yet.
Features / Film & TV
Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘The Hummingbird Project’ Feels Like A Noble Failure
"The Hummingbird Project is, at the very least, a picture that never feels pro forma."
Features / Music
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Sorry Pavement Fans, Scott Kannberg Says A Reunion Is Only A Remote Possibility
Scott Kannberg aka Spiral Stairs talks to Anthony Carew about the pervasiveness of nostalgia, and how we as human beings are "built" to feel it.
Features / Film & TV
Ladies & Gentlemen, We Have Our First Contender For Worst Film Of 2019
"'Hellboy' is bad. Real bad."
Features / Music
Just Because Nathaniel Rateliff's Music Isn't Religious Doesn't Mean It's Not Spiritual
Nathaniel Rateliff, bandleader of his Night Sweats, tells Anthony Carew about the loss of their producer and collaborator Richard Swift, and how the pair had plans to make a record on their own.
Features / Film & TV
Jonah Hill Hits All The Right Notes With His Directorial Debut 'Mid90s'
"In someone else’s hands, a movie called 'Mid90s' would trade in cheap nostalgia."
Reviews / Arts
Felicity Ward – Busting A Nut
"Ward delivers classic stand-up, barrelling forward in search of laughs, even if that means making jokes about farts."
Features / Film & TV
'Shazam!' Might Actually Be Able To Save DC Films
"If 'Shazam!' is going to be the film to rescue the DCEU from a laughless realm of endless glowering, then first we all have to acknowledge just how bad 'Dawn Of Justice' was."
Features / Film & TV
Thought Jordan Peele Couldn't Top 'Get Out'? Wait 'Til You See 'Us'
"If 'Get Out' was about the “lie” that Obama’s presidency had led the US into a post-racial climate, 'Us' is a horror-movie born of Trump’s America, the contemporary dystopia."
Features / Music
Dean Lewis Isn't Content To Only Make Bedroom Singer-Songwriter Music
Dean Lewis' highly anticipated debut album might have some thinking they know exactly what it'll sound like, but the 'Be Alright' singer-songwriter assures Anthony Carew he has unknown depths.
Features / Film & TV
Nicole Kidman's 'Destroyer' Shows How Easily A Tired Story Can Be Revived
'No matter how many times you’ve seen a story just like this, you’ve never seen it quite like this.'
Features / Film & TV
Cinemagoers Walked Out Of This Matt Dillon Film, But How Bad Is It, Really?
"This is the work that incited walkouts."
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