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Dad died a few days after a nasty bicycle accident outside of Melbourne in October 2023.
Dave Loves Movies
Two down-to-earth movie reviews every week, and one essay every fortnight. Former Film Journalist. Former Lawyer. Living with Parkinson's.
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The Art of Restraint
You can’t help but be jealous of Jean-Pierre Melville for having made Le Samourai.
Supporting Essendon
The best part is never the football
The Boy Who Wanted to Be David Smith
An email to my son about the surname I once wanted to lose, and the language I'm now proud to pass on
The Code That Kept My Name Clean
Sometimes character is revealed by what you refuse to do
The Best Love Stories Evolve
Twenty-four years of marriage, and Claude Lelouch’s A Man and a Woman still moves me to tears
The Final Eighty Rides
Driving Miss Daisy reminds me relationships are built one shared journey at a time
The Perfect Fake Marriage
Tricked by clients, reminded of Green Card
The Killers Beside Me
Chow Yun-Fat and a man in a red tracksuit
The Night Australia's Most Famous Criminal Called Me
A visa problem and a cult movie