Wake in Fright

The Royal Hotel – first-look review

By Mark Asch

More cinema of ominous discomfort from Kitty Green as she takes us to an out-of-the-way Australian boozer for some low-boiling violence.

Homoeroticism and sexual repression in Wake in Fright

By Patrick Sproull

Ted Kotcheff’s visceral, queer-coded descent into one man’s personal hell refuses to adhere to expectations.

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