Anthony Morris

Anthony Morris is a freelance film and television writer. He’s been a regular contributor to The Big Issue, Empire Magazine, Junkee, Broadsheet, The Wheeler Centre and Forte Magazine, where he’s currently the film editor. Other publications he’s contributed to include Vice, The Vine, Kill Your Darlings (where he was their online film columnist), The Lifted Brow, Urban Walkabout and Spook Magazine. He’s the co-author of hit romantic comedy novel The Hot Guy, and he’s also written some short stories he’d rather you didn’t mention. You can follow him on Twitter @morrbeat and read some of his reviews on the blog It’s Better in the Dark.

Anthony Morris's Latest Articles

Spicks and Specks. Image: ABC.
Features

Does Spicks and Specks have a place on an ABC without music?

A lot has changed in the 20 years that Spicks and Specks has been on air.

Melissa George as Mia and Dean O'Gorman as Oscar in Ms. X. Image: Binge.
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Ms. X review: quirky crime at its best

Melissa George is first-rate as Ms. X, a harried suburban mum who ends up out of her depth in the…

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The Killings at Parrish Station review: not your average outback murder mystery

Mia Wasikowska and Heather Mitchell are phenomenal in the twisty new Australian mystery The Killings at Parrish Station.

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The Scott Miller Story review: inside a former Olympian's fall from grace

Australians love a sporting comeback – but The Scott Miller Story traces a very different search for redemption.

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Opinions & Analysis

Back to the future (of television) with Stuff the British Stole

Stuff the British Stole returns for Season 3, and frankly it's a relief.

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Race Around the World review: next stop, documentary fame?

Six young documentary makers are off on a race around the world.

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Ground Up review: comedian Sam Pang's got a winner here

In the brilliantly written new comedy Ground Up, Hugh Shen must build a stadium for Tasmania's first AFL team.

Dr Jeni Haynes lives with dissociative identity disorder, and is the subject of the compelling new SBS-screened documentary We Are Jeni. A middle-aged woman wearing a floral dress and glasses sits on a chaise lounge next to a small brown dog.
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We Are Jeni review: a compelling documentary about Dr Jeni Haynes and her ‘alters’

Dr Jeni Haynes lives with dissociative identity disorder and 2682 people inside her mind.

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Two Years Later review: Brisbane drama has more character than your average romance

Two Years Later goes beyond the usual will-they-won't-they.

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The Hunt for the Last Nazis review: grim but gripping TV

At least hundreds, possibly thousands, of Nazis migrated to Australia after WWII, as explored in The Hunt for the Last…

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