At the Toronto International Film Festival back in September, I saw a new Australian film called Around the Block. Later I interviewed writer-director Sarah Spillane (one to watch), 20-year-old leading man Hunter Page-Lochard (one to watch) and living legend Jack Thompson (you’ve already seen him, surely), who had a relatively small role — but hey, he’s Jack bloody Thompson!
The movie itself was a crowd-pleaser, a nice take on the old unconventional-schoolteacher-shakes-up-the-system-and-changes-kids’-lives scenario.
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Mark Juddery is a regular film contributor to The Spectator Australia.
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