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Mark Demetrius

Mark Demetrius's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Biography:

Mark Demetrius has been a freelance writer for decades, specialising in film criticism and rock journalism. He was a longstanding columnist for Rolling Stone, and has contributed to numerous publications from Juice to FILMINK. Mark also wrote a book of blackly humourous limericks called Grimmericks, lived in London for years and is now back in Sydney.

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Location:

Sydney, Australia

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Blue Moon (2025) 90% 16/20 EDIT “… dialogue-driven, and touching but intermittently cerebral …” – FILMINK (Australia) Jan 22, 2026 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% 12/20 EDIT “… woefully overlong for such a (ahem) paper-thin idea …” – FILMINK (Australia) Dec 16, 2025 Full Review Nouvelle Vague (2025) 91% 15/20 EDIT “How much you enjoy it may depend to some extent on what you thought of Breathless (if you’ve seen it), and whether you agree with the auteur theory …” – FILMINK (Australia) Dec 5, 2025 Full Review Nuremberg (2025) 72% 15/20 EDIT “… worth seeing for the inherent fascination of its subject, and Russell Crowe’s performance.” – FILMINK (Australia) Nov 27, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% 14/20 EDIT “… terrific and exciting in parts, and occasionally intellectually stimulating.” – FILMINK (Australia) Oct 3, 2025 Full Review U Are the Universe (2024) 19/20 EDIT “… a sci-fi film for people who don’t like sci-fi, clever in the way great Twilight Zone episodes were clever, and truly sublime.” – FILMINK (Australia) Jun 27, 2025 Full Review September 5 (2024) 92% 17/20 EDIT “… gripping viewing …” – FILMINK (Australia) Dec 30, 2024 Full Review The Room Next Door (2024) 80% 18/20 EDIT “… a veritable masterclass in acting – it really doesn’t get any better than this.” – FILMINK (Australia) Dec 12, 2024 Full Review How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer (2023) 100% 18/20 EDIT “... gets better and better as it goes on.” – FILMINK (Australia) Oct 15, 2024 Full Review The Plot Against Harry (1971) 100% 14/20 EDIT “It’s unclear just what it’s trying to say — or even be — and may be less than the sum of its parts, but those parts are impressive.” – FILMINK (Australia) Oct 5, 2024 Full Review Megalopolis (2024) 46% 8/20 EDIT “... bafflingly bad ...” – FILMINK (Australia) Sep 21, 2024 Full Review Midas Man (2024) 83% 14/20 EDIT “… works well enough in its own terms as an enjoyable exercise in nostalgia and a (mildly) engaging and linear biopic.” – FILMINK (Australia) Aug 26, 2024 Full Review Birdeater (2023) 74% 15/20 EDIT “...it’s not breaking any new ground, but it’s suspenseful, effectively disturbing and for the most part, very well acted.” – FILMINK (Australia) Jul 6, 2024 Full Review Sidonie In Japan (2023) 56% 11/20 EDIT “… a really slight and under-written affair, and never approaches the quasi-Zen sublimity or artfulness its makers evidently intended.” – FILMINK (Australia) Jun 30, 2024 Full Review Anatomy of a Fall (2023) 96% 18/20 EDIT “… naturalistic, razor-sharp and believable to an almost uncanny degree.” – FILMINK (Australia) Jan 7, 2024 Full Review May December (2023) 91% 16/20 EDIT “The dialogue is faultlessly naturalistic, the acting is uniformly good and, inevitably it seems, in the case of [Julianne] Moore, it’s superb.” – FILMINK (Australia) Nov 13, 2023 Full Review Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party (2023) 100% 16/20 EDIT “… well worth seeing for its content – both for aficionados and, perhaps more so, those who only know Nick Cave’s vast body of subsequent work.” – FILMINK (Australia) Oct 22, 2023 Full Review Caravaggio's Shadow (2022) 17/20 EDIT “… a rollicking yarn, and will be all the more fascinating for those who knew little about Caravaggio going in.” – FILMINK (Australia) Oct 19, 2023 Full Review Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) 93% 18/20 EDIT “… uneven and has its share of longueurs during the first half … But after that, it becomes much more involving, as the (sometimes confronting) carnage ratchets up and the scheming becomes more Machiavellian.” – FILMINK (Australia) Oct 10, 2023 Full Review Shayda (2023) 97% 17/20 EDIT “… powerful and sometimes even harrowing stuff, and well-made and acted. It’s definitely worth seeing.” – FILMINK (Australia) Sep 7, 2023 Full Review Marlowe (2022) 25% 15/20 EDIT “… engrossing and diverting …” – FILMINK (Australia) May 3, 2023 Full Review November (2022) 78% 14/20 EDIT “… if you’re into police procedurals, this isn’t a bad one …” – FILMINK (Australia) Apr 21, 2023 Full Review The Son (2022) 29% 12/20 EDIT “… a first-rate performance by Hugh Jackman.” – FILMINK (Australia) Jan 3, 2023 Full Review The Forgiven (2021) 68% 18/20 EDIT “… sharply written, well-acted, suspenseful and unpredictable …” – FILMINK (Australia) Aug 22, 2022 Full Review Farewell, Mr. Haffmann (2022) 100% 18/20 EDIT “This is first-rate drama with considerable cumulative intensity – and a quorum of irony – and it’s unreservedly recommended.” – FILMINK (Australia) Jul 26, 2022 Full Review
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