Ab Film Review & The Last New Wave

Jason Raftopoulous is a filmmaker who I owe my continued writing career to. In 2018, Jason released West of Sunshine, a drama about an average bloke, Jim, played by the excellent Damian Hill, scrounging through the back streets of Melbourne for money to pay back a loan shark. With a synopsis like that, West of Sunshine suggests that it'll another one of those crime-drama films with a bit of retribution and violence along the way. Instead, under the guidance and careful hand of Jason, there's a distinct sense of family, place, time, and a realisation that within Jim exists the desperation of the everyday Aussie: someone just trying to get by and falling foul of the lure of gambling.Years later, Jason is back with his second feature film, Voices in Deep. Here is another film that opens itself up to critical examination as Jason embarks on another exploration of the weight of humanity, of the turmoil of trauma, and the struggle for existence. Jason takes us to Greece, the land where millions of refugees wash up