Based on a series of murders in Adelaide, Snowtown is a confronting film which delights in sucking the marrow out of the bones of Australian society. Energised by a chilling performance by Daniel Henshall as the charismatic killer John Bunting, Justin Kurzel’s directorial debut is a frightening depiction of the banality of evil. Bunting’s followers see themselves as a relaxed group where everyone is accepted. Accepted that is… until you disagree with the majority. In [Snowtown] the price of difference is death. It’s an ugly portrait of Australia made more disturbing by its basis in truth. (Russell EDWARDS)