Films
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Angela Lansbury – a storied career sure to touch people for years to come
Every Sunday evening, I devoured Jessica Fletcher’s activities in Murder, She Wrote – catching the bad guys and saving another poor…
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The Bidjigal man who stood against the invading British for more than a decade
Resistance warrior Pemulwuy waged a successful guerrilla war against the colonists for 12 years Dan Butler NITV SBS How did…
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‘We’ve all done the right things’: in Under Cover, older women tell their stories of becoming homeless
Many of us would have seen the figures: the number of homeless people aged 55 years or above increased 28% between…
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JFK Revisited: Oliver Stone and the New JFK Fact Pattern
When Oliver Stone first ambles through Dealey Plaza in Dallas in the opening frames his new documentary JFK Revisited: Through the…
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The French Dispatch: an all-star cast brings Wes Anderson’s love letter to journalism alive
What resulted is arguably the best film he’s ever made. The Guardian There’s a scene in Wes Anderson’s new anthology…
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Israeli-French TV series coming on Mavi Marmara flotilla raid
An eight-episode series, Ocean Wind, based on the dramatic story of the Mavi Marmara flotilla incident in 2010, will be produced…
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David Attenborough documentary The Year Earth Changed suggests silver lining ahead of Earth Day 2021
The video turned out to be fake – but it’s undeniable that the global lockdown has given nature a reset.…
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The Father movie review: Superb, low-key film captures the profound heartache of ageing
The Father is not flashy. Wenlei Ma news.com.au It doesn’t have gunfights, a rousing monologue or an epic historical ……
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‘I’m just trying to stay alive’: as the end approaches, David Gulpilil is feted one more time
Now the other “white fellas medicine” – immunotherapy – has had to stop too. Garry Maddox WAtoday David Gulpilil knows…
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Reaching African audiences in their mother tongue: one film’s ongoing legacy
Across the continent, though, millions of school pupils aren’t taught in their mother tongue. Nick Higgins The Conversation Zambia, for…
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How historically accurate is the film High Ground? The violence it depicts is uncomfortably close to the truth
It is a fictionalised story, inspired, says director Stephen Maxwell Johnson, by “true history”. Authors: The Conversation At times, the…
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Sound of Music star Christopher Plummer dead at 91
“The world has lost a consummate actor today and I have lost a cherished friend,” Andrews said in a statement.…
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Film review: in My Salinger Year, hope and optimism win out
Rakoff’s sole responsibility was to read the constant stream of fan mail sent to its most famous client, JD Salinger,…
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From Nitram to Penguin Bloom: Australian films to look out for in 2021
With the taste of Christmas lunch and festive beverages still lingering on our palettes, it’s time to embrace the possibilities…
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Review: David Byrne’s American Utopia is a film honouring the love of the live performance
We had travelled south from Brisbane to see show number 141 of a 143-date world tour of David Byrne’s American…
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‘A state of wonder’: the day our little lion man finally arrived
We travelled by taxi to a nearby Travelodge, John and I each holding one of Saroo’s hands as he sat…
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