Film and drama

SBS — Housos and hypocrisy

SBS — Housos and hypocrisy

Tweet In a dizzying display of hypocrisy, rather than take action against the vile and violent misogyny promoted by one of its shows on Facebook, SBS have simply tried to deflect attention away from itself. Dr Benjamin Thomas Jones. When Independent...

 

Housos hide while SBS disowns them

Housos hide while SBS disowns them

Tweet SBS distances itself from Housos, while the show’s Facebook page continues promoting violent misogynistic abuse of the PM. Benjamin Thomas Jones reports. [Warning: this article contains very strong language.] GROWING UP in Blacktown...

 

Housos war on Julia Gillard

Housos war on Julia Gillard

Tweet SBS program Housos is involved in a campaign of vile ‒ and often violent ‒ misogynistic hate speech against the prime minister on Facebook, writes Dr Benjamin Thomas Jones. [Warning: this article contains very strong language.] It’s...

 

The retrial of Breaker Morant

The retrial of Breaker Morant

Tweet As previously reported military lawyer Jim Unkles was unsuccessful at securing a pardon for Breaker Morant, however all may not be lost for The Breaker, says Dr Glenn Davies. FILMING OF Breaker Morant – The Retrial began on location...

 

Bob Ellis gives ‘I Give It a Year’ a big tick

Bob Ellis gives ‘I Give It a Year’ a big tick

Tweet Romantic comedy I Give It a Year is love in all its contours and colourings and fumblings, writes Bob Ellis, and should be seen. IT IS OBVIOUS NOW, though it was not at the time, that Richard Curtis invented a new genre when he wrote...

 

Bob Ellis reviews Anna Karenina

Bob Ellis reviews Anna Karenina

Tweet Director Joe Wright made a mistake in filming Anna Karenina like a play, says Bob Ellis, although the result was still extremely good. IT MAY have been Stoppard who beguiled Joe Wright into filming Anna Karenina like a play; or a half-play-half-movie...

 

Django Unchained

Django Unchained

Tweet Brett East reviews Quentin Tarantino’s typically brilliant and gory new western – set in America’s south – Django Unchained. DJANGO UNCHAINED is Quentin Tarantino‘s new flick, starring Jamie Foxx in the title role. Set...

 

Spielberg’s Lincoln a time-periscope to the past

Spielberg’s Lincoln a time-periscope to the past

Tweet Stephen Spielberg’s brilliant Lincoln is more than just a film, says Bob Ellis, it is more like a time periscope view of the past as it actually was. OF THE FILMS I have seen − or perhaps the better word is experienced − that...

 

Hitching a ride to nowhere

Hitching a ride to nowhere

Tweet Director Sacha Gervasi’s new film ‘Hitchcock’ will make a lot of money — and yet still be a tragic missed opportunity, says Bob Ellis. LIKE Bergman’s Wild Strawberries, Sacha Gervasi’s Hitchcock begins with a dream: Hitch,...

 

Iron Man and Cameron: the feel good story of the year

Iron Man and Cameron: the feel good story of the year

Tweet We’re only a few days into the new year and it feels like all we have heard is bad news; well, here’s one from John Turnbull that will warm your heart. WE’RE ONLY a few days into the new year and it feels like all we have heard...

 
 
 
 

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