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Reading & watching- De Profundis (Oscar Wilde / Dino Dimitriadis / Paul Capsis 1897 ...) 13 November 2019Oscar Wilde's letter to 'Bosie' written in Reading Gaol has been presented in readings by Patti Smith, Ralph Fiennes, Maxine Peake, Colm Tóibín, Ben Whishaw and Neil Bartlett. I saw this reading of an abridged version by Paul Capsis, Australian national treasure, with members of my Book Group. Inexplicably, Capsis's reading avoided natura […]
- Pain and Glory (Pedro Almadóvar 2019) 9 November 2019This is a film in the Late Style as described by Edward Said. It's engrossing, intensely personal, all over the place, and completely absorbing. It's kind of Eight and a Half without the clever-dickery. In fact, Almadóvar without the clever-dickery. Great performances from Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz.
- Crow College (Emma Lew 2019) 9 November 2019New poetry.
- The Red Line (Caitlin Parrish, Erica Weiss 2019) 7 November 2019Ava DuVernay's name is attached to this series: it begins with an African-American doctor being shot by a white cop in a tragic error. No charges are laid against the cop. And things play out in the lives of the bereaved family, the cop and the birth mother of the killed man's adopted daughter. It looks like a great show.
- Wisting (Trygve Allister Diesen & Kathrine Valen Zeiner 2019) 30 October 2019Another promising Scandi crime series, featuring a father and daughter relationshio and in this first series some interesting justing with the FBI officers who are there to help.
- De Profundis (Oscar Wilde / Dino Dimitriadis / Paul Capsis 1897 ...) 13 November 2019
