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Reading & watching- The Optimists (Michael Idov & Misha Shprits 2017) 2 August 2021A series abut theCold War from a Russian point of view. The first episode deals with the capture of Gary Powers, U-2 pilot, in 1960. It's proper television as opposed to correct-line narrative.
- Atypical, Season 4 (Robia Rashid 2021) 30 July 2021This is the final season. I'm finding Jennifer Jason Leigh's character hard to watch as she seems to be disintegrating physically before our eyes. Otherwise, it gets better and better.
- Meanjin Quarterly: The next 80 years, Volume 79 Issue 4 (ed. Jonathan Green 2020) 28 July 2021It's a long time since I've read a Meanjin. This one is making me regret that.
- Shadow Kingdon (Alma Har'el 2021) 25 July 2021A weirdly lit, weirdly shot, weirdly constructed showcase for Bob Dylan doing some weird revisionist versions of some mostly-early songs. Not a pleasant experience, more like a deliberately alienating one.
- ABC iView: The Story of Film: An Odyssey (Mark Cousins 2011) 23 July 2021This 15 part documentary series looks fabulous. Interesting tidbit from the second episode: the early Hollywood industry was woman dominated – most of the scripts were written by women. Only when it came to be seen as a huge money-maker did the men with money move in and take charge. The perspective is global, deliberately not US-centric.
- The Optimists (Michael Idov & Misha Shprits 2017) 2 August 2021
