Last year a woman premier presented the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards at the Art Gallery. Tonight a non-Labor premier, just as rare a beast in the 10 of these dinners I’ve been to, did it at the Opera Point Marquee, … Continue reading
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Reading & watching- Georgetown (Christoph Waltz 2019) 7 February 2023A truly weird film about a Washington DC fabulist that has eerily current resonance. Astonishingly, it's even less spectacular than the New York Times Magazine story it's based on, Franklin Foer's 'The Worst Marriage in Georgetown'. Annette Bening and Vanessa Redgrave are terrific.
- Bloodlands Series 2 (Jed Mercurio Season 2) 4 February 2023This excellent North Ireland cop show returns, but now we know that the James Nesbitt character definitely has historical blood on his hands.
- Poker Face (Rian Johnson 2023) 4 February 2023The fabulous Natasha Lyonne from Russian Doll returns as someone with the gift of unerringly detecting lies. She's in trouble but Columbo-like uncovers murderers wherever she goes.
- What's Love Got to Do with It? (Shekhar Kapur 2022) 4 February 2023A perfectly OK romcom, broadly predictable as all romcoms need to be, with occasional surprises and a scenery chewing performance from Emma Thompson as the white woman who just loves her Pakistani neighbours and is routinely forgiven for her regular cultural faux pas. Both leads – Lily James and Shazad Latif – are charming.
- Mostly Martha (Sandra Nettelbeck 2001) 31 January 2023A romantic comedy with lots of food preparation and an orphaned eight-year-old..
- Georgetown (Christoph Waltz 2019) 7 February 2023
Me fail? I fly! 