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- The Personal History of David Copperfield (Armando Iannucci 2020) 3 July 2020Our first movie in a picture theatre for months, in an appropriately sparse audience at 4.40 in the afternoon, and what a wonderful movie for the occasion. The diverse casting works brilliantly. Dev Patel is terrific as David. It's a very long time since I read the book. Some of my most clearly remembered scenes aren't there, but Steerforth, Uriah […]
- All We Could Do (edited by Nicky Boynton-Bricknell & Duncan Richardson) 1 July 2020Launched on 1 May this year, this is a publishing project that comes of seizing the historical moment. It presents 16 short pieces of 'creative non-fiction' about the flu epidemic of 1918–1920.
- Binge: Mrs. America (Dahvi Waller 2020) 1 July 2020A historical drama about the fight to have the Equal Rights Amendment ratified in the USA in the 1970s. It's largely seen from the perspective of Phyllis Schlafly, who fiercely opposed the amendment in a brilliantly organised manner. Cate Blanchett is brilliant, heartbreaking in fact, as Phyllis. I'm ashamed to say I didn't know about Shirley […]
- SBS On Demand: The Twelve/ De Twaalf (Sanne Nuyens, Bert Van Dael 2019) 29 June 2020A Belgian drama about a jury in the trial of a high profile case of a woman accused of killing her daughter. Two episodes in, it's unremittingly grim as the jurors re revealed to have their ordeals
- Netflix: Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' (Simon Frederick 2018) 27 June 2020A stylish documentary about Black actors, directors, producers and others in Hollywood, from Hattie McDaniel to Ava DuVernay, Harry Belafonte (who is one of the magnificent talking heads) to Jordan Peele. 'Black' rather than 'African-American' because of the number of non-US actors etc who are part of this story. The three episodes have s […]
- The Personal History of David Copperfield (Armando Iannucci 2020) 3 July 2020
