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Reading & watching- The Family Law, Season 3 (Benjamin Law 2019) 18 January 2019I have one complaint about this show: SBS is streaming the whole season, which means it's very hard if not impossible to watch episode after episode. The gay theme is becoming more explicit this season, as young Ben deals with homophobia and the terrifying aspects of his first crush, his first wet dream in a family where nothing is private, and so on. […]
- Since Ali Died (Omar Musa 2018) 16 January 2019Omar Musa seems less at home in the Stables Theatre than at Bankstown Poetry Slam, and this hour of song and poetry with an autobiographical feel doesn't really work as a play, but it's greattheatre anyhow. Directed by Anthea Williams. Photo by David Charles Collins, taken from Griffin website.
- The Team Series 2 (Andi Wecker 2018) 12 January 2019A new set of characters, a completely new ad hoc team, for this second season. Just as promising
- The Year Everything Changed (Phillipa McGuinness 2018) 12 January 2019If 1947 has a good claim to be 'the year now begins', then 2001 has an equally valid claim to be the year it changed.
- Cold War (Pawel Pawlikowski 2018) 11 January 2019A visually beautiful black and white film, a love story set against a background of Cold War Poland. Grim as you'd expect, but with lots of cool dancing and music.
- The Family Law, Season 3 (Benjamin Law 2019) 18 January 2019
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Moreno Giovannoni’s Fireflies of Autumn and November verse 3
Moreno Giovannoni, The Fireflies of Autumn and other tales of San Ginese (Black Inc 2018) The Fireflies of Autumn begins with a bang. To be more precise, one of its first stories is a tall tale involving a vast explosion … Continue reading
Southerly 75/3
Elizabeth McMahon and David Brooks (editors), Southerly Vol 75 No 3 2015: War and Peace (The Journal of the English Association, Sydney, Brandl & Schlesinger 2016) In last May’s Quarterly Essay, Blood Year, David Kilkullen quoted Trotsky: ‘You may not be interested in … Continue reading
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Rhyme #4 and Southerly 75/1
Elizabeth McMahon and David Brooks (editors), Southerly Vol 75 No 1 2015: Elemental (The Journal of the English Association, Sydney, Brandl & Schlesinger) Rhyme #4: What’s in a title (with anagrams)? Blow the wind southerly, Southerly, southerly, rattle our windows and … Continue reading
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