I wrote a comprehensive review of women and/in film for 2014 for The Essential. I’ll list part of it here, and you can check it out by following the links. Read the full article here. It’s been an interesting year for women in film, with no prizes for predicting huge improvements in the margins […]
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December
16
‘Tis the Season – Die Hard and Lethal Weapon use Christmas to promote white values and the LAPD.
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I wrote an article for The Essential recently on the use of two of our most beloved cop films as positive promotion of white LA cops at the height of their notoriory. Check it out here: In 1986, the LAPD purchased a fourteen-ton armored breaching vehicle the use of which was essential to smashing […]
November
27
Articles at the Essential
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Pop over to The Essential and check out what they’ve got going on. I’ve got some recently published articles there: Feature Article: Emotional Resonance The Essential asked me to write a piece about the emotional connection we have to one particular song or album and why we feel that way, and I chose Mazzy Star’s […]
November
25
Interview with Martin Portus – The Les Robinson Story (Theatre Interview)
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The Les Robinson Story Old Fitzroy Theatre 18 – 29 November You can grab tickets here The Les Robinson Story is a monologue by Kieran Carroll about one of Australia’s forgotten literary greats – a problem many people ahead of their time experience in their day, but is ususually followed by a posthumous discovery when […]
November
25
Interview with Gertrude Ingeborg – Belle of the Cross (Theatre Interview)
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Belle Of The Cross Old Fitzroy Theatre 18 – 29 November. You can grab tickets here. Currently playing at The Old Fitzroy Theatre is Angelika Fremd’s monologue Belle of the Cross, performed by Gertrude Ingeborg and directed by David Ritchie. Belle of the Cross is a beautifully poetic homage to people Fremd has seen and […]
November
24
A sad farewell to SITCO and the end of an era at the Old Fitz Theatre. (Article)
posted by lisathatcher
They say all good things must come to an end, and while this is nearly always true, very rarely do things come to as abrupt an end as the one forced on the successful Sydney Independent Theatre Company, the enormously experienced talent of Julie Baz and David Jeffrey. It heralds the end of a fantastic […]
November
06
1790: A Tale Not Often Told – Theatre interview with director Pete Malicki.
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1790: A Tale Not Often Told 13 – 15 November, Lend Lease Darling Quarter Theatre You can grab your tickets here. http://www.foundingmodernaustralia.com.au The story of Arthur Phillip, first governor of NSW and founder of the settlement now known to us as Sydney, and Woollarawarre Bennelong of the Eora nation and their friendship, is a multilayered […]
October
28
Lisa Chat’s with Alex Broun, writer of November Spawned a Monster. (Theatre Interview)
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November Spawned a Monster Old Fitzroy Theatre 28 October through to 15 November – You can grab your tickets here Mickey’s is an iconic Sydney institution these days, the kind of address you can invite someone to by saying “lets meet at that red cafe on Oxford Street!” It’s been there forever, and for a […]
October
03
Articles at The Essential.
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Pop over to the uber cool Melbourne based eZine The Essential, to check out what they’ve got going on. I’ve got two recently published articles there: Film Review: The Skeleton Twins Problematically, The Skeleton Twins is good because it seems to be a precursor for something else, such as a dramatic career for Kristen […]
September
16
Articles at The Essential
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Pop over to the uber cool Melbourne based eZine The Essential, to check out what they’ve got going on. I’ve got two recently published articles there: Overlooked Hotel A regular feature at The Essential is a passionate ode to films that have never received the recognition they deserved. I wrote the piece this month, and […]
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