Academic and filmmaker (and colleague and friend) Larissa Behrendt talked about the importance to her of using archival material in her work, emphasizing the power of showing, rather than just … Read the rest “One Mind, One Heart”
My childhood television choices have often surprised friends, particularly when I mention my fondness for “Number 96,” the classic Australian soap opera that originally aired from 1972 to 1977. Despite … Read the rest “Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed”
At first I thought it might have been an LGBTQIA+ rally. On the stage in the nearby park, they had just rehearsed “We Are Family” (by Sister Sledge), and then … Read the rest “Weekend”
Hardly a day goes by without a newspaper report about the forthcoming “ABBA reunion”. There are two new songs to be released over the next year; there’s a major TV … Read the rest “Mamma Mia : Here We Go…
“I thought the Swedes were so hip and cool”, a number of friends and colleagues have said to me, when I’ve told them about a fairly dark past, about how … Read the rest “Scandinavian Film Festival”
I went to one of (maybe the first public screening) of the new film by Warwick Thornton, previously known for such brilliant works as Samson and Delilah (director) and … Read the rest “The Darkside and Frank Yamma”
We knew within seconds we were in the “wrong movie”. We had already felt a little uncomfortable about the size of the crowd and theatre, expecting a much larger crowd … Read the rest “Alan Partridge”
There’s only one Swedish language film in this year’s Sydney Film Festival. Even then, it’s not entirely in Swedish, as parts of the film are also in Serbian and Montenegrin. … Read the rest “Äta sova dö (Eat, Sleep, Die)”