A look at Ladies in Black
Aussie director Bruce Beresford has bequeathed to we cinema goers some handy offerings about his home country. Continue reading
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Category Archives: Movies
Author of Frankenstein endured much grief by Richard Jones
A look at Mary Shelley (M)
Mary Shelley lived an extraordinary life not only because of her writing but also because of her love for the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. She fell in love with the poet when she was just 16 and ran away with him on foot and on mules through France to Switzerland. Their time together was difficult not only because he was married with a little son at the time and exacerbated through his inability to conserve his finances as they sunk into poverty. Mary lost a child to pneumonia when she, Percy and her half-sister Claire Clairmont raced through the rain and fog to evade the clutches of creditors. Continue reading
Siblings re-unite to produce a vintage drop by Richard Jones
A look at Back To Burgundy (M) Continue reading
Kennedy’s bridge to disaster by Richard Jones
A look at Chappaquiddick (M)
Teddy was perhaps the least likely of the Kennedy brothers to reach the highest office. Continue reading
Turbulent chapters in village life
A look at The Bookshop (PG)
IN a windy East Anglian village in 1959 an enterprising young woman opens a bookshop in a damp old ruin. Continue reading
A Soviet show of terror and back room dealings by Richard Jones
A look at The Death Of Stalin (MA 15+)
EVEN though 1953 seems a long time ago, and indeed it is, this film recreates the scenes of Moscow and the antics of Russian dictator Josef Stalin and his henchmen as if it was yesterday. Continue reading
You don’t have to be Unsane to do this but it helps
Fremantle’s away game against Gold Coast started half an hour after three of the WAFL games last Saturday. Luckily the match-of-the-round at Fremantle Oval was a late starter so getting to almost one and a half live games was possible. Continue reading
