TV Recap: The Newsroom, S1E5
Each time those opening credits for The Newsroom roll and Thomas Newman’s opening titles score plays, I do admit to feeling a little weak…
TV Recap: The Newsroom, S1E4
Last night’s episode of The Newsroom really took me by surprise. I’ve become accustomed to the work relationship dynamics between the five principal characters,…
TV Recap: The Newsroom, S1E3
As the opening title sequence appears for last night’s third episode of The Newsroom, I was struck by two things. The first was that…
TV Recap: The Newsroom, S1E2
News Night 2.0 gets off to a cracking start after last week’s Oil Spill coverage. If the team were questioned for being too accomplished…
TV Review: The Newsroom, S1E1
After penning the screenplay for The Social Network and winning an Oscar, Aaron Sorkin returns to the small screen with his latest venture.
MIFF Review: Paul Kelly: Stories of Me (2012)
Cultural Australian icon Paul Kelly’s life has been brought to the screen in the form of a documentary by Ian Darling.
Film Review: The Campaign (2012)
Jay Roach brings back some inappropriate humour, bathed in a Hollywood budget with two of the most popular comedic actors of the time. Whether…
Wednesdays with Woody: Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Manhattan Murder Mystery opens with Bobby Short singing Cole Porter’s “I happen to love New York” over the opening credits and adjoining snapshots of the…
MIFF Review: The Sessions (2012)
Based on an article “On Seeking a Sex Surrogate”, The Sessions details the struggles and triumphs of Mark O’Brien, a poet from Boston who…
MIFF Review: Room 237 (2012)
Projection issues aside, Rodney Ascher’s Room 237 is a film about a film. And what better place to see than at the Melbourne International…