The Year in Review: The Best of Film (and TV) in 2015, Part 2
December 16, 2015
Ten personal bests in film, plus favourite television series and repertory screenings in 2015.
Archives by Tag » Television
Breaking Bad’s bad habits
October 14, 2013
When plot takes precedence over all else. Plus, its much-needed antithesis, Rectify.
Five Up, The Comedian
September 2, 2013
Catching up with ex-pat Kiwi humourist John Clarke, who Barry ‘Dame Edna’ Humphries describes as “Australia’s greatest comedian.”
The Rotterdam Dispatch, Part 3:
Home Dramas
April 26, 2013
At the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Song Fang’s astute debut feature; plus, via “Changing Channels”, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s first foray into television.
Foul Play: The Thick of It—Series 4
March 11, 2013
New to DVD: Now into its fourth series, Armando Iannucci’s foul-mouthed political satire still bites.
The Games: Series 2
July 9, 2010
New to DVD: John Clarke’s shrewd Olympic Games satire.
Clarke & Dawe: The Full Catastrophe
April 7, 2010
New to DVD: The plundering of the John Clarke archives continues.
Dailies—November/December 2009
December 1, 2009
SAM GASKIN and ALEXANDER BISLEY recap the best and rest in film and DVD: A Serious Man, Sherlock Holmes, An Education, New York, I Love You (Film); Flight on the Conchords: The Complete Second Season, Extras: The Complete Collection, The Simpsons: The Complete Twelfth Season (DVD).
Dailies—September/October 2009
October 23, 2009
STUART LYNCH and ALEXANDER BISLEY recap the best and rest in film and DVD: Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities, Somersault, Pete Seeger: Live in Australia 1963, Until Proven Innocent, Soul Men, Notorious, Defiance, The Wrestler (DVD); Cathay Pacific Italian Film Festival 2009, The Strength of Water, Disgrace, District 9 (Film).
Dailies—February/March 2009
March 16, 2009
Our writers recap the best and rest in film and DVD: The Dark Knight, Snow Angels, 30 Rock—Seasons 1 & 2, Extras—The Special, Persepolis, Cassandra’s Dream. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead. Damily Guy—Season 7 (DVD); Frost/Nixon, Dean Spanley, Valkyrie, Empties (Film).
A Complete Dagg:
An Interview with John Clarke
November 3, 2008
In Melbourne, John Clarke chews the fat on Flight of the Conchords, Billy T. James, Stephen Colbert, and Larry David.