AustLit
Latest Issues
Contents
- Lionel Shriver’s Address on Cultural Appropriation Roils a Writers Festival How Far Can Novelists Go?, single work column
- Undercover Lionel Shriver on Identity Politics at Brisbane Writers Festival and the Aftermath, single work column
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Spin Out Review : Tim Ferguson's B&S Comedy Plays It Safe in the Country,
single work
review
— Review of Spin Out 2016 single work film/TV ;'Director Marc Gracie has a thing for subcultures of a daggy Anglo kind. His little-celebrated comedy You and Your Stupid Mate paid tribute to the institution of the scout and guide gang show.'
'Similarly, Spin Out is set at a bachelor and spinsters ball, where unattached country folk come to dance all night and, hopefully, get lucky. ...'
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The Space Between Director Ruth Borgobello Makes a Meal of the Movie Business,
single work
column
'At first you assume you've misheard. Then you wonder if it's just a coincidence. But finally, as you notice the name in the credits, you accept the inevitable. Ronnie Di Stasio, one of Australia's most famous (some might say infamous) restaurateurs played a major role in the feature film The Space Between, on-screen and off. ...'
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Harvey Weinstein Gets Oscar Boost After Lion Screens at Toronto International Film Festival,
single work
review
— Review of Lion 2016 single work film/TV ;'A week ago, most Oscar prognosticators and strategists had effectively written off Harvey Weinstein as a player in this year's awards race.'
'His movie company, troubled by executive departures and box-office misfires, had neither the money nor the manpower needed to sustain an awards campaign, Hollywood conventional wisdom held. And Weinstein's primary contender this time around, Lion, an adoption drama set in India and based on an astonishing true story, was generating virtually no tastemaker buzz. ...'
