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1 form y separately published work icon The Artful Dodger Andrew Knight , James McNamara , Vivienne Walshe , Dan Knight , ( dir. Jeffrey Walker et. al. )agent Australia : Sony Pictures Walt Disney Productions Beach Road Pictures Curio Pictures , 2023 24577399 2023 series - publisher film/TV

Based on the character of the same name from Oliver Twist, The Artful Dodger follows Jack Dawkins (the Dodger) following his transportation to Australia. Now a surgeon, he can't shake his predilection for crime. MediaWeek notes that, 'From high-octane heists to life-and-death surgeries, glittering parties to colourful streets, this series is a rock’n’roll tale about the double life of Dickens’ most famous prince of thieves with an Aussie connection.'

Source: https://www.mediaweek.com.au/disney-announces-new-australian-original-content-launching-in-2022-23/ (Sighted: 26/05/2022)

1 y separately published work icon The Golden Age of Television? James McNamara , Southbank : Australian Book Review, Inc. , 2020 20180959 2020 single work podcast essay

'During the Covid-19 crisis, many of us are surfeiting on television drama from Netflix, Stan, and the rest of them. Back in 2015, we published James McNamara's Ian Potter Foundation Fellowship essay 'The Golden Age of Television?', which considers the ascendancy of television drama and its cultural significance. Listen to James reading his essay, which appears in ABR's film and television issue in April 2015.' (Introduction) 

1 'The Drama of It : Television Comedy's New Aesthetic' James McNamara , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 402 2018; (p. 34-36)

'Since I wrote about the golden age of television for ABR’s first film and television issue in 2015, the medium has evolved. Streaming has roared to prominence, with online services like Netflix disrupting television’s form and market as dramatically as cable did to broadcast television in the early 2000s. But where the stars of the cable era were dramas – great, brooding epics of American anti-heroes – the foul-mouthed stars of the streaming era are increasingly its comedies, which are delivering some of the most poignant stories on screen.'  (Introduction)

1 The Neighbors Are Real Characters James McNamara , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 19 June 2016; (p. 17)

— Review of A Million Windows Gerald Murnane , 2014 single work novel
1 The Sliding Scale James McNamara , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 379 2016; (p. 22-23)

— Review of The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015 anthology essay
1 The Clock Ticks in the Critic’s Kitchen James McNamara , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 September 2015; (p. 18)

— Review of Latest Readings Clive James , 2015 selected work essay
1 Less Is More in Depicting the Torn Bits of Ordinary Lives James McNamara , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30-31 May 2015; (p. 16-17)

— Review of When There's Nowhere Else to Run Murray Middleton , 2015 selected work short story
1 Kogarah Kid Looks Back on Beautiful Seduction James McNamara , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 8-9 November 2014; (p. 16-17)

— Review of Poetry Notebook 2006-2014 Clive James , 2014 selected work essay
1 Read it and Weep James McNamara , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28-29 June 2014; (p. 16-17)

— Review of Poems That Make Grown Men Cry : 100 Men on the Words That Move Them 2014 anthology poetry
1 Colonial History a Brutal Backdrop in Visceral Tasmanian Western James McNamara , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 October 2013; (p. 30-31) The Age , 26 October 2013; (p. 25)

— Review of Infamy Lenny Bartulin , 2013 single work novel
1 Tiger Visits Come with Old Age James McNamara , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 27 August 2013; (p. 7)

— Review of The Night Guest Fiona McFarlane , 2013 single work novel
1 [Essay] : The Removalists James McNamara , 2013 single work essay
— Appears in: Reading Australia 2013-;

'David Williamson is our most distinguished dramatist. His plays have been performed to acclaim in Australia and internationally. His screenplays, notably Gallipoli (1981), define a certain Australian mythos. Williamson is considered an establishment playwright, depicting middle-class fears and foibles in major theatres. But he came to prominence in a different forum, with a play anything but mainstream. The Removalists, first performed in 1971, is violent, funny, and disturbing. It centres on two policemen, Ross and Simmonds. After receiving a domestic violence complaint from Fiona, they help her to move out and end up beating her husband Kenny to death.' (Introduction)

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