One of the most interesting things about looking back at the history of the Academy Awards is ultimately in the politics, the characters, and the history itself that the film industry has had to weave through across the years. Events like World War II, new technology (particularly sound, colour and television), and media expansion would… Continue reading 30th Academy Awards
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Monthly Round Up
If you follow me on Instagram, you'll know that my cat unexpectedly passed away this month, which has basically meant I've been a bit of an emotional write-off the last couple of weeks. It's a strange thing to write, even now. I've had Artemis for seven years, and we've been through a lot together, so… Continue reading Monthly Round Up
29th Academy Awards
The 29th Academy Awards is often remembered as the year that Around the World in 80 Days won Best Picture, leaving it among the ranks of Gigi and Greatest Show on Earth as one of the worst Best Picture winners of all time. That said, it didn't actually have a ton of competition in 1956. There were a lot of duds as cinema… Continue reading 29th Academy Awards
Monthly Round Up
October has been a bit of a joke month. I've moved house, my sister's had her new baby, I've worked a lot, and been working on a whole lot of short fiction, from brand spankin' new ones, to older ones - including one older one set to be published in the next couple of weeks! Projects… Continue reading Monthly Round Up
28th Academy Awards
The 28th Academy Awards is an interesting year, mostly for the fact that it had so many truly iconic films nominated - Rebel Without a Cause, To Catch a Thief, Guys and Dolls, which, somehow, managed to avoid major awards. Instead, what swept up was Marty, a movie which has basically been lost to the annals of… Continue reading 28th Academy Awards
Monthly Round Up
What can I say about September? Between teaching, Brisbane Writers Festival, kicking writing goals, and my birthday, it was honestly a pretty crazy month. Still, it was a good one! I really felt like I achieved a lot, and that I've really tapped back into some good, old habits that I've neglected for the bulk… Continue reading Monthly Round Up
Monthly Round Up
This month has been a lot of me developing stuff behind the scenes which has been a pretty awesome time, but also a really busy one. A lot of things you'll hear about in the coming weeks, but still. I figured I'd post some of my output in the meantime. Projects Lady Parts Podcast Aimee… Continue reading Monthly Round Up
27th Academy Awards
1954 was, all in all, a really interesting year for cinema. Not only does it have some films that have a defined space in cinema canon today - On the Waterfront, Rear Window, A Star is Born, Sabrina - but it also, I believe, showed the beginnings of a shift in cinema. Namely, that films started… Continue reading 27th Academy Awards
Monthly Round Up!
I've spent a big chunk of this month re-establishing Lady Parts with my co-creator and co-host, Aimee Lindorff. Lady Parts is a fortnightly podcast covering women in genre cinema, and it's a project that I'm really proud of. We have a lot of fun doing it too, which is kinda what matters. Anyway, have a… Continue reading Monthly Round Up!
26th Academy Awards
The general calibre of films nominated in the 26th Academy Awards was good more than great, and seemed to be dominated by bloated historical epics like Julius Caesar and The Robe, slap-dash romances like Kiss Me Kate, Call Me Madam and The Moon is Blue, and, well, films that were a combination of the two - usually romantic westerns - like Hondo,… Continue reading 26th Academy Awards
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