Posthumous glory for last but not least
IN all the tributes to Googie Withers I saw no mention of her appearance in Shine, Scott Hicks’s film about the pianist David Helfgott.
Television
50 years of the Lost Patrol
FOUR Corners notches up a half century of holding a mirror to Australian society. The results reflect well on the original vision.
The week’s best television
PREVIEWED: Conquest of Everest, Is Everything We Know About the Universe Wrong?, Underbelly: Razor, Fake or Fortune, Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead, True Blood.
Those were the days, clear and simple
THE excellent Bill Collins is presenting Easter Parade, one of my favourite musicals, at 7.30pm this Saturday on Fox Classics.
Sellers as you never see him
STEPHEN Hopkins’ film may be the first biopic about a celebrated entertainer to portray its hero as wholly contemptible.
First time for everything
EDGY local drama Slide is set to ride its outrageousness into our hearts and demand our affection – even while it is offending us.
Family reunion turns to chaos
AS imperiously focused as its opinionated lead character, No. 2 (Saturday, 2am, Seven) is the confident, insightful 2006 directorial debut of playwright Toa Fraser.
MGM flicks get top Marx for trying
FANS of Groucho Marx can relive his comic genius with a 24-hour marathon of some of the cinematic gems he made with his brothers Chico and Harpo.
The week’s best television
REVIEWED: Hubble’s Amazing Rescue, Suits, Deadwood, Cutting Edge: Power Surge, Japan Tsunami: How it Happened, Ingrid Betancourt: 6 Years in the Jungle.
The week’s best television
REVIEWED: Louis Theroux: Ultra Zionists, Cutting Edge: Science Under Attack, Modern Family, The Gruen Transfer, The Invention of Dr Nakamats, Misfits.
The cycles of time on a cosmic scale
SIMPLE slogans and visual symbols thrive on television so it’s rare for science shows to grab big numbers of viewers.
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