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David Edwards

David Edwards is the former editor of The Blurb and a contributor on film and television

CLOSED: Win tickets to BlacKkKlansman

– BlacKkKlansman – Only in cinemas from 16 August 2018 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to United Pictures International. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE From visionary director Spike Lee comes the provocative story based on Ron Stallworth’s real life as Colorado Springs’s first African-American police officer who went undercover…

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Blackie Blackie Brown: The Traditional Owner of Death (Malthouse) – theatre review

Indigenous Australia’s fight for justice and equality is given superhero treatment in Blackie Blackie Brown. We may well be looking at the stage equivalent of the movies Deadpool or Kick-Ass. Exaggerated theatrics are liberally supplemented by evocative graphics, animation, mock television news reports, and mood lighting. The staging is most effective. A series of joined…

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Mary Shelley – movie review

As many of you will know, Mary Shelley was the author of Frankenstein, arguably the first modern horror story. But this film isn’t about Dr Frankenstein or his monster. Rather director Haifaa Al-Mansour focuses on the author herself. But like many recent biopics, it’s pretty stodgy fare. Al-Mansour, the first recognised female filmmaker from Saudi…

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