Sandra Thom-Jones

Sep 10, 2024 | inreview.com.au | PHIL BROWN |Helen Barlow |Penelope Debelle |Sandra Thom-Jones

When 80-year-old Australian film director Peter Weir was awarded the Golden Lion for career achievement at the Venice Film Festival recently it was perhaps no coincidence that Sigourney Weaver, 74, also received an honorary Golden Lion in the same year. Weaver says that before she appeared in Weir’s 1982 film The Year of Living Dangerously, she was thinking of concentrating on stage acting, but making the film changed her mind.

Sep 5, 2024 | inreview.com.au | Suzie Keen |Penelope Debelle |Sandra Thom-Jones |PHIL BROWN

The original Beetlejuice, now 36 years old and easy to stream, is a good mood-setter for this legacy sequel which plays on the fact a generation has passed, at least among the living. In 1988 Tim Burton’s cinematic anarchy was on display during the dinner party scene when the pretentious guests are seized by fun-loving demons who make them sing and dance to Harry Belafonte’s Banana Boat (Day-O).

Sep 3, 2024 | inreview.com.au | Suzie Keen |Sandra Thom-Jones |PHIL BROWN

Ready to catch the latest screen hits for September? This month brings a fresh batch of content, including some older documentaries now streaming thanks to DocPlay and the new National Film and Sound Archive Player. The first of these, Hearts of Darkness, is a timely watch as we await Francis Ford Coppola’s upcoming passion project Megalopolis (and as Coppola continues to make headlines for kissing extras on the film’s set).

Sep 2, 2024 | inreview.com.au | Suzie Keen |Penelope Debelle |Sandra Thom-Jones |PHIL BROWN

How exciting! A new AI device to try out at home. Marketing executive Curtis (a genial John Cho) has little choice but to smile and be the guinea pig as his boss closes in on a lucrative new account. At the pitch meeting, the device appeared to malfunction so they decide to give it a proper trial in its natural setting – that is, at home.

Aug 21, 2024 | inreview.com.au | Suzie Keen |Sandra Thom-Jones |PHIL BROWN |Lisa Woolford

The Assembly, a new ABC documentary series, introduces us to a diverse group of autistic people who are interested in pursuing journalism careers. The first episode strikes a nice balance between introducing the Macquarie University students, showing their classroom experience and an interview with a celebrity – in this instance, New Zealand actor Sam Neill. Other interview subjects in the series include singer Delta Goodrem, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and footballer Adam Goodes.